Mount Fuji rises 12,388 feet over Japan ... climb just after 11:30 a.m., heading up a set of stairs and through a torii gate to the start of the trail. There was no easing into it.

But now, Kanonji city has something new to offer: the “torii gate in the sky” of the “hongu” main building of Takayajinja shrine that sits atop 404-meter-high Mount Inazumiyama.

Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an ... The small town is home to the famous orange “floating shrine” torii gate, which is part of a 1,400-year-old Shinto complex.