Exotics and Retrospectives — Lafcadio Hearn

Seen on close approach, the mountain of Fuji does not come up to expectation.-Japanese proverbial philosophy. The most beautiful sight in Japan, and certainly one of the most beautiful in the world, is the distant apparition of Fuji on cloudless days, -more especially days of spring and autumn, when the greater part of the peak is covered with late or with early snows