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Climbing Mount Fuji – Part 7
Please read these in order! Going down was easier and harder than climbing up. It was faster, which was good. But it was also harder on my knees and ankles. We made it down and as we got on the bus to go back to Toyama, I looked at my watch. We had been climbing [...]
Climbing Mount Fuji – Part 6
Please read these in order! The top of Mount Fuji was not at all what I imagined. I thought it was going to be this great view of a gaping crater with very little evidence of civilization. While you could go and have a look at the volcano (I think) civilization was not so far [...]
Climbing Mount Fuji – Part 5
Please read these in order! Many hours later, we had gotten a lot closer to the top. We passed through one of the gates that signified 9th station and saw that people had pressed 1 yen coins into the wooden beams of the gate. Many more coins were scattered on the ground around the gate. [...]
Climbing Mount Fuji – Part 3
Please read these in order! The climb started out as just a walk. The path was actually a road and we were still in the trees. The sun was setting and there were some absolutely stunning views. There were huge puffy white clouds that drifted in the sky at eye level. These huge puffs caught [...]
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