Mt Fuji,Japan (7th - 9th Jun)
7th June
After a 20-hr flight from Maryland to Tokyo, Japan, I’m back to my traveling days again!
It is definitely not a good idea to lug around 100 pounds of luggage while trying to find your way in the maze-like rail system in Tokyo! I had the most nightmarish time trying to get to the Keio bus station in the Shinjuku rail station because the escalators were tiny at best and some exits only have staircases! (imagine a jet-lagged 115 pounds boy trying to get his 100 pounds luggage up the stairs… omg)
The 2-hr bus ride to the Kawaguchiko Station is comfortable enough and it was really nice to have Miho from my hostel, K’s House, come pick me up at the station.
K’s House Mt Fuji is really a nice little hostel. It’s almost like going to somebody’s house where you have to take off your shoes at the front door. The dorm is nice and clean, there a really nice dining room/lounge area, a very clean and spacious kitchen with everything (more well-equipped than any kitchen I’ve seen actually). The staff speaks excellent English and was very helpful and friendly.
8th June
I took the first bus to Mt Fuji 5th Stage the second day (2000yen round-trip, 1hr) and started climbing right after I got off the bus. The temperature was supposed to be chilly but I was sweating so bad climbing, that I was more hot than cold!
5th Stage, Mt Fuji
I'm sooo exhausted! Stage 7, Mt Fuji
Me and my walking stick!
Looking out into the fog
The trail route was mainly loose black volcanic rocks and it was much like walking on sand except that it was upslope and rather steep… not easy! It was pretty cloudy/foggy along the way and it took me about an hour to hike up to Stage 7. Beyond Stage 7, the trail was covered in snow and I didn’t think it was safe to continue the ascent. I pretty much rested up, took some pictures around the mountain huts before making my way back.
Road block at Stage 7 (more like snow block!)
9th June
I couldn’t get any nice pictures of Mt Fuji due to the fact that it was pretty much covered in fog the whole time I was there. However, I did see a very nice sunset view of Mt Fuji during the first day when I was on the Keio bus to Kawaguchiko. The second time I saw Mt Fuji’s peak again was on the second day when I was on the Mt Fuji bus, about 2 mins away from the 5th Stage (again on a moving bus!). I tried one last time early this morning to catch a view of Mt Fuji at the Kawaguchi Lake but this is by far the worst day to try to catch Mt Fuji… the whole volcano pretty much disappeared in a mass of fog….
After a 20-hr flight from Maryland to Tokyo, Japan, I’m back to my traveling days again!
It is definitely not a good idea to lug around 100 pounds of luggage while trying to find your way in the maze-like rail system in Tokyo! I had the most nightmarish time trying to get to the Keio bus station in the Shinjuku rail station because the escalators were tiny at best and some exits only have staircases! (imagine a jet-lagged 115 pounds boy trying to get his 100 pounds luggage up the stairs… omg)
The 2-hr bus ride to the Kawaguchiko Station is comfortable enough and it was really nice to have Miho from my hostel, K’s House, come pick me up at the station.
K’s House Mt Fuji is really a nice little hostel. It’s almost like going to somebody’s house where you have to take off your shoes at the front door. The dorm is nice and clean, there a really nice dining room/lounge area, a very clean and spacious kitchen with everything (more well-equipped than any kitchen I’ve seen actually). The staff speaks excellent English and was very helpful and friendly.
8th June
I took the first bus to Mt Fuji 5th Stage the second day (2000yen round-trip, 1hr) and started climbing right after I got off the bus. The temperature was supposed to be chilly but I was sweating so bad climbing, that I was more hot than cold!
5th Stage, Mt Fuji
I'm sooo exhausted! Stage 7, Mt Fuji
Me and my walking stick!
Looking out into the fog
The trail route was mainly loose black volcanic rocks and it was much like walking on sand except that it was upslope and rather steep… not easy! It was pretty cloudy/foggy along the way and it took me about an hour to hike up to Stage 7. Beyond Stage 7, the trail was covered in snow and I didn’t think it was safe to continue the ascent. I pretty much rested up, took some pictures around the mountain huts before making my way back.
Road block at Stage 7 (more like snow block!)
9th June
I couldn’t get any nice pictures of Mt Fuji due to the fact that it was pretty much covered in fog the whole time I was there. However, I did see a very nice sunset view of Mt Fuji during the first day when I was on the Keio bus to Kawaguchiko. The second time I saw Mt Fuji’s peak again was on the second day when I was on the Mt Fuji bus, about 2 mins away from the 5th Stage (again on a moving bus!). I tried one last time early this morning to catch a view of Mt Fuji at the Kawaguchi Lake but this is by far the worst day to try to catch Mt Fuji… the whole volcano pretty much disappeared in a mass of fog….
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