Mount Fuji

Product Description

Mount Fuji, in Japanese, on an excellent map from Mapple providing topographic coverage at 1:50, 000/1:25, 000/1:10, 000 with hiking routes annotated in detail with ascent & descent times, plus maps of other nearby hiking areas. The map is printed on light, waterproof & tear resistant plastic paper.IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: nearly all of the information in this title is in Japanese only, & so is the map legend. Only occasionally an important place name or names of well-known hiking routes name are also shown in the Latin alphabet. On one side a topographic map at 1:50, 000 with contours at 20m intervals & altitude colouring covers Mount Fuji & the area mainly to the north of it, including Lake Yamanakako, Lake Motusuko & Lake Saiko. Coverage is extended further north beyond Lake Kawaguchiko by one of the panels on the reverse side. Hiking routes are highlighted & annotated with ascent & descent times, shown in detail for individual sections of the routes. On the reverse approaches to the summit of Mount Fuji from the north, east & south are shown enlarged to 1:25, 000, with the summit area itself presented at 1:10, 000. Also provided is a circular diagram showing names of other mountains & localities visible from the summit of Mount Fuji. Another panel at 1:50, 000 shows hiking routes around Mount Ashitakayama to the south of Mount Fuji. A further panel provides a road map at 1:300, 000 of the surrounding area indicating which sections of it are covered by the more detailed maps described above. The three maps at 1:50, 000 have latitude at longitude lines at intervals of 1’. A separate 44-page booklet, in Japanese only, provides more information on the hiking routes.