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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

LAKE YAMANAKA, Japan - Photo shows swans floating on Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture and Mt. Fuji on the night of June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

LAKE YAMANAKA, Japan - Photo shows a swan fluttering its wings on Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture and Mt. Fuji on the night of June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on April 27, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji and Lake Motosu. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30.

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New Year sunrise from Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photographers and tourists watch the sun coming up from behind Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain southwest of Tokyo, near Lake Motosu on Jan. 1, 2011.

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 31

31 Maisaka - View of Imaki Point jutting out into the sea, and a white Fuji (without outline) in the distance. This station was a fishing port lying on the south-eastern edge of Lake Hamana. The Lake Hamana and the Pacific Ocean meet at this point and travellers had to cross this mouth of the lake by boats. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Mt. Fuji topped with snow,seen from Lake Yamanaka

Lake Yamanaka, the easternmost of the five lakes of Fuji, with a distance view of Mt. Fuji to the west. The top and sides of the mountain, as well as the area surrounding the lake, are covered with snow. A man with a minokasa (bamboo hat) is posing in the centre. Mt. Hoei cannot be seen from Lake Yamanaka.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐49‐0]

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Mt. Fuji in the morning seen from Lake Ashi

This is Mt. Fuji as veiwed from Moto-Hakone by Lake Ashinoko. The dark forest on the right is Hakone Shrine precincts. This site was called Hakone Gongen before the Japanese government instituted a policy in 1868 separating Buddhism and Shinto. The name Hakone Gongen appears in many ancient tales such as the Tale of The Soga written in the Kamakura Period. The mountain on the left is the foot of Mt. Mikuni, one of the outer moutain range of Hakone. This scene of Mt. Fuji behind the lake and the mountains is famous.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐44‐0]

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Mt. Fuji topped with snow,seen from Lake Yamanaka

Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Yamanaka, the biggest of the five lakes at the foot of the mountain. The photograph captures the reflection of Mt. Fuji in the lake and a fisherman in a boat. The location is assumed to be Nagaike at Yamanaka-ko Village in Kitatsuru-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is still a spot from which to enjoy the upside-down Fuji today.==Date:1904, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐2‐0]

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Mt. Fuji topped with snow,seen from Lake Yamanaka

Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Yamanaka. The upside-down Fuji is vaguely reflected on the surface. Since the amount of snowfall on the mountain differs from that in photograph #5038, the time of the two photographs is different. A man, probably a fisherman, and someone welcoming him (or seeing him off) can be seen.==Date:1904, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐6‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Motosu

Stereograph depicting Mt. Fuji from the northwestern side of Lake Motosu, one of the five lakes at the foot of Mt. Fuji (#3338). The caption says, The beautiful Fuji, beloved by artists and poets, seen from the N.W. through pines at Lake Motosu, Japan . When seen through its special viewing apparatus, the stereograph creates a three-dimensional optical illusion.==Date:1904, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐82‐0]

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Mt. Fuji topped with snow,seen from Lake Shoji

Southeastern view of Mt. Fuji from Shojiko, one of the five lakes of Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture. The mountain is snow-capped and the upside-down Fuji and Mt. Omuro are visible on the lake surface. This was taken by the American stereograph company Underwood & Underwood Co., either in 1896 or between 1903 and 1904.==Date:1904, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐83‐0]

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Mt. Haruna Fuji

Mt. Haruna, famous as one of the three mountains of Kamige, is a dormant volcano that was active until the 6th century. Lake Haruna lies in the caldera, and the stratified central volcano cone is nicknamed the Haruna Mt. Fuji.==Date:unknown, Place:Gunma, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐33‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Ashi

This photo has almost the same composition as that of catalogue #5080. It captures Mt. Fuji viewed from Motohakone on Lake Ashinoko. It gives the impression of the mountain emerging from the sunset. The compositon with the lake in the foreground, the forest of Hakone Shrine on the right, the foot of Mt. Mikuni on the left, and the cone-shaped Mt. Fuji is known as a scene representative of Hakone.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐15‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Motosu

Lake Motosu is the westernmost of the five lakes at the foot of Mt. Fuji. This photograph captures Mt. Fuji from between the trees on the hillside northwest of the lake. The trees are pines. If the peninsula projecting into the lake is Nagasaki, it is possible that this photograph was printed backwards.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐11‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Ashi

The compositon of the photo is almost the same as that of catalogue #5080 and #4147. It captures Mt. Fuji viewed from Motohakone by Lake Ashinoko. The compositon with the lake in the foreground, the forest of Hakone Shrine on the right, the foot of Mt. Mikuni on the left, and the cone-shaped Mt. Fuji is known as a scene representative of Hakone. One difference from the other photos is that here Mt. Fuji is reflected on the surface of the lake.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐47‐0]

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Lake Ashi

This photo captures Lake Ashinoko, Dogashima, and Mt. Fuji viewed from Tomi-bansho (lookout station) of Hakone barrier station. If the Imperial Villa on the peninsula projecting in the lake on the right side of the photo can be seen, it was taken after 1886. However, it is outside of the photo, and therefore, cannot be verified. The triangular mountain before Mt. Fuji is Mt. Mikuni (alt. 1,102m), one of the outer mountain range of Hakone.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐19‐0]

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Sunset glow in lake ashinoko

A view to the west from Mishimacho of Hakonejuku. Although not clear in this picture, it is a scenic spot where Mt. Fuji can be seen in the distance. Lake Ashino belonged to Hakone Shrine, and was called the water for washing hands of Hakone Gongen. At present, Shizuoka Prefecture holds the water rights due to the Shinra irrigation channel.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐54‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Ashi

This is a photo of the so-called Sakasa Fuji (upside-down Fuji) . It is monochrome, but the shadows can be seen clearly. To the right in the mountains is Hakone Shinto Shrine. The same as the photo in The Far East Vol. 2-20.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐48‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Lake Ashi

Ashino Lake and Mt.Fuji seen from the forefront of Hakone Elementary School. It is a view of the so-called Sakasa Fuji (Mt.Fuji upside down). In the mountain to the right of the lake is the Hakone Gongen. The famous red torii of the shrine was built in 1960 to commemorate the official investiture of the Crown Prince and so is not in the photo.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐42‐0]

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New Year sunrise from Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photographers and tourists watch the sun coming up from behind Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain southwest of Tokyo, near Lake Motosu on Jan. 1, 2011. (Kyodo)