What is Fuji River?
{{Infobox river | name = Fuji River | native_name ={{native name|ja|富士川}} | image = Fuji-fujigawa.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = Mt. Fuji and a bridge over the Fuji River | source1_location = [[Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi|Ichikawamisato]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] | mouth_location = [[Suruga Bay]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Japan]] | length = {{convert|128|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|2685|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|63.2|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|3990|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} }} The {{Nihongo|'''Fuji River'''|富士川|Fujikawa or Fujigawa}} flows from [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] to [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] in [[Japan]]. It is 128&nbsp;km long and has a drainage area of 3990&nbsp;km². With the [[Mogami River]] and the [[Kuma River (Japan)|Kuma River]], it is regarded as one of the three most rapid flows of Japan. This river is not well known by people over the world. It is near [[Mount Fuji]]. In 1927, the Fuji River was [[wikt:recognize|recognized]] as one of the [[100 Landscapes of Japan (Shōwa period)|100 Landscapes of Japan]] which best showed Japan and its culture in the [[Shōwa period]].<ref>Japan Ministry of the Environment, [http://www.env.go.jp/nature/ari_kata/shiryou/031208-4-3.pdf 日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 {{in lang|ja}}]; retrieved 2012-3-30.</ref> ==References == {{reflist}} {{Japan-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers of Japan}} [[Category:Rivers of Japan]]