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Mt. Fuji
... a map from tourist information, in the mood for walking we walked around one of the bigger lakes at the bottom of Mt Fuji and up towards the mountain itself. We were both surprised that the area was like a little town, we thought we'd be walking on mud tracks but if we weren't on the public footpath we were on the road. We stopped for our packed lunch (yes, we really were like serious ramblers for the day) overlooking the ...
My longest blog in ths trip so far
This is the longest blog so far in this trip, cause a lot of time spent on trains
Took JR, train and train again to get to Fuji train station, total of about 2 something hours.
I have to make a comment, the worst washroom I went to China was still better than the one in Fuji train station :(
I forgot to chk the weather for Fuji, the weather at the Mt is 10 degree lower than the station. It was cold in the station, probably mid teens ...
Mt Fuji Trip Report
... a few Americans who’d been climbing since about 8:30pm the previous night. I’d read that this was another way to do it to catch the sunrise… they said they’d have to sprint back down the mountain in 3hrs though to get their bus!
The funniest thing that happened during the sunrise was a fellow tour member had climbed the mountain in a suit and proceeded to pose in front of the rising sun ...
Higher than mountains....
Birthday day! So we had a super early alarm this morning..6am...ready for the Hato-bus to come and pick us up for our tour today. Matt suprised me as we were getting ready with 2 amazing art books by amazing tattoo artists, an uber cute Kitsune card and the big suprise ...some flowers delivered to our room :) We made it down to the lobby just as the bright yellow and green bus pulled up. We were given our tickets for the trip and hopped on. It took about 10 mins to ...
Tackling Mt Fuji
... I saw, with a mixture of relief, and disbelief, a temple archway with stone creatures guarding its gate. I threw down some hundred yen coins, feeling a debt to the mountain gods for my safe passage that outweighed the debt I had felt to the toilets.
I touched the head of the dragon and looked about me. The sun was still an hour from rising. Dark clouds rolled out beneath us, a soft grey carpet that shrouded the summit. A faint glow of orange warmed their ...
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