Ōgata Fuji

Overview

Ōgata Fuji is an artificial hill in the central part of Ogata Village, Minamiakita District, Akita Prefecture. Ogata Village was created by reclaiming Lake Hachirō and lies entirely below sea level in a zero-meter zone. The hill was built so that its height above the surroundings is 3.776 meters, exactly one-thousandth of Mount Fuji, with the summit set at an elevation of 0 meters.

Highlights

• ●An artificial mound rising 3.776 meters, one-thousandth the height of Mount Fuji
• ●A summit deliberately set at an elevation of exactly 0 meters
• ●The surrounding zero-meter zone of Ogata Village lying below sea level
• ●Now shown on topographic maps as a feature of land use

History

It was completed on 3 June 1995, on Surveying Day. Around 1994, Ogata Village requested that the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan list it on topographic maps, but the request was initially set aside. It is now shown on topographic maps as a feature of land use.

Map

39.9858, 140.0083 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Head to Ōgata Fuji in the central part of Ogata Village
2. 2View the mound rising 3.776 meters above its surroundings
3. 3Note the design that places the summit at an elevation of 0 meters
4. 4Look out over the flat, below-sea-level landscape of the village

Did you know?

💡 The height of 3.776 meters was chosen as one-thousandth of Mount Fuji's height of 3,776 meters.

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