And a few other people…
Yes, those are actually people. We were hiking from stations 5 – 10, an increase of about 5K ft (up to 12,387ft). The idea was to go on a night hike so we would reach the top of the peak in order to see the sunrise. We left station 5 at 8:30pm. It took us 4 hrs to get from station 5 to 8.5… and then we hit the wall… of people. It was like a Tokyo train station had migrated to the top of the 2nd highest single mountain on Earth. For FOUR HOURS, all we saw were the pants and shoes of the person in front of us!
We reached the peak just in time to see the sunrise at 4:30am. Spent a little bit of time up there, and then took about 3 hrs to get back to the bottom.
A few things we learned on our adventure:
1. Make sure that you don’t go on a Saturday…
2. Make sure that if you do go on a Saturday, that said Saturday is not a Holiday…
3. It really is about 50 deg colder at the top, and windy as all get out!
4. As the altitude gets you, you are more than willing to pay ~$2+ to get a stamp on your hiking stick… at every stop…
5. People actually hike Mt. Fuji in skirts, shorts, and flip-flops. These are the clinically insane…
We really did have fun, and recommend it to anyone that travels this 
way!
3 comments:
I am soooooo jealous!!! The pictures of sunrise are great :0) Again, I am jealous. The only reason I took my job to Yokota 6 years ago, was to hike mt. Fuji on the gov't dime. By the time I got settled it was closed and when Ben drug me to, ack, Texas it wasn't open yet. I will live through you guys!
Hey Abby! Someone told us to do that Mt. Fuji hike and we never did. I'm so impressed that you did it. Too cool!
I'm excited to read about your adventures!
I love your pictures! They are phenomenal. I wish I was hiking Mt. Fuji too. You are so lucky.
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