The highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft) and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world, Mount Fuji.
I climbed the mountain on Aug.15th.
The article introduces how to join climbing Mt. Fuji tour and its itinerary,
I took “Fujinomiya-guchi” Trail that is shortest path to the top. Here is the quick summary of my trip.
Basic itinerary of Climbing Mt. Fuji tour
I used 1 day Mt.Fuji tour to get accommodation, meals and enough support from Mt.Fuji special guides.
07:50 – 08:25 Departure from Tokyo area
Please check each Mt.Fuji plan to know the exact pickup place.Arrived at Mt. Fuji 5th Station around 11:00 a.m.
Start preparation for our treck.
Departure from Mt.Fuji 5th Station around 11:30 a.m.
Climbing , Climbing …
You can rely on your Mt.Fuji guide, he/she know everything where you need short break or rest.
Top of Mt.Fuji
Back to Mt.Fuji 5th station
18:00 – 20:00 Tokyo
Climbing Mt. Fuji tour report
At Mt. Fuji 9th station at 2AM
After arriving to Mt.Fuji 5th station, I and my other tour members started preparation.
I saw many foreign people who do not bring much clothes and they were saying “coooold…”
Mt. Fuji 5th station (at 2,400 m)
I started climbing from the station at 11:30 am.
Mt. Fuji 6th station (at 2,940 m)
Mt. Fuji 7th station (at 3,010 m)
Mt. Fuji 8th station (at 3,250 m)
From 8th station to 9th station, I found very hard to walk because of lots of rocks.
Mt. Fuji 9th station (at 3,460 m)
We arrived at 9th station at 6 pm and had dinner and short nap.
“萬年雪山荘” means “a mountain cottage covered by snow for 10,000 years”
You may buy cans of beer at the station at 500 yen. But the air is very thin so that you should be careful not to enjoy too much. 🙂
I left the 9th station at 2:45 am to the top of the mountain.
We kept going up under beautiful stars.
Mt. Fuji top (10th station (at 3,776 m)
We arrived the top at 4:30 am and were waiting until rise of the sun.
We call the sun at Mt. Fuji, “ご来光” which means “the light coming to us”.
Rising sun at the top of Mt.Fuji
“Shade Fuji” : I was very lucky to have chance to see such beautiful.
Shrine at top of the mountain!
After Mt. Fuji tour
I was very surprised that I could get everything that I need for climbing at every stations, like drinking water, chocolates, even Sake!
So that you do not need to bring many heavy bottles causing consuming your energy.
For more details about Mt.Fuji climbing, please see following JTB (one of most biggest and reliable travel agency in Japan) web site.
