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My longest blog in ths trip so far
... wind. Mark was wearing shorts. Will be zero at the Mt? We are now in the bus going there, will see.
Arrived at Mt Fuji, the 5th step (total of 9 steps). very foggy, windy and cold. Sooo foggy that the top of the Mt was fully covered. So we walked around in the shops, the food was good though, corn and Mt Fuji cake (must try).
Taxi heading for onzen now, FujiYama Onzen. About 1000¥ taxi from the train station. The price for this Onzen (1800¥) ...
Trains, Cable Cars and Pirate Ships!
... car we went down to Togendai which is on the shores of Lake Ashi. The mists were starting to come in now and there was only the occasional glimpse of Mt Fuji amongst the clouds. There was no snow on it (like in all the photos you usually see) but it is still unmistakable because of it’s shape.
From Togendai we caught a local bus to Sengoku-Kogen where there is a famous hillside (Sengokuhara Heights) covered in Japanese pampas grass which is at its best at ...
The Elusive Mt Fuji
We’ve had quite a lazy day today (for once). First we took the train from Kyoto to Odawara (going east) - with the obligatory box of sushi for lunch on the train. Just before Odawara we got a glimpse of what we think was Mount Fuji - but it was only momentary! Then we got two local trains - each one climbing higher up into the mountains - the last one going up a series of switchbacks. We finally arrived at Myanoshita, a small ...
Japan moto trip (Izu Skyline)
Day 2: Izu Skyline
All I can say is, you MUST ride this, and any/everywhere on the Izu Peninsula at some point in your life. You must do this especially if you consider yourself a keen moto tourer. The scenery and corner carving cahoonery is OSM (panorama). OSM. Sometimes when you read moto magazines they talk about an ear to ear grin when riding a bike. I had one of these. A lot. It was OSM. I felt so ecstatic because here I was, a total newbie to ...
Mount Fuji, me voilà!
... dit qu'un train entier s'est déversé sur la montagne durant la nuit! Il a donc fallu monter tout le monde à la queue leu leu et ce, jusqu'au sommet! La vue en haut est magnifique... voir les lumière des villes, être au-dessus des nuages et surtout, voir le ciel changer de couleur graduellement pour prendre toutes les teintes de rouge à orangé... De toute beauté! Ça me faisait oublier que j'étais en train de me congeler ...