Feb 19 (NHK) - Visitors to a village near Mount Fuji and its residents were rewarded with a dazzling spectacle on Monday.
The "Diamond Fuji" phenomenon occurs when the sun is behind Japan's highest peak and shines like a diamond.
In the village of Yamanakako in Yamanashi Prefecture, the phenomenon can be seen in the evening in the autumn and winter. The village draws many visitors in early and mid-February, when weather conditions are mostly stable.
Many tourists, amateur photographers and others gathered by Lake Yamanaka.
The sun overlapped with the mountain peak at around 4:30 PM.
Those gathered enjoyed the sight that lasted only for about five minutes.
A man in his 70s from Kanagawa Prefecture said he is happy to have taken a picture of Diamond Fuji, describing it as more beautiful than he had expected .
