This Man Photographed Mount Fuji for 7 Years—Here's the Result

It is a five-storied pagoda of Arakurayama Sengen Park in Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture. This place has become popular year by year for both foreign tourists and Japanese tourists. Because we can see the five-storied pagoda, Mt Fuji and cherry blossom symbolising Japan at the same time. In particular, It's very crowded when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. When you see this scene once, your image of Mt Fuji will change. (cropped)

A purple sky at dawn reflects off of a small pond in front of Mount Fuji.

Mount Fuji glows in moonlight while Lake Kawaguchi is illuminated by highway lights around midnight.

A sea of clouds covers Lake Suwa as the morning sun reveals a painterly scene of Mount Fuji, as seen from Mount Takabotchi

As air currents change at higher altitudes around Mount Fuji, clouds take on interesting shapes. Nakazawa slept in his car in Inokashira Park, 25 miles west of Mount Fuji, to watch the clouds take shape just before sunrise.

About 60 miles from Mount Fuji, the Takabochi Highlands provide a unique view of the landscape.

After hours of thick clouds obscured the top of Mount Fuji, a break appeared just as the moon began to rise. Though the mountain never moves, patience is still key to making these images.

Spring flowers provide a bright and colourful foreground to the atmospheric blue of Mount Fuji.

For this image, Nakazawa waited through hours of heavy rains and thick fog until a clearing provided the opportunity for this mystical scene.

A seven-minute exposure creates star trails above a dwarfed Mount Fuji, as seen from the Ikeno-Chaya Forest road.

Visitors have a chance to see swans dancing in front of Mount Fuji from Lake Yamanaka. It was here that Nakazawa first fell in love with Mount Fuji.

If you cannot manage to see real swans on the water, you might manage to find a swan boat to set the scene.

On cold winter mornings mist rises off of a lake, illuminated by the rising sun.

Backlit grassland leads to a mountain glowing under bright moonlight in front of Mount Fuji.

A popular day to visit Mount Fuji, especially for photographers, is for "Diamond Fuj", a day when the sun rises or sets directly above the summit, creating a glowing effect. A festival is held at Lake Yamanaka on this day.