Mount Fuji is located on which Japanese island?

Mount Fuji is located on the Japanese island of Honshu.

Honshu is Japan’s largest and most populous island, stretching from the Tōhoku region in the northeast to the Chūgoku region in the southwest. Fuji stands in central Honshu, near the boundary of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures and roughly southwest of Tokyo. It is Japan’s highest mountain, rising 3,776 meters above sea level.

Fuji is an active stratovolcano built through repeated eruptions. Its present cone is relatively young in geological terms, and the volcano’s last major eruption lasted from 1707 to 1708. The mountain formed in a highly active tectonic setting where several plates and volcanic arcs meet, helping explain Japan’s many volcanoes and earthquakes.

The island is an important part of the answer because Japan has four main islands: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Fuji is not on Hokkaido, despite that island’s famous mountains, nor on Kyushu, home to volcanoes such as Mount Aso. Fuji’s symmetrical cone is also a major cultural symbol and a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site.