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56 Mt. Fuji Climbing

The graph of Covid 19-infected people depicts a sharp mountain. We are probably on the summit now.

 

Last week I climbed Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.

A bottled mineral water from Mt. Fuji and pumice-shaped sweets can be purchased only at go-gohme shops.

 

To tell the truth, I climbed it by bus to the half point (the so called, go-gohme) which locates about 2300 meters above sea level and stayed there only for an hour.

 

Mt. Fuji stands 3776 meters in height and attracts many climbers. And many of the climbers start climbing from the go-gohme. I heard it takes a day from there to scale the summit.

There is a shrine on go-gohme.

 

Unfortunately, Mt. Fuji was covered with thick clouds when I climbed.

I couldn’t take beautiful photos nor sceneries from the mountain.

I took a picture of flowers on the go-gohme.

 

Mt. Fuji and 25 of surrounding places have been registered as a World Heritage.

At the foot of the mountain there are many places to visit, such as an ice cave and shrines. I visited an ice cave and ate barbecue lunch close to the mountain.

Beef is grilled on the pumice from Mt. Fuji.

 

The only thing I feel regret is I couldn’t take a picture of Mt. Fuji, even though I was so close to the mountain.

The picture of the foot of the Mt. Fuji would interest nobody.

 

The beautiful photos of Mt. Fuji can be seen by the following sites:

https://www.istockphoto.com/jp/写真/mt.-fuji

https://www.gettyimages.co.jp/写真/mt.-fuji