Today was our Mt Fuji and Hakone tour. I can vouch for Mt Fuji, but I'm not sure I could tell if Hakone was the real deal through all the fog, rain and clouds. You can't win them all :)
We still had a fun day roaming about on our motor coach facilitated tour. We started the day being picked up at the hotel, then on to a bus depot, then shortly thereafter we were on our to Mt Fuji!
Hurrah!
There was a fair bit of cloud, which meant we didn't get a very clear view of the mountain, but when it did poke through, it was certainly an impressive site:
We were driven to the 5th stage up the mountain, some 2100 meters up. Unfortunately this landed us smack bang in the middle of the clouds most of the time, so the photos were pretty poor. The more spectacular aspect was that there was an amazing array of tourist shops crammed so far up a mountain. Not to mention they also squeezed in a shrine. None too shabby.
After Mt Fuji, we went on to Hakone, which I am told is very beautiful. I'll have to come back again to verify this for myself, as the rain/fog/clouds obscured much of the view. Always good to leave something to come back to though!
Tomorrow is our Kamakura walk. I'll be leaving an offering to the sky gods for fairer weather.
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