Japan Holiday – Mt Fuji

We went to the famous Mt Fuji, and we love it! Its beautiful! It is so well-shaped. They said every Japanese must climb at least once in a lifetime. But if one go a second time, he is crazy. Hee hee. You have to go, absolutely no regret!

Mid point tourist rest point in Mt Fuji.

However, may I suggest you should also go to Mt Hakone, a mountain just beside Mt Fuji. To get there, you have to travel on a nice cruise boat on a mountain lake. See picture below. Then you take a cable car up to the peak. From this peak, you can have a great view of Fuji at the side.


Here is a sunset view of Mt Fuji from Mt Hakone.
There is also many nice spa resorts on the foot of Mt Hakone, very nice. Too bad I didn't book the resorts here. Maybe next time.


How was Mt Fuji formed?
They said Fuji is the last the three mountains to emerge from the volcanic eruptions, and it is certainly the most awesome. The earlier two erupted furiously and quickly, and as such, their shapes were not so symmetrical and well-formed. Mt Fuji volcano lava burst in two phases, the first is quick and tall, while the second phase of volcanic lava was slow and gradual. As such, the lava flow down slowly and nicely, creating a nice, symmetrical, majestic looking mountain. Lessons for us, if we want to create something beautifully, sometime we have to do it slowly, patiently, and over a couple of phases.