Climbing Mt. Fuji: Day 1 — From Tokyo Streets to the Clouds
Climbing Mt. Fuji: Day 1 — From Tokyo Streets to the Clouds Tokyo to the clouds 富士山 Climbing Mt. Fuji Day 1 From busy Shinjuku to sleeping above the clouds, this was the first half of our Mt. Fuji climb: a little tiring, a little surreal, and honestly unforgettable. Yoshida Trail 5th Station to Fujisan Hotel Overnight hut climb There was a moment somewhere around the 7th station when I stopped, looked down, and realized Tokyo had completely disappeared beneath the clouds. That was the moment Mt. Fuji stopped feeling like a plan on my calendar and started feeling very, very real. This summer I finally checked off one of the biggest items on my Japan bucket list: climbing Mt. Fuji , the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 meters . I had seen Fuji so many times from trains, streets, and random lucky viewpoints, but standing on it was completely different. Day 1 was the slow climb fr...