Sunday, May 27, 2007

Trip to Mount Fuji

On Friday I left Tokyo via bus to spend a night at mount Fuji, arriving at the hostel around 16:00. It was cloudy, rainy and cold. Fuji was nowhere to be seen. I knew I didn't have much time to enjoy the place so got my stuff together, rented a bicycle and tried to ride as close as I could. This was more work than I expected. I got about 4km past the Fuji visitors center and realized my attempt was futile. My view of the mountain:

This made me slightly depressed, but alas- nothing I could do about it. I woke up at 6:00 the next morning to a clear blue sky. I took some time to stroll around the town. Kawaguchiko is situated on the edge of Kawaguchiko Lake, one of the five lakes around Fuji. It was a nice view.

I could see Fuji very easily from the town.

I took the first bus at 9:40 to the fifth station (of eight total). I hiked around a bit and took in the scenery.

I'll have to take more of these panorama shots. The gift shop at the fifth station offered a nice rest, some food and a few...interesting...souveniers...

What is this place?

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey its too bad the weather wasn't treating you so well, but at least it appears as if you are having a good time.

also, what in god's name are those 'souvenirs' in that picture?

Peter said...

They're tits, man.

Unknown said...

bizarre

Unknown said...

Pat, they're clearly tits. Perhaps you're unfamiliar...

I like the panarama shots, Pete. Had you ever done that before?