Travel Three Views of Mt. Fuji

[Kamoshika]

From the Shinkansen (bullet train)

From the top of the Landmark Tower in Yokohama (the tallest building in Japan for a long time, now 3rd)

In the sunset behind the Port of Yokohama

 

[flowrider]

I was stationed in Japan in the early 60s. I remember a saying that went something like this:

"Anyone who doesn't climb Mt. Fuji is a fool, anyone who climbs it twice is a bigger fool"

I was a fool

Lou

 

[Only RF]

Nice. Thanks for the memories. We seen it as well on the bullet train on the way to Kyoto. We were in that building too. We want to go back.

 

[jcass]

Very nice! I will show these to my daughter. She lived in Japan in Katsushika-ku for a year on a Rotary Student Exchange program and loved Japan. Thank you.

 

[Kamoshika]

I was stationed in Japan in the early 60s. I remember a saying that went something like this:

"Anyone who doesn't climb Mt. Fuji is a fool, anyone who climbs it twice is a bigger fool"

I was a fool

Lou

I've been tempted to climb it again, but with the new restrictions and the massive crowds, It certainly would be foolish to try again.

 

[Kamoshika]

Very nice! I will show these to my daughter. She lived in Japan in Katsushika-ku for a year on a Rotary Student Exchange program and loved Japan. Thank you.

Thank you. I don't think I've ever made it into Katsushika-ku. Maybe next time I'm in Tokyo I'll have to check it out.

 

[Kamoshika]

Nice. Thanks for the memories. We seen it as well on the bullet train on the way to Kyoto. We were in that building too. We want to go back.

Thank you. It's funny, I've lived here for many years and this was the first time I actually went into Yokohama. Always Tokyo, never Yokohama.

 

[tpatana]

Nice pics. I'm coming to Japan again this year for sakura. Planning to go to Akiya in Yokosuka/Kanagawa, there's good spot to get Fuji scenery if weather/visibility permits.

This was few years ago at Fujiyoshida (Yamanashi-ken).

Haven't climbed Fuji yet but I wish some year I can do the sunrise climb, as in reaching the summit just before sunrise.

 

[Kamoshika]

Nice pics. I'm coming to Japan again this year for sakura. Planning to go to Akiya in Yokosuka/Kanagawa, there's good spot to get Fuji scenery if weather/visibility permits.

This was few years ago at Fujiyoshida (Yamanashi-ken).
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Haven't climbed Fuji yet but I wish some year I can do the sunrise climb, as in reaching the summit just before sunrise.

Very nice photo (Fujiyoshida, I'll have to remember that). My climb was a sunrise climb. We left on a perfectly clear, late August night (Mars was shining brightly the entire climb) around 9 at night and actually got up to the top too early, meaning we froze our butts off for around 2 hours waiting for the 御来光 (goraiko: sunrise seen from the top of a mountain). But by that time, the morning clouds had rolled in, creating a sunrise over an 雲海 (unkai: sea of clouds).