After a long bus ride to Yamanashi prefecture, we arrived at the 5th station on Mt Fuji to start our trek up to the summit. They boys got ready w/ some of this:
What better way to kick-off the start than w/ a tall glass of cold beer?
Here's a "before" picture that we made sure to take while we were all smiles and full of eagerness:
Look how happy we looked in the beginning! This didn't last long.
This is where we spent 7600yen to crash for 3.5hrs:
Literally a slab of wood w/ sleeping bags right next to another. Prob 40+ people in one room. That's right.
This is why we got up at midnight to climb to the summit to see - the famous sunrise atop Mt Fuji:
Simply gorgeous.
Truth be told, we didn't actually make it to the top in time for the sunrise at 4:30am. With 300 meters to go, the line of climbers was at a halt. So, we plopped a seat and viewed the beautiful mix of colors from just below the summit, but personally I think it probably looked just as good :)With a picture of the sunrise safely taken, we restarted our very slow trek to the top. Here's Nancy near the finish. Almost. Done!!
Omigosh we finally made it!!
Can you tell I got my wish for cold weather? I was freezing my tooshie off!
To warm up our bodies, we ordered some hot miso ramen:
I have never been so excited to eat some overpriced instant ramen
The hubs and I had to take our token pic together, this time with the crater in the background:
That's me taking a celebratory swig of sake
After a loooong descend back to the 5th station (why does there always have to be a down after an up??), we rewarded ourselves by ordering one of eeeeeverything they had here:
Lured by the smells of yummy goodness.
Body covered all over in dirt and belly full of random foods I took in throughout our hike. Satisfied? Fo sho'!
wow, congraaaaats! That looks pretty amazing :)
ReplyDeleteI seem to vaguely remember our uncle taking us to Fuji-san like 25 years ago...am I correct?
ReplyDeleteno, no..i think it's some random local mountain in Kyoto.
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