Fuji, Japan Travel Blogs

Its a long way to the top
Aug 11, 2003 (5 photos)

... all the walking I had been doing to train up??) or was something more sinister afoot - like the high altitude? Nonetheless (in Japan you must save face) I scrambled on and for once was relatively silent, only gasping out STOP! every now and then. The wind ...

Mt Fuji
Dec 20, 2007 (20 photos)

... a Japanese rooftop garden and of course... Mt. Fuji on yet another glorious day. What a perfect end to our Mt. Fuji and Japan experience.  We are mad about this country, and can't even imagine how beautiful Kyoto, which we were unable to visit, ...

Objective: Mt Fuji
Aug 10, 2007 (9 photos)

... mountain. We actually had the luxury of sleeping on the night we arrived in Kawaguchiko, a quiet little town at the outskirts of Mt Fuji. Rest was a good change from our all nighters. The sun rose and we were both happy to be here. But the mood ...

Fuji Yoshida
Feb 12, 2003 (4 photos)

... last erupted in 1707 and covered Tokyo 100km away in ash. I stayed in the Fuji Go-ko or Fuji five lakes region in a place called Fuji Yoshida. I only spent two days here as there wasn't a lot to do in the town itself. Mt Fuji itself kept me waiting as it ...

Miyajima to Fuji City
Jul 27, 2006

... on the ferry (having seen an annoyed looking caretaker chase two more deer out of the ferry terminal building with a broom!), and another supermarket stop in the mall beneath Hiroshima train station. Our next stop is Fuji City- and then, the mountain...

Fuji-San!
May 10, 2007

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Fuji-san!
Mar 27, 2007

... After that we wandered around the town trying to find something to eat, harder than it sounds since it is the off-season for Fuji (most people come to climb it in summer when all the snow has melted off). We finally managed to find a little 'restaurant' ...

Mount Fuji and Hakone
Aug 12, 2007 (23 photos)

... the trains? Our destination now was Kyoto, which was the former capital city. Kyoto means city where the emperor lives. Kyoto is definitely the cultural capital of Japan with more shrines, museums, handicrafts than anywhere else in Japan.

Fuegos artificiales en Kawaguchiko
Jul 4, 2009

El Sabado por fin conseguimos llegar al area donde se situa el Monte Fuji. Viajamos directas desde Tokyo Shinjuku en autobus. Unas dos horas de camino. El hotel donde nos hospedamos esta justo frente a la estacion de Kawaguchiko. Tenian habitaciones en ...

Foggy Fuji
Jun 14, 2008 (2 photos)

... turned out to be quite a disappointment as dense clouds ruined any hope we had of witnessing the great views of Japan's largest mountain. We took a long winded combination of Shinkansen and other private trains all the way from Nagoya back to Tokyo and ...

Fujisan in a day
Aug 11, 2007 (4 photos)

... walker on his way down, who told me that this morning, he'd seen two walkers, walking down without torchlight.  Fuji is a sacred mountain in Japan.  It doesn't have any lamps, only the official huts do.  And its a long, pretty dangerous walk ...

Sunrise on the summit of Mount Fuji
Sep 3, 2006 (18 photos)

... Friendship Hike". There was about 50 people from all over the world, but most of them were living in Japan. Arrived at the 5th station on Mount Fuji at about 3:30pm. This is at 2890 metres. This was where the hike would start. After changing, ...

Mt Fuji
Nov 11, 2007 (4 photos)

I had originally hoped to climb Mt Fuji. My guide book says it can be year round, but it failed to mention that you had to be an expert to do it in the winter!! Oh well! I actually didn't even get to see the mountain while I was there because it ...

Mount Fuji- I can see my hostel from here...
Jul 28, 2006 (4 photos)

After a very disturbed night, we got up extremely early in order to continue our ascent up Mount Fuji. The schoolgirls (finally!) appeared to be asleep as we could hear none of the embarrassed giggling we'd come to associate with any public appearance made ...

Fuji/Tokyo Update
Feb 2, 2008 (11 photos)

... 14th, where girls turning 20 dress up in their best kimonos and visit a local shrine. There are some new photos from Fuji posted, including New Year's resolutions from Fiona's students. Lastly, what's with all the Kit Kat flavours here, hoho! To date ...

December Update
Dec 13, 2007 (7 photos)

... with Land...despite the fact that you can drink booze at Sea...we still tended to think Land was a better park... Near Fuji, we checked out Shiraito Falls for Fiona's birthday, and also went bowling! Shiraito Falls was quite beautiful, and not very ...

Gion Matsuri
Jun 14, 2008 (9 photos)

A short sleep after club Womb and the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, we check out our own local matsuri, the Gion festival of Yoshiwara. It's a relatively small 2-day festival, but it's fun run into so many people we know, to have festival food, and check ...

Notes From Fuji
Apr 12, 2008 (7 photos)

... the year is fast approaching! It'll probably get busy here, but we'll try to keep updating regularly. Here are a few photos from around Fiona's place, including some more of Fuji at this time...the snow is on the way out! And the warmth is quite welcome!

Halfway up Mount Fuji
Jul 28, 2006 (4 photos)

... girls even attempting some English with him before being hit by a bout of shyness. It looks like Al is Big In Japan... At risk of sounding patronising when I don't mean to, I was incredibly impressed by the standard of behaviour by the school ...

Fujiyama, just before the rain moved in...
Apr 7, 2008 (12 photos)

... Der Shinkansen ist hier tatsaechlich ein local Zug, alle 10min Stop (Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, Odawara, Atamin, Mishima, Shin-Fuji, Shikuoka). Und zwischen Yokohoma und Chibu fahren die Shinkansen auch nicht mehr als 150... In Shin-Fuji bin ich dann ...

Late Update Before the Big Visit
Mar 4, 2008 (1 photos)

Things have started to get really busy lately with planning for a visit from Sebastian's family. Weekends have been spent researching and booking places, but we have managed to get out a few times. In Tokyo recently, we wandered around Shinjuku, which we ...

Mt. Fuji
Jul 31, 2006 (27 photos)

Still to do

A Fujian Adventure
Sep 6, 2005 (23 photos)

... adventures that I should probably write about, the most significant of which was my trip to the top of Mount Fuji last week! Ever since I arrived in Japan, a few of my friends and I have been determined to summit that famous dead volcano. After a bit of ...

trekking ao topo do monte fuji
Aug 11, 2005 (11 photos)

... em japonês e inglês, mas creio que seria mais útil se fosse em português ao invés do inglês pois a quantidade de brasileiros que sobem o Fuji é muito grande e vimos poucos "gringos"... Saímos da estação 7 às 18:35 e no meio do caminho vimos o pôr do sol entre as ...

Mount Fuji
Dec 4, 2008

... car) to an observation deck near the summit of Mt Teiyu. Once we got to the the top you had a fantastic view of Mt Fuji and the surrounding landscape. After waiting for a little bit the clouds broke over Fuji and it was clear enough to see the summit! ...

Trek to Mt. Fuji
Apr 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... of Mt. Fuji. At first, the morning was very rainy with lots of clouds. Fuji was almost totally covered by clouds. By the afternoon, the skies cleared and a very nice of Fuji was seen. Here are pictures from our journey to this very beautiful area of Japan.

Kawaguchi Lake
Jul 5, 2009

... Kubota, un disenador de kimonos muy famoso, pero nos equivocamos. En este museo vimos cuadros modernos del Monte Fuji, con mucho colorido. Me sorprendio bastante el ver estilos mas bien impresionistas, cuando esperaba ver pinturas bastante sombrias y ...

Climbing Fuji-san
Aug 18, 2007 (5 photos)

Up early Saturday morning with our friend Luke, we climbed the famous (and still active) Mt. Fuji. The climb wasn't too tough, though we were a bit headachy at the top. It's something like 3776m at the top. The climb took about 4.5 hours up, ...

Fuji
Jul 31, 2005 (25 photos)

... escalar la montana mas alta en Japón, 3,776 metros sobre el nivel del mar. La temporada en la que se puede escalar el Monte Fuji es solamente durante los meses de julio y agosto, ya que el resto de año este volcán esta cubierto de nieve. El ascenso comenzó ...

Sakura!
Apr 5, 2008 (46 photos)

... sakura began blooming just as they were leaving, so they were only able to see some here and there on their way from Fuji to Narita airport. Sebastian left them at Tokyo station, to check out Ueno park, where many sakura had indeed bloomed. After wandering ...