Mount Fuji and popular theme parks Universal Studios Japan in Osaka and Tokyo Disneyland topped what foreign tourists posted on social media during their stay in Japan, a recent survey found.

But they also tended to post pictures of the renowned Shibuya pedestrian crossing. It seems visitors were so impressed with that heaving, weaving mass of humanity that they had to share photos on social media.

The survey was conducted jointly by market research firm RJC Research Inc. and IT firm Nightley Inc., analyzing about 280,000 posts on Twitter and the Chinese Weibo site between last October and December.

According to the survey, Mount Fuji was tweeted 1,859 times, followed by USJ's 1,801 tweets and Tokyo Disneyland's 1,267. Many people posted photos of Mount Fuji as opposed to text.

Of the posts analyzed, 67 percent were made by Chinese travelers, 6 percent were by people from Taiwan, 5 percent by Thai travelers and 4 percent by Americans. During October and December, when the survey was conducted, Chinese and South Korean travelers comprised 23 percent each of all foreign tourists, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.

Most of the posts ranked top in the survey were by Chinese visitors. But the survey showed that foreigners of various nationalities tweeted about the Shibuya crossing, where up to 3,000 people cross the intersection every time the light turns green. The intersection ranked in 15th.

"The madness of Shibuya crossing" was how some people described it.

"It apparently showed that the crossing attracts a wide range of foreign tourists as a place to experience something they can't find in their home countries," the survey said.

Ranked fourth, Tokyo Tower was tweeted 1,115 times, proving more popular than its rival, Tokyo Sky Tree, which ranked ninth.

Only two of Kyoto's many tourist destinations won spots in the top 10 — Kiyomizu Temple, in No. 6 place, and Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine at 10th.