Mount Fuji is the icon of Japan and is very well known. However it is not just at the current moment in which Mount Fuji is seen as a monument of beauty. In the Shinto religion, the native religion of Japan, Mount Fuji was worshipped as a god. In this way people did not climb Mount Fuji in order to get near to God, as this was a place for God, but rather worshipped from its base. Therefore Shinto shrines were built around the base of Mount Fuji, and were well attended for hundreds of years. One of the most famous shrines for Mount Fuji is the Fujiyoshida Sengen Shrine. It is also known as Kitaguchihongu
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