Mount Fuji, according to Japanese legend, is created during an earthquake in 286.

(Geologists believe that it and the rugged peaks that span Honshu from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean were created some millions of years ago during the Tertiary Period.

The dormant volcano’s elliptical crater, now approximately two thousand feet/six hundred and ten meters in diameter, was formed less than two million years ago during the Quaternary Period, when great quantities of lava flowed from its center.)