Sacred mountain in a secular age, in danger of being obscured by the forces of commercialism
Green Shinto previously had a piece on the danger to the last street view of Mt Fuji in Tokyo – Nippori Fushimizaka. Now we have had a letter asking for international support for the citizens’ group trying to save the view from the forces of commercialism.
This is particularly poignant given the recent recommendation of ICOMOS (Unesco advisory body) to recommend Mt Fuji for World Heritage status.
Some things have a value beyond mere money, and Green Shinto has no hesitation in lending its full support to the citizens’ group.
It would be great if anyone in the Tokyo area is able to attend Saturday’s event below, and it’s great that the ancient Suwa Shrine there, founded 1205 and featured in a Hiroshige woodblock, is lending its facilities and serving the community…
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I am Tatsuo Ikemoto in Japan and a member of Citizens’ alliance to Save the Fuji-view (CASF; Nippori Fujimizaka o Mamoru Kai). I repect your writing articles on Japan and we are most grateful that you reported about Nippori Fujimizaka on your site.
The view of Mt Fuji from Nippori Fujimizaka is in “critical condition” to disappear now. The buildings that hide the Mt Fuji view from Nippori Fujimizaka away is continuing and not stopped despite the ICOMOS resolution.
We think it is the precious place where one can feel the familiarity between Tokyo (former Edo) and Mt Fuji like wood block prints by Katsusika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige in Edo era. I sincerely hope it interests you and you could write about the crisis of the view from Nippori Fujimizaka.
It will be a great help for us and many Japanese people.
Please visit CASF’s websites: (Sorry, but almost all items are written in Japanese!)
Homepage: http://fujimizaka.yanesen.org/
Blog: http://fujimizaka.wordpress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nippori.fujimizaka
Live camera: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nippori-fujimizaka
We will hold “Otakiage” bonfire praying ceremony for registration of Mt Fuji as a world cultural heritage and saving the Mt Fuji view from Nippori Fujimizaka on this Saturday (8th June) in Suwa Shrine near the Nippori Fujimizaka.
It is a special praying to Mt Fuji and is hard to see nowadays especially in Tokyo.
Invitation to the Fujimizaka event on Saturday June 8 at the Suwa Shrine, just outside of Nishi Nippori station
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