Facility Overview

The Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka, performs both scientific and educational functions as a key facility to ensure the protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of world heritage, as set forth in the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which is the basis for its recognition.
静岡県富士山世界遺産センター

Name	Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka
Location	5-12, Miya-cho, Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Open	December 23, 2017
Primary Purpose	Museum
Site Area	Approx. 6,100 m²
Building Area	Approx. 2,000 m²
Total Floor Area	Approx. 3,400 m²
Max. Height	18.515m
No. of Floors	Five floors above ground
Construction	Steel structure
Floor Plan	The Centre is comprised of a North Building, West Building and Exhibition Building; the interior of the Exhibition Building features exhibits connected via a spiraling slope (reminiscent of a mountain-climbing trek) running from the 1st floor to the 5th floor (top floor)
Mt. Fuji Viewing	The hall on the top floor of the Exhibition Building and the Outdoor Terrace offer views of Mt. Fuji unobstructed by surrounding buildings
Locally-sourced Materials	The wooden lattice on the exterior of the Exhibition Building is made of locally-sourced materials
Energy Conservation	The Centre seeks to achieve maximum energy conservation through such design elements as using groundwater for the reflecting pool as well as the air-conditioning heat source.
Exterior Plan	In front of the Centre is a shallow, natural spring-fed water basin which reflects the Centre’s inverted cone-shaped Exhibition Building, creating a mirror image in the shape of Mt. Fuji, as well as creating a linking network with the Sengen Taisha shrine

Logo

Created in collaboration with the members of the Sai Laboratory in the Shizuoka University of Art and Culture’s Faculty of Design, the logo is designed to appeal to the sensibilities of the younger generation while remaining clear and accessible to the general public.

静岡県富士山世界遺産センターシンボルマーク

It depicts Mt. Fuji using five columns that represent the Centre’s four basic tenets of protection, transmission, interaction and study combined with the individual’s reverence and interest for Mt. Fuji.
The square border is representative of scholarship and the earth, with the downward lines expressing how knowledge is deepened through the study of Mt. Fuji and, where the lines break free of the square border, the wide, solid earth within which a bright future for Mt. Fuji and the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka is grounded.