Mt. Fuji – World Heritage Site … finally

22 Jun

富士山 (Mt. Fuji), a symbol of Japan, has finally been granted status as a World Heritage Site.

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In honor, Google Japan incorporated the mountain in their logo today (although Google U.S. didn’t).

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2 Responses to “Mt. Fuji – World Heritage Site … finally”

  1. Musings July 2, 2013 at 1:31 pm #

    No kidding? I would have thought it was already some kind of heritage site.

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    • tokyo5 July 2, 2013 at 2:19 pm #

      Mt. Fuji was always a national treasure in Japan … but I don’t know why it took so long to be accepted as a world treasure.

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