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| Above, a shinkansen view of Mount Fuji. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Many visitors to Japan want to see the symbol of Japan, Mount Fuji, but it is mostly a crapshoot that they will see it even if they are in its vicinity due to cloud cover.
It has a nickname, "The Shy Mountain" for good reason. Most of the time it is covered by clouds.
The first time I got a view of the whole peak was during a fireworks festival at Lake Kawaguchi during G-FEST in 2004. But, it was nighttime and I only was able to see its silhouette with lights from climbers on its slopes. During the same trip, our tour busses took us to one of the Fifth Stations on the side of the mountain. While en route to the Fifth Station, we stopped along the road and took some pictures of the summit.
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| Above, a nighttime view of Mount Fuji from Lake Kawaguchi. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
At other times, I was able to see the top third of the mountain from an airliner poking through the clouds.
The best view of Mount Fuji I had was three years ago while we were traveling by shinkansen from Atami to Osaka. I was able to get many photo shots of the mountain from the moving train.
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| Above, the summit of Mount Fuji. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
There are several ways to get to Mount Fuji from Tokyo and Tokyo Cheapo has an article on them.
They begin with:
So you want to see Mount Fuji, that 3,776-meter-high icon of Japan? It’s a volcano, but let’s not think too much about that. Depending on what it is you plan to do there (climbing to the summit, exploring the surrounding lakes, soaking in a hot spring or shopping), your choice of transport is going to differ. Here’s an overview of how you can get from Tokyo to Mount Fuji, in or out of season, looking at the various train and bus options.
To read more, go here.
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