Tag - Mt. Fuji

A Trip to Mt. Fuji’s Popular 5th Station

This post was originally posted on my old site on January 30th, 2019. Some of the information is no longer accurate; see the ‘More Information’ header for the most recent details! Located on the north side of Mt. Fuji, the Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station is the most popular of...

Hikers and clouds as we descend from Mt. Fuji

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Descent

Mt. Fuji Summit Time: ~9am   Elevation: 3,775m To read about our ascent, click here! To read about our time at the summit, click here! The ascending trail is too steep and too crowded to have people descend on it at the same time, so the decent is actually carried out on a...

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Summit Shuffle

Subashiri Trail Station 7.5 Time: 1am   Elevation: 3,200m To read the first part of this series, the ascent, click here! It’s so much fun to sleep on a rock-hard futon cramped between two other people in a hot room surrounded by snorers, 600m in vertical elevation away...

A tower of rocks on the Subashiri Trail, Mt. Fuji

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Ascent

I cannot believe that this time last year, Hunter, Nikkita, and I were climbing Mt. Fuji together! Since the mountain is closed to hikers this season because of Covid-19, read on and hike with us instead! Tune in tomorrow for part two, The Summit Shuffle! The Subashiri Trail 5th Station...

Shiraito Falls is a very long waterfall!

Shiraito-no-taki: A Waterfall of White Threads

Shiraito-no-taki (白糸の滝), or Shiraito Falls, is my third waterfall on the list of 100 famous waterfalls in Japan. After visiting, I can say it deserves its spot on that ranking! The name translates into ‘white threads waterfall’ for the many thin streams of water that tumble...