Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, mean wealth or abundant and a man with a certain status respectively, the characters were likely selected because their pronunciations match the syllables of the name, and do not carry a particular meaning.
Mt. Fuji stands at 3,776 m (12,388 ft) high and is surrounded by five lakes: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Sai, Lake Motosu and Lake Shoji. They, and nearby Lake Ashi, provide excellent views of the mountain. It is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It can be seen from Yokohama, Tokyo, and sometimes as far as Chiba, Saitama, and Lake Hamanawhen the sky is clear.
The climate is very cold due to the altitude and the cone is covered by snow for several months of the year. The lowest recorded temperature is −38.0 °C while on June 2008 the highest temperature was recorded at 17.8 °C.
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