The document provides information about various mountains around the world and their heights. It also discusses Mount Fuji in Japan, noting that while it is not the tallest volcano at 3,193 meters, it is an active volcano and is considered very beautiful. The document also explores some early human history and legends connected to Mount Fuji, including references in paintings from the 1500s and mystical figures from Japanese history who were associated with the mountain.

1. Vital Statistics

2. How big is it?

3. Very big

4. 北岳

5. Mount Kita (北岳)

6. 北岳 In the Southern Alps

7. Minami Alps City, Yamanashi
Prefecture

8. Spread across Nagano, Shizuoka, and
Yamanashi

9. Nagano to the left, Shizuoka at the
bottom, Yamanashi to the right

10. Also known as …

11. 赤石山脈 Akaishi Mountains

12. Yamanashi North East (top right)

13. Mount Fuji is 583 meters higher than
Mount Kita

14. View from Mount Kita
3193 meters

15. Mount Ontake
3067 meters

16. Mount Ontake – second highest
volcano in Japan

17. Do volcanoes really blow up without
warning?

18. Yes, they do

19. Could Mount Fuji erupt?

20. Of course not!!

21. Actually, I’m lying!!

22. Yes, it COULD

23. Very bad news for us!!!!

24. Run away!!!!

25. Some people claim it WILL erupt!!

26. It is very likely!!

27. I’m from Wales

28. Snowdon – biggest mountain in Wales

29. Snowdon – 1085 meters

30. Tiny

31. Pen-y-fan, South Wales

32. Pen-y-fan, highest mountain in South
Wales

33. Also the highest mountain in the
whole of the south of Britain!

34. 886 meters!

35. We think that’s really high

36. South Wales

37. Lots of Mountains in Wales

38. Or are they just hills?

39. Does it matter?

40. How about England?

41. Highest mountain in England –
Scafell Pike

42. 978 meters!

43. How about Scotland?

44. Ben Nevis – highest mountain in
Scotland

45. 1344 meters

46. Nothing even half as high as Mount
Fuji!

47. Highest mountain in Ireland?

48. Carrauntoohil – 1038 meters

49. • Highest mountain in the Netherlands?
• 321 meters
• Highest mountain in Monaco?
• 163 meters

50. • Highest mountain in Denmark?
• 171 meters
• Highest mountain in Norway?
• 2469 meters

51. • Highest mountain in Spain?
• 3479 meters
• Highest mountain in France (and Italy)?
• 4810 meters (Mont Blanc)

52. Mont Blanc

53. • Highest mountain in Turkey?
• 5137 meters
• Highest mountain in Africa?
• 5895 meters

54. • Highest mountain in Asia?
• 8848 meters (Everest Nepal/China)
• 8611 meters (K2 Pakistan/China)
• And lots of others in the Himalayas

55. Mauna Kea (Hawaii)

56. Highest Mountain top to bottom

57. 4205 meters

58. And it’s a volcano

59. Notice the shape

60. So this is only …

61. … LESS THAN HALF of Everest!

62. Of course, this isn’t a volcano!

63. How about volcanoes?

64. Volcanoes are different

65. Because they blow up!!

66. Volcano on Mars

67. 25 kilometers high!!

68. How about on earth?

69. Oh no!!

70. You can see the problem

71. Not good!!

72. The Pacific Ring of Fire

73. Ring of Fire – sounds cool!

74. 452 Active Volcanoes

75. Including Mount Fuji!

76. Fairly small

77. Highest volcano on earth – 6893
meters

78. Ojios del Salado in Argentina/ Chile

79. Mount Damavand – 5610 meters

80. A long way down the list

81. A very long way down the list

82. But size isn’t really that important

83. Statistics only tell part of the story

84. Mount Fuji may not be the biggest

85. But it may be the prettiest

86. 新倉山浅間公園

87. あらくらやませんげんこうえん

88. 下吉田

89. Very pretty

90. And COULD be JUST AS dangerous

91. Potentially as dangerous …

92. … as any volcano

93. Looks serene and beautiful

94. But we don’t know about the future

95. Enjoy the view

96. While you can!

97. It could change

98. It could change very suddenly!!

99. Maybe that’s part of the charm of
Mount Fuji

100. People want to see it BECAUSE it could
change

101. People want to climb it BECAUSE it
could blow up?!

102. Of course, I’m not recommending it

103. Maybe it’s crazy to climb

104. But people ARE crazy

105. People do crazy things

106. People see the world in crazy ways

107. Their motivations are crazy

108. People do and see things in strange
ways

109. Doesn’t make sense to other people

110. For example, people in my country

111. They see this …

112. … very big

113. Of course, this was in Wales

114. • The Englishman who went up a hill and came
down a mountain

115. • That’s a long movie title
• The Englishman who went up a hill and came
down a mountain
• We are a small country
• So we like long things

116. For example

117. The government said this was a Hill

118. Actually, it IS a hill

119. • But people in Wales couldn’t accept the fact
• It had to be a mountain
• Because it seemed like a mountain to them

120. So it’s not all about statistics
• People have crazy motivations
• They do crazy things
• If Mount Fuji blows up
• And you’re ON IT
• Don’t blame me!

121. What about the early human history of
Mount Fuji

122. Founding Fathers

123. You’ve probably seen one of these

124. I haven’t seen very many!

125. 聖徳太子

126. しょうとくたいし

127. Contributed to Japanese Law

128. Early Constitution: 604

129. Harmony

130. Father of Buddhism

131. Opened relations with China

132. Semi-legendary

133. Able to speak from the time he was
born!?

134. Able to understand 10 conversations
at the same time

135. Any connection with Mount Fuji?

136. No

137. Sorry – yes

138. Earliest picture of Mount Fuji

139. Features the Prince

140. Not a particularly good picture of the
mountain

141. But it IS Fuji!

142. The way people painted changed over
time (around 1500)

143. Chinese artistic influence

144. It’s about how great Shotoku is

145. But Mount Fuji also gets high status

146. Flying over the mountain!

147. On a black horse

148. Mount Fuji and supernatural powers

149. With a servant

150. Returns 3 days later!

151. Transcends “little” Fuji

152. The mountain does not tower over the
Prince

153. Connects with Buddha legends

154. Incredible mountain climbing

155. Transcendence via mountain
experiences

156. En no gyoja

157. 役行者

158. えんのぎょうじゃ

159. Legendary mountain man

160. Mystical experiences

161. Strange, mysterious creatures

162. Founder of Shugendou

163. Shugendou

164. 修験道

165. しゅげんどう

166. Completion of some experience

167. What kind of experience?

168. A strange one

169. 修験道

170. Mixture of Tao, Shinto, Buddhism

171. Tao

172. Flow of the universe

173. Different across cultures

174. Different for different people

175. Any connection with Mount Fuji?

176. No

177. Sorry, yes …

178. Magical powers made him dangerous

179. Banished to an island in Izu in 699

180. But flew to Mount Fuji every night

181. Here with a female figure

182. What about women?

183. The oldest Japanese story

184. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

185. かぐや姫

186. Princess Kaguya

187. Found inside bamboo

188. Must return to the moon

189. An immortal

190. Everyone is sad because she has gone

191. The Emperor wants to communicate
with her

192. He asks “Which mountain is closest to
heaven?”

193. The word “immortality” becomes the
name of the mountain

194. “immortality” 不死？