ok all the video links are working now
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The group went to Mt. Fuji with the intent to make it to the top. I really wanted to go to the top but it would have required me to sleep overnight on the mountain. I really wasnt equiped to do such a feat, but i probably would have done it anyway if it werent for the fact that i had to be somewhere the next day. This circumstance probably worked out in my favor because of the kind of weather one can expect on Mt. Fuji
As luck would have it though, the buses stopped running very early on the day we went, so we only got to stay on the mountain for roughly an hour and a half. Very disappointing considering it took 2 hours to get there and then another 2 to get back home. However, i’d do it again. The weather that day was very cloudy and misty, but there were certain times that the weather broke. It was beautiful regardless. There really is no way to describe it accurately besides –At some point you should go– that sums it up. pictures dont do it justice but i’ll give it a shot. (also a video!)
This is Station 5 at mount Fuji, its the highest point you can reach on the mountain by car/bus.
it was a little like silent hill but still awesome
getting high — 2390 meters –or– 7841.207 feet –
On the way home we took this train:
i’m not sure where thomas land is…but you do have to take this train to get there, it also happen to be on the way back to tokyo. oh and this was starring at me for part of the trip:
Sir Topham Hat himself, kick ass. (this was next to my seat)
The train we transfered to after thomas land let us off took us to yokohama instead of Shinjuku which is where we needed to go. we fell asleep and needless to say woke up in a different city than we expected. eventually we made it back to tokyo but it just took longer. lucky for us yokohama is really close to tokyo so it wasnt completely a wash.
Now i know what youre thinking, “what was so important that you wouldnt spend the night at Fuji?” well this is what:
GIGA-BUDDHA
This guy is over 700 years old and weighs close to 50 tons, it has survived countless typhoons and one time a tsunami knocked it off its pedestal. do you want to see the inside? i sure did:
The day after fuji me and dan went to Kamakura its a coastal city south of Tokyo. it was part of a school trip so there were lots of people there. we saw three shrines while we where in the city, one buddhist, one shinto and another that seemed to be a mix. heres the goods:
Shinto
Buddhist
The Third Shrine
as if the fish would eat that sign anyway…
This should make up for the silence.
Your Mt Fuji expedition seems breath taking. The foliage looks like autumn is upon us all. Your pilgrimages to the shrines must have been impetuous. I’m sure all of your invocations were heard.
Now the Thomasland trip!!!! I’m not quite sure what godly faith he was. But that’s OK.
PS. I am jealous of it all.
Q: What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor? (answer revealed at the end of the comment)
I wonder if Thomasland’s main attraction is that train station. Do they call it Shiny Time Station, where say I don’t know, they might house Thomas the Tank Engine? Maybe a bit of a stretch. That’s a shame you didn’t get to camp on Fuji–that would have been quite a rush. Hopefully you get other trips just like that throughout the semester that are a bit more successful. Regardless, the pictures were awesome. That’s always how I pictured Fuji, an ocean of pine and other trees enveloped by a blanket of mist. But donde esta all the cherry trees?
A: “Make me one with everything”