THK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Kiyoshi Sakamoto 



MT. FUJI S£EN FROM LAKE FUJI (SEE ALSO PAGFS 8l AND 84) 



This, the highest and most beautiful mountain of Japan, is a volcanic cone rising- from 

 a sea-level plain to an altitude of 12,400 feet. It is snow-capped at all seasons of the year. 

 The fisherman is wearing a grass raincoat, which covers his shoulders during a shower, but 

 is thrust down to his hips while he is working. 



of the prefecture of Yamanashi and com- 

 mercially one of the most progressive 

 inland cities of the Empire ! 



A LAND OF UNSURPASSED WATERFALLS 



In the beauty and variety of its myriad 

 waterfalls Japan is unequaled. As types 

 of these one may select the famous cas- 

 cade of Kegon at Nikko and the broad 

 fall of Shiraito, near the foot of Fuji-san. 



Kegon forms the outlet of the famous 

 mountain volcanic lake of Chuzenji, in 



the heart of the region known, from its 

 entrancing loveliness, as Nikko, the 

 "Splendor of the Sun." It falls in an 

 unbroken column of water into its rocky 

 basin 350 feet below. It was noted some 

 years ago as the popular spot for suicide 

 in the case of students disappointed in 

 love or in examinations (see page 80). 



Shiraito, on the other hand, forms a 

 broad series of cascades, falling over a 

 semicircular cliff at the foot of the most 

 beautiful mountain in Japan. The pop- 



