[Japan’s Tallest Mountain] Famous songs about Mount Fuji: recommended popular tracks
Mount Fuji is so deeply rooted in everyone’s hearts that you could call it one of Japan’s symbols.
If you’ve seen it in person, you especially understand its grandeur.
In this article, I’ve gathered songs themed around “Mount Fuji,” ranging from serious pieces to playful tunes.
From works beloved since long ago, to songs created in response to its World Heritage listing, to appearances as a subject in J-pop—Mount Fuji is sung about from many angles.
You might even find a song by that artist—the one that’ll make you do a double take.
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[Japan’s Tallest Mountain] Famous songs about Mount Fuji: Recommended popular tracks (21–30)
Land of FujiNagabuchi Tsuyoshi
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi’s “Fuji no Kuni,” a song about Mount Fuji, was released in 2015 as his 50th single.
He has said the inspiration came when, after visiting the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, he felt he next had to go to Mount Fuji.
Listening to the lyrics, which overlap the sunlight rising over the summit of Mount Fuji—Japan’s highest peak—with the Yamato spirit raised under the Hinomaru flag, makes me proud to have been born Japanese.
It is a work I hope will be passed down to future generations.
It’s Mount Fuji.Katō Tokiko
It was created in the hope that Mount Fuji would be registered as a World Heritage site.
With lyrics by Yu Aku and music by Tokiko Kato—such an illustrious team—you can feel their strong desire for the registration.
The song conveys the beautiful, majestic figure of Fuji, no matter when, where, or how you see it.
It truly is a source of pride for Japan.
Mount FujiDenki Gurūvu
One of Denki Groove’s signature tracks, showcasing their one-of-a-kind electronic dance music.
It’s a song that simply chants the height of Mount Fuji over and over, yet somehow never gets boring all the way to the end.
At live shows, Pierre Taki dons a Mount Fuji headpiece and captivates the crowd with a powerful performance, while the audience amps things up by leaping as high as they can—making it a fan favorite.
The song’s defining trait may be the overwhelming sense of euphoria it delivers, as if saying, “How’s this for exhilaration?”
Mt. Fuji is always here.
A beloved civic song of Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture.
It is a work by the popular duo: lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani and music by Taku Izumi.
The song vividly and refreshingly portrays the beauty of a town at the foot of Mount Fuji, like a single painted picture.
It’s a piece that conjures the scenery and makes you want to visit the place.
Hometown of the Heart ~ Mount Fuji ~Nishijima Mieko
This “Hometown of the Heart — Mount Fuji” was written and composed by Mieko Nishijima and released in 2013.
Nishijima is the artist whose second single, “Ikegami Line,” released in 1976, became a hit.
As she currently lives in Shizuoka Prefecture, I imagine she chose to sing about the familiar Mount Fuji.
Listening to this song reminds me that, as a Japanese person, Mount Fuji is deeply etched in my heart as a spiritual hometown.
The song conveys both strength and gentleness, as if the mountain always stays by your side whenever something happens.
Kaguya-hime, the goddess of FujiFuji-shi Shōnen Shōjo Gasshōdan
This is the theme song of the Mt.
Fuji Kaguya-hime Museum.
In Fuji City, there is a legend that Princess Kaguya is a celestial maiden of Mt.
Fuji, and on snowy days, her figure is said to appear on the surface of the mountain.
The connection between Mt.
Fuji and Princess Kaguya… it’s mysterious and romantic, isn’t it?
Fuji Mountain DanceSasaki Shinichi
Shinichi Sasaki, an enka singer, performs “Fujisan Ondo,” a song that praises Mount Fuji.
It paints beautiful seasonal scenes that adorn Fuji—cherry blossoms in spring, refreshing winds in summer, autumn foliage, and winter snow—so vividly that the imagery unfolds just by listening.
It even includes the mnemonic word minanarō for remembering Mount Fuji’s height of 3,776 meters, conveying the mountain’s charm in full.
When you see Mount Fuji, think of “Fujisan Ondo” and let yourself be moved all the more.