登山

“A WISE MAN CLIMBS MT. FUJI ONCE, ONLY A FOOL CLIMBS IT TWICE.” 一度も登らぬ馬鹿、二度登る馬鹿. 

My Japanese friend and I arrived at the parking lot the night before and took the second bus in the next morning to the 5th station. This time we hiked  Fujinomiya trail which is in Shizuoka prefecture. Even in the heat of August, the temperature at the 5th station, which is at 2400 meters, was quite a bit cooler than in Tokyo. As you can see in the picture below, the weather looked fine, but the weather can change quickly and drastically on Fuji. The higher we hiked, the cooler it was. The lowest temperature was about 12-15 Celsius degrees on the top and the sun was out, but clouds were moving in. To prevent sunburn, I put on sunscreen and UV cut lip balm every one hour during the trail. You better not to forget your SPF50 sunscreen, trust me!

Mt. Fuji doesn’t require professional skills but still lots of walking up and down. There were a few sections where my short legs had some trouble scrambling up the jagged rocks. Plus, no warm up before the hike made my knees work harder than ever.

We stopped at the 9.5th station for lunch before heading to the top and I got the best view for lunch ever. We hiked for another 1.5 hours and soon summited at 14:00 yay!!!! 

Then, it was a never ending descent to the bus station. Time passed quickly, every second but the 5th station was still far away. I was kinda hopeless for not getting the last bus at 18:00. But with all of my effort and my friend’s support, we made it!!! The first 2 buses left at 18:00 then we got on the 18:10 one, yay!!! I had another interesting conversation with a volunteer man who was so fluent in English and French. Seemed like we had tons of similar interests in studying languages, cultures, and history. 

The bus arrived at the car park at 18:40 and it was the end of the hike. 

山の神様のおかげで無事に下山しました。See ya next hike!!!



DOMO

富士山（ふじさん、英語表記：Mount Fuji）は、静岡県（富士宮市、裾野市、富士市、御殿場市、駿東郡小山町）と山梨県（富士吉田市、南都留郡鳴沢村）に跨る活火山である。
標高3,776 mの日本最高峰（剣ヶ峰）であるとともに、日本三名山（三霊山）、日本百名山、日本の地質百選に選定されている。また、1936年（昭和11年）富士箱根伊豆国立公園に指定されている。1952年（昭和27年）に特別名勝に指定され、2011年（平成23年）には史跡に指定された。

富士山

山梨

静岡

富士山（富士宮）・富士山（御殿場口）・三島岳・富士山（剣ヶ峯）

Vivian

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This was my third time hiking Fuji-san and the second one I got to the top. This time, I took the Fujinomiya trail and found it quite easy, long, tiring but not really challenging.

The con to me about Fujinomiya is the fact the descending trail is the same as the as ascending one and it can get pretty crowded. This can be annoying on the way down, when you are already tired and ready to call it a day. 😂

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