<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mount-fiji.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9109" title="mount fiji" src="https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mount-fiji.jpg" alt="" width="484" height="302" /></a></p> Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, at 3,776.24 m. It is a volcano (a stratovolcano), and due to its grandeur and symmetry it is often photographed and painted.