The Hoei eruption began on December 16, 1707, during Japan's Edo period. The blast was centered on the southeastern slope of Mount Fuji, and the event lasted until January the following year.

Mount Fuji's last eruption began on December 16, 1707. It was centered on the southeastern slope and lasted until the following January. Records from the period show that a village about 10 ...

The greater Tokyo metropolitan area would effectively cease to function within hours of a full-scale eruption ... should Mount Fuji erupt on a scale of the Hoei eruption in 1707, the last time ...

Mt. Fuji's iconic snowcapped ... and ash on Dec. 16, 1707, when an 8.6 magnitude earthquake likely triggered it. Experts can ...

Other famed peaks and mountain ranges, such as Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and the Andes mountains in South America are losing their snowpacks at extraordinary rates, she said. Mount Fuji, a World ...