With an artistic representation of the Mount Fuji.
Souvenir sheet issued on 10.01.1994.
Face value: 500 Djibutian francs.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed on wood and wood paper.
Size: 119 x 100 mm.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 593
- StampWorld No. 437.
Mount
Fuji (富士山),
3,776.24 m (12,389.2 ft) high, on the island of Honshu, is a compound volcano
and the highest peak in Japan. It is located between Shizuoka and Yamanashi
prefectures in central Japan, about 100 km (62 mi) west of Tokyo. It is
classified as an active volcano, but with little risk of eruption: the last
recorded eruption dates back to 1707. Mount Fuji is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu
National Park and is on the list of World Heritage cultural properties of
UNESCO since June 2013. Considered sacred since ancient times, until the Meiji
era (end of the 19th century) it was forbidden for women to reach the top. It
is one of the symbols of Japan. Its volcanic cone is a recurring theme in
Japanese art. The first known ascent of Mount Fuji dates back to 663 and
was made by an anonymous Buddhist monk. The first non-Japanese to climb the
volcano was Rutherford
Alcock in 1860.
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