Mount Fuji! Definitely on the top of every tourist itinerary when visiting Japan or Tokyo. But not for me, Japan was not really on my bucket list, then. But having the opportunity to come here last year because of work was really a mind changing experience and I felt in love with this country. (I guess everyone who have come here can relate to this feeling).
L: Mount Fuji from Kawaguchiko Station R: Mount Fuji from 5th Station
Seeing Mount Fuji is indeed on my top must see on this trip. Our plan was to see Mount Fuji at Arakurayama Sengen Park, but as I mentioned in my previous post, the mountain is not that visible at the time of our visit. Thick clouds were covering the mountain and there was no chance of us seeing it. I’m glad I had someone with me who’s really patience to all my request. Although I wasn’t making it too obvious for him about my disappointment because it’s “nakakahiya”, plus we already booked our ticket back to Tokyo from Fujiyoshida.
But he was really nice, and figured a way out for us to see Mount Fuji without worrying our ticket. Thanked God he was able to cancelled our tickets and fifteen minutes later, I was outside Kawaguchiko Station looking up Mount Fuji. Although our planned was to stay in Kawaguchiko and watch Mount Fuji from there, but the view was kinda not that pleasing. And it doesn’t make sense travelling all the way to Tokyo and not being able to see its beauty. So we decided to go up to the 5th station where in the best spot to enjoy the sight of Mount Fuji. It took us an hour travel going up to the mountain and voila the trip was so worth it! I know these photos will never do the real deal of justice of how beautiful Mount Fuji is, but we can only try! And hope you like it.
HOW TO GET HERE:
There are plenty of book tours available online so I suggest you should plan your trip before coming here. But if you have a local friend like mine, or wanted to be adventurous and wanted to do DIY (Do it yourself) then you’re good to go. Just make sure you have internet connection with you all the times. Because even if I had a local friend with me, we still had hard time figuring out our DIY. The only advantage we had, is that he can speak the language so there was no worries of getting lost.
Book tours are way expensive! But if you want comfort and relaxation then it’s convenient, without anything to worry but just to see the Mount Fuji. Wherein DIY like ours was a bit tiring but FUN! Like really FUN! You get to be at places you never imagined you will be, you get to meet people and new friends along the way if you get lost somehow, and the lesson and experience you had encounter with DIY’s are precious and of course lastly you get to save money from it.
I hope this post helps you on planning your future Mount Fuji trip.
Arigatou gozaimasu! Matane!๐
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