p.s. Because it isn't shown in the pictures, I'll say right now that we didn't make it to the summit of Fuji. The weather was pretty bad and we weren't really prepared, so we hiked up to station five and then took a bus back down. That being said, we hiked the part of the trail that most people don't normally bother with, which was pretty neat. We only saw three other people the entire hike (8~ish hours). Hikers normally take a bus up to station five and hike to the top for sunrise. When we reached station five we saw TONS of people. Hikers at our hostel told us that it took them a very long time to reach the summit, and only because they were queuing up to reach the top. There are literally traffic jams on top of Mt. Fuji.
The moral of the story is that there will have to be a Fuji-san trip 2.0 in which I climb station five to the top. Hopefully, this will occur on a day with nicer weather and a beautiful Japanese sunrise :)
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| 5:30 A.M. The beginning of an epic journey |
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| View from the train. Something to spice up a 10 hour train ride :) |
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| Fuji-san train at the Mt. Fuji Station. How cute! |
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| Mt. Fuji Station -- enough said! |
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| And the hike begins! |
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| Rawr |
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| So wet |
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| WHYY?! |
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| Tokyo Ramen |
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| Shibuya Crossing from Starbucks |
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| We found a festival near Roppongi |
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| Tokyo Tower at night |
you totally just got me so excited. T-minus 10 hours till my first flight takes off :)
ReplyDeleteI like that you did the part of Mt Fuji with less people. Enjoy the cousins:)
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