Mount Fuji Climb - The way up

Here is the continue of the previous post of 

Fuji 5th station

After preparation and having our meal

Here we go!!

The starting of our journey to the top of 

Mountain Fuji

We chose the Yoshidaguchi route

Due to night time

The photo resolution is not so good

after this trip I get myself a new camera!!

So sorry ya!!

Along the journey to the top

I took every photo of the signboard 

of the height of mountain Fuji that I achieved

So here we go!!

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Here is the entrance

signboard pointing the way to the climbing route

we depart at 7.30pm

5.3 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

To be alert that the toilet is 200yen per entry

very expensive!!!

3.6 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

3.4 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

3.2 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

The food that we brought

"gained weight"

due to the pressure when you get on to a high place



Not only the food "gained weight"

we also need to "gained weight"

The temperature is getting cold

and we need to keep put on our cloths to keep ourselves warm!!

3.1 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

Here we finally reach 8th station

(There is a total of 9th station and that would be the top)



from here the scenery is very nice

you can view the night town view from top

and also the starry sky above the clouds

and another cool view is

you can see a lot of people "queuing" up to the top of the mountain

people mostly have head light with them

so you can see a lot lights floating up to the top

you can see that the price of water and food supply goes up very high

500yen per bottle

(normal is around 100yen)

2.7 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

Yeah!!! I am at 3,250 m above sea level!!!

To get to this level

The path to here is not as easy as you thought!!!

there are stairs, rock climbing, sand road

to be conquered!!

1.8 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

1.4 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

we are now 3,350m above sea level!!!

you can see that everyone is so cold and tired

some people even just sleep by the wall

0.9 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

This is actually a "hotel"

but not as good as you expect

just a big hall and everyone sleep in the same hall!!!

0.4 km more 

to the top of Mountain Fuji

 a little bit more!!!!

And finally here we are!!!!

The top!!!

Due to too dark and too tired

no photo yet

(Later when the sun came out only have a good shot)

There are several restaurants up there

free to rest

but we are already hungry!!!

its 3.30am in the morning!!!!

we depart at 7.30pm

We spent 8 hours include rest time for the whole journey

For your information

The temperature at the top of Mountain Fuji is around 3-5 degree

it is extremely cold

especially with the wind that blow non stop

We are lucky that there is no rain!!

not a bad weather for climbing (^^,)

Here is the food they have

しょうが焼き

Rice with pork @ 800yen

うどん

Udon noodle @ 1000yen

I can say is dam exhausted!!!

sleepy and tired!!!

We cannot sleep

as we are here for the sun rise!!!!

The sun rise is around 5 to 6am in the morning

so next post

The view on top of mountain Fuji!!!!

stay tune guys!!!!

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I wrote a report on this in Japanese

So I will just paste it here (^^,)

富士山登山の時期：

富士山は2013年に世界遺産に登録された日本最高山である．

世界中には観として人気スポットの一つであり，登山者の数も年々増加している．

富士山の高さは3,776mがあり，山頂のでは気温が非常に低いため，

夏の7月～8月までの間しか登れないというルールがある．

富士山登山の準備：

登山の準備が欠かせない．

山頂は約3度～5度ぐらいの気温なので，

ダウンジャケット，帽子，手袋などの防寒道具が必要である．ま

た登山道具では，杖，ヘッドライト，登山靴，厚い靴下，レイングッズ，

防風道具，食べ物，スポーツドリンクが必要である．

下山の際には，山のホコリや太陽を防ぐため，マスクやサングラスが必要である．

富士山登山開始：

登山者たちは，午後から登り始め，8・9合目の小屋に泊まってから

朝出発してご来光をみることが多い．

私達は宿を節約するため，5合目で晩御飯を済んでから登り始めた．

途中では小屋やトイレの設備は整えているだが，全部別料金がかかる

（トイレ一回200円）．休憩所は平らのところで椅子あるいは石の上に

休憩するしかできない．山頂までの道は，砂道もあったり，大きな石に登ったり，

階段上がったりし，道の角度はだんだん上がっていき，

登るにはだんだんきつくなり，気温もだんだん下がっていく．

途中で休憩しながら服をどんどん着ていく．

Mount Fuji Climb - Fuji 5th Station

Here is my experience of climbing up to the top of 

Mountain Fuji

富士山

Japan highest mountain

3776 meters

Well I really mean that

I was on top on that mountain!!

but still lower than Mountain Kota Kinabalu (4095m)

in Malaysia

although I never been top of that

Mountain Fuji is 

the prettiest mountain you can see

Well of course this picture is taken during October

Where you can the snow topping on the top

Mountain Fuji is only open for climbing

from July - August

Early Sept also available but not all routes

as the top of the mountain will not snow 

during the Summer season

So for those who interested to climb Mountain Fuji

Please plan well

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Although is climbing season is summer

The weather decrease slowly when you get higher

It will be around 3 - 4 degree when you reach the top

actually is not that cold as you think

just that the WIND is dam COLD

So here is what you need to prepare

★CLOTHS★

Wind breaker, Fleece jacket, Down jacket

Hiking shoes, thick socks

Rain coat 

can use when it is rain or you can use as wind breaker

It really works to kept you warm as well

 Glove, Winter hat that can cover your ears

Small towel, wet tissues

★ACCESSORIES★

Hiking stick, Plastic bags, Oxygen can

Extra masks 

to prevent dust and cold wind

Sun glass 

to protect from dust and strong sun at the top when sun rise 

Food as in Energy jelly, Energy bar and chocolate

that may provide you enough calories

1 - 2L Sports drinks

It is advisable to bring Kairo

(A hot patch that used in winter to keep warm)

Head light

If you travel at night

Sun block

I became so black even though I used sun block

so just imagine if you dont used it

Mountain Fuji map

you can simply get it at the information counter

Lots of 100 yen coin

The toilets up there will cost you 300yen per entry

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Prepare all the item into your back pack

Here we go!!

There are 4 routes

Yoshida Route 吉田ルート (yellow)

Subashiri Route 須走ルート (Red)

Gotenba Route 御殿場ルート (Green)

Fujinomiya Route 富士宮ルート (Blue)

Yoshida Route is the most popular route

and it is the nearest from Tokyo

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We actually planned to see sun rise

on top of Mountain Fuji

So we take the afternoon bus

to Fuji 5th station from Shinjuku station, Tokyo

バスで東京から富士五合目へ

After　2 hours 30 mins

Here we reached!!!

Sea level above 2305 meters

Here is what you need to know about

Mountain Fuji is a volcano

which has no water in it

so toilets are being charged and drinks are more expensive

The toilets are not free every where

All the toilets in the shops is NOT FREE

Just only this 

General Administration Center 

is FREE

There are several restaurants and souvenir shops around

So we decided to stop by for dinner

before start our journey

Do not ask me the food is good or not

I just can say is normal

So do not expect nice food





Before Take off

There is a temple

Pray for safe trip!!









After recharge energy and prayer

Here we GO!!

Conquer the Mountain Fuji

till the top of 3776 meteres!!



Go Go Go!!!

【東北】【岩手】平泉毛越寺

Since its the season to view some nice autumn scene

here I will show you 

one of the spot to see pretty scenery of red leaves

This spot is located at Tohoku site

right north of Japan

near Hokkaido but very far from Tokyo

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Buddhism Temple

Moutsuji Temple

毛越寺

(Official site here)

at Hiraizumi, Iwate prefecture

平泉，岩手県

This place was listed at the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

世界文化遺産に登録された

This temple is a bit similar to Chusonji

which I intro that before (see post here)

I prefer the scenery at Chusonji though hahaha

well its good to see more things

learn more and experience more

This is one of my field trip provided by my scholarship association

most of my trip is being sponsored

(I am not that rich as you may think... I am just lucky enough to be sponsored)

Here we go!!

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Here is the entrance

there is an entrance fee of 500yen

Lets go in!!

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Here I just copy the explanation from the official website

Motsuji was founded by Ennin (Jikaku Daishi)

though most of its structures were not built until the twelfth century

when the second and third Hiraizumi Fujiwara lords, Motohira and Hidehira

brought the temple to prominence. 

At its peak, Motsuji was a complex of 40 halls and stupas, and 500 monks' quarters. 

The temple is said to have exceeded even Chusonji Temple in size and magnificence. 

However, after the fall of the Fujiwara at the close of the twelfth century

several terrible fires reduced every last one of those buildings to ashes. 

The only original feature remaining is the Pure Land Garden centered on Oizumi ga Ike Pond. 

This outstanding twelfth century garden specimen was almost completely preserved 

and has been designated a Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty 
by the Japanese government. 

The architecture of the new Hondo (Main Hall), completed in 1989
is faithful to the temple's Heian era roots.

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After the entrance

here is the map of the whole area



Then here comes the main temple

From here lets enjoy the trees and ponds nature scenery

Hope you all enjoy!

This is a small river

where the poems will gather here every year once

sitting beside the river under a big umbrella

and start to think of something to write

after they wrote the poem

they will start read and put the written poem onto a paper boat

and let it flow through the river

From here

There are lots of pole alike stuff placing all where

It is actually a sign 

that at that spot

was "The building" in the past

for example city hall, library, ......

That's all for now

Hope you enjoy the autumn scenery in the Tohoku area!!