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Human Geographical Studies of Mount Fuji Region Focusing on Tourism 地学雑誌 Journal of Geography（Chigaku Zasshi） 124（6）877–885 2015 doi:10.5026/jgeography.124.877 Overview of Special Issue: Human Geographical Studies of Mount Fuji Region Focusing on Tourism Masaaki KUREHA＊, Toshio KIKUCHI＊＊, Mitsuru SANO＊＊＊ and Mitsuru YAMAMOTO＊＊＊＊ Sanuki-fuji（ Kagawa）. Furthermore, Mount Fuji I．Human geographical studies of Mount Fuji is closely linked to spiritual beliefs, which is due Mount Fuji was listed as a UNESCO World in no small part to its“ exceptional mountain” Heritage site（ cultural site） under the title: status. This link led to the development of Fuji-ko “Mt. Fuji: Object of Worship, Wellspring of Art,” （devotional Fuji confraternities） and the practice on June 22, 2013—still a recent memory. This of climbing the mountain as an act of worship. World Heritage site comprises a total of 25 assets Mount Fuji's“ exceptional mountain” charac- scattered around Mount Fuji. We compiled this teristic also relates to where it is situated. Tokyo special issue, titled“ Human Geographical Studies has been the political center of Japan since the of Mount Fuji Region Focusing on Tourism,” with Edo Period（ 1603–1868）, and the ability to see the a view to exploring two new approaches. The first mountain from Tokyo sets Mount Fuji apart from approach is to use human geographical studies other mountains. Moreover, the view of Mount methods to illustrate the characteristics of the re- Fuji from the Tokaido Road, which has been a gion comprising Mount Fuji and its foothills. The major arterial route between Tokyo and Kyoto second approach is to ascertain the characteristics since the Edo Period, has become much admired. of Mount Fuji as a tourism area with diverse While means of transport may have changed from characteristics. foot, to rail, to expressway, and to shinkansen（ bul- The designation of the collective assets of Mount let train）, travelers still feel the same emotions. Fuji, as described above, has attracted inter- Thus, Mount Fuji has characteristics that set est not only among the general public but also it apart from other mountains: it is a tall volcanic among researchers. It is also a fact that Mount mountain with extensive foothills. Furthermore, Fuji enjoyed the public spotlight for many years within the territory comprising Mount Fuji and its before the designation. For example, mountainous foothills, there are heterogeneous local character- terrain is a ubiquitous feature throughout Japan, istics. Accordingly, there is considerable internal as a glance across the whole of the territory of the diversity in the human activities of the area, and nation would reveal. Nevertheless, Mount Fuji is the distinctive and diverse blend of industrial invariably regarded as an“ exceptional mountain”. locations, land use, and vistas can be seen as the Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, and results of such internal variations. has a uniquely shaped peak with a broad skirt. The broad foothills of Mount Fuji have been Due to these physical conditions, Mount Fuji has used for agricultural production. However, the become an object of admiration among the Japa- area has proved to be poorly suited to paddy farm- nese, and many mountains in Japan use“ Fuji” in ing, the basic agronomy of Japan, due to condi- their names, examples being Ezo-fuji（ Yoteizan in tions attributable to the area being in the foothills Hokkaido Prefecture）, Takai-fuji（ Nagano）, and of a volcanic mountain, including a scarcity of ＊ Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan ＊＊ Graduate School of Urban Environment Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, 192-0397 Japan ＊＊＊ College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, 156-8550, Japan ＊＊＊＊ School of Letters, Senshu University, Kawasaki, 214-8580, Japan — —877 water and development of volcanic ash. Therefore, foothills, there is considerable internal variety in many parcels of land in the foothills of Mount Fuji terms of Mount Fuji's characteristics as a tourism were set aside for post-war reclamation（ Asagiya, area. Regarding the practice of mountain climb- 1972）. Furthermore, there is a distinctive blend ing as religious worship during the Edo Period, of agriculture in the area, including dairy farming, while this practice can be distinguished in some stockbreeding（ poultry, swine, etc.） highland respects from tourism activities, the places that vegetable production, and turf grass production served as base points for climbing the mountain （Ogaki, 2000）. Looking at the area spatially, the were the villages of oshi pilgrim masters（ low- southwestern foothills and the eastern foothills ranking Shinto priests） who managed shukubo are situated at 600 meters above sea level, and （pilgrim guesthouses）. During the Edo Period, are characterized by a diverse range of land-use villages in the part of the Mount Fuji area that categories（ Maruyama, 1994）. On the other hand, lies within Shizuoka Prefecture included Omiya the western and northern foothills are situated and Murayama（ both of which now make up between 500 and 1,000 meters above sea level, Fujinomiya-guchi）, Sugiyama（ Gotemba-guchi）, and they are characterized primarily by dispersed and Subashiri（ Subashiri-guchi）. On the Ya- rural settlements focused on stockbreeding. manashi Prefecture side, there were the villages Because the area is unsuitable for agricultural of Yoshida（ Yoshida-guchi） and Kawaguchi（ no production, there was, naturally, a need to find longer extant）. These villages all formed starting some other sources of income. One is the tourism points for mountain climbers and were homes industry, as discussed later, but manufacturing to oshi, particularly those associated with the also plays an important role. In the northern Sengen Shrine（ Yamamura, 1994）. A comparison foothills of Mount Fuji, a small-scale cotton fabric of the numbers of oshi at the end of the Edo industry developed across an extensive area that Period reveals that Yoshida and Kawaguchi had included Otsuki City（ Tsujimoto, 1972; Yuzawa, much higher numbers than other villages, and 2009）. Meanwhile, the southern foothills saw the that climbers started their ascents from the development of modern industry, and large-scale northern foothills in many cases. The unfavorable plants were established during the period of high conditions in the northern foothills prompted a economic growth, reflecting the influence of the search for sources of income other than farming. Pacific belt（ Ota, 1972）. The efforts of the oshi in this regard bore fruit in Due to its“ exceptional mountain” character- the form of large numbers of mountain climbers istic, Mount Fuji has also enjoyed a privileged （Naito, 2002）. status as an object of tourism. As something to After Japan opened itself to the outside world look at, as something to climb, and as a high place in the 1850s, the tourist destination aspect of that rises far above sea level, Mount Fuji and its Mount Fuji gradually gained weight, and in time, foothills became a destination for popular tourist tourism development became fully-fledged, albeit activities. In this special issue, we approach sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Initially, Mount Fuji primarily as a tourism area, and seek foreigners played a major role in developing tour- to illustrate the various aspects of Mount Fuji as ism. Inbound tourism was already taking place such. In the following section, we clarify and dis- at the end of the Edo Period. It was in Septem- cuss the changes that Mount Fuji has undergone ber 1860 that Mount Fuji was first climbed by as a tourism area, and provide a summary of the a foreigner: the British Consul-General in Japan, contents of this special issue. Sir Rutherford Alcock. Subsequently, moun- tain climbing as a leisure pursuit rather than a II．The changes Mount Fuji has undergone devotional act grew in popularity. Theodor Edler as a tourism area von Lerch, an officer of the Austro-Hungarian 1） Before World War Two Army who introduced skiing techniques to Japan, Within the area comprising Mount Fuji and its attempted to climb Mount Fuji with skis alongside — —878 his compatriot Egon von Kratzer, a merchant 1994）. This trend continued into the period of residing in Yokohama（ Nakano, 1964）. Lerch and high economic growth, which saw conspicuous Kratzer began their ascents from Gotemba-guchi development in the northern foothills and scarcely in April 1911, but they failed to reach the summit. any in the southwestern foothills. Alongside the Around this time, the Fuji Five Lakes started development of second-home land, there was functioning as tourism resources in addition to extensive construction of accommodation facilities, the mountain; for example, in 1895, a hotel for primarily hoyo-jo（ lodgings owned by companies foreigners was established by a lakeside of Shoji or governmental bodies for use by their employ- Lake. In 1936, the Fuji–Hakone–Izu region was ees）, in the northern foothills, particularly along designated a National Park, and this increased the shores of Yamanaka Lake. Training camps the international fame of the area. for sports such as tennis also saw considerable The number of visitors, including inbound development（ Sasaki, 1988）. tourists and subsequent Japanese tourists, in- Another notable construction around this time creased in tandem with transport infrastructure was the opening of the Fuji Five Lake Interna- development. In 1889, the Tokaido Railway Line tional Skating Center in 1961. This was renamed was laid along what is now the Gotemba Line, and Fuji-Q Highland in 1964 and subsequently saw Gotemba Station was opened. On the northern a considerable expansion in scale. Another side, what is now the Chuo Line was developed. amusement park, Odakyu Gotemba Family Land, In 1902, it extended to Otsuki, and by 1903, it had was opened in Gotemba in 1974. The park closed reached as far as Kofu. In 1929, the Fuji Sanroku in 1999, but the site was repurposed and opened Electric Railway（ now the Fujikyuko Line） was in the following year as the Gotemba Premium opened; it ran between Otsuki and Fuji-Yoshida.
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