Mt Fuji. Hello.
Last weekend a whole group of us joined this tour to go see Mt Fuji. Mt Fuji is one of the biggest symbols of Japan. The active volcano is located in the Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Pref. which is just the next prefecture over from Tokyo. 
The mountain is the highest in Japan at 3667 meters, and is snow capped a majority of the year. Even when I went last weekend (late May), the tour guide said that it had snowed the day before at the 5th Station. The mountain is only open from July for climbing because its just so damn cold but if you want to see it, you can travel to the 5th Station which is around the 2200m mark. I think it was approximately 12-15 degrees (round 1pm) even though it felt way colder when the clouds rolled in. Maybe it was because I was just in 2-3 layers instead of 100 layers. The bus was way hot so it was hard to balance between dressing for the 4-5 hours on the bus and then 2 hours on the mountain.
The location is very near to the popular hot spring destination of Hakone, and is visible from Lake Ashiya if you take the Pirate boat cruise. It's also visible from Gotemba Premium Outlet, if you happen to be making your wallet cry there.
The base of Mt Fuji is surrounded by forest, namely the Aokigahara forest which is a creepily popular place to suicide. I heard from a friend that March to April is the peak suicide season due to the end of the fiscal year being in March. (This also seems to be true for death by train cases. If you ride the trains and they get delayed due to 人身事故, passenger injury there is a big chance that it was a possible suicide attempt. The Chuo- Line is one of the more frequently delayed lines due to this.) From here its only up up and away to Mt Fuji.
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| We tried to take a selfie with Mt Fuji... FAIL |
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| Super close up~ Steaming Fuji-san |
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| And the clouds come rolling in~ |
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Labels: Japan, Mt Fuji, travels
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