Approximately 180 Past Eruptions! Is the Summit in Shizuoka or Yamanashi? Japan's Most Famous Yet Full of Unknowns! 'So Interesting You Can't Sleep Illustrated: The Story of Mount Fuji' to be Released on April 10!
Nihon Bungeisha will release 'So Interesting You Can't Sleep Illustrated: The Story of Mount Fuji' on April 10, 2026. Supervised by the Fuji Society, this book delves into the geology, history, art, religion, and lifestyle of Mount Fuji from various angles, revealing trivia and unknown secrets not found in guidebooks.
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Nihon Bungeisha Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will release 'So Interesting You Can't Sleep Illustrated: The Story of Mount Fuji' (supervised by the Fuji Society) at bookstores and online bookstores nationwide from Friday, April 10, 2026.
## ~From geology, history, legends, and the hidden side of life that guidebooks don't tell you~
Mount Fuji, the spiritual home of the Japanese people and a World Cultural Heritage site. While images of 'beauty' and 'height' precede it, its reality is a 'volcano that repeatedly erupts' full of surprises and a 'treasure trove of mysteries'.
This book, as the latest work in the 'So Interesting You Can't Sleep Illustrated' series, which has sold over 4 million copies, dissects the essence of Mount Fuji from all angles, including geology, history, art, religion, and lifestyle, under the supervision of the Fuji Society.
## Japan's No. 1 mountain is amazing just by looking at the numbers!
## ■ Highlights of this book: Mount Fuji trivia you'll want to tell someone
**[Science]** Was Mount Fuji once 'Twin Peaks'!? The turbulent history of its collapse.
**[Numbers]** Its volume is equivalent to 50 Lake Biwas! If it were a building, it would be 899 stories high! Visualizing its overwhelming scale.
**[History]** Princess Kaguya was not from the moon but from Fuji.
## ~From geology, history, legends, and the hidden side of life that guidebooks don't tell you~
Mount Fuji, the spiritual home of the Japanese people and a World Cultural Heritage site. While images of 'beauty' and 'height' precede it, its reality is a 'volcano that repeatedly erupts' full of surprises and a 'treasure trove of mysteries'.
This book, as the latest work in the 'So Interesting You Can't Sleep Illustrated' series, which has sold over 4 million copies, dissects the essence of Mount Fuji from all angles, including geology, history, art, religion, and lifestyle, under the supervision of the Fuji Society.
## Japan's No. 1 mountain is amazing just by looking at the numbers!
## ■ Highlights of this book: Mount Fuji trivia you'll want to tell someone
**[Science]** Was Mount Fuji once 'Twin Peaks'!? The turbulent history of its collapse.
**[Numbers]** Its volume is equivalent to 50 Lake Biwas! If it were a building, it would be 899 stories high! Visualizing its overwhelming scale.
**[History]** Princess Kaguya was not from the moon but from Fuji.