After Five Weeks, We Finally Got to See Mt. Fuji! Wait….Dammit!
August 10, 2018
Ah yes, there’s Mt. Fuji in all it’s splendor!
On our last full day in Tokyo and Japan, the weather was beautiful and we decided to head out to Hakone to try and catch a glimpse of Mt. Fuji. The journey out to Hakone was quite a journey in itself, involving a few trains, just to get to the first cable car, which would then lead to a series of more cable cards. By the time we got to the area, we realized that the weather there was much more foggy and our chances of seeing Fuji were pretty slim. Despite this, the area was beautiful and we enjoyed the journey up.
We took the cable car past sulfur vents and apparently there are also sulfur springs where you could get eggs cooked, but these were closed on our trip. There were shops selling these eggs, which turn black due to the sulfur and are supposed to give you a longer life. We looked out at the viewpoints and saw the signs pointing to where Mt Fuji stands.
Ahoy there!
Then, we took another cable car down, further into the fog, and took a boat across Lake Ashi. Of course the boat was not just any boat, but actually a pirate ship with life size characters strewn about. Despite all the fog and cool weather, it was still a beautiful day with beautiful scenery (sans Mt. Fuji) and a wonderful last day in Japan!
