Mt Fuji Gotemba Trail the First Day @ Akaiwahachigokan - 4/7 - Day 8 - Mobile Edition

#Shizuoka to Fuji (few hours)
[Day 8 T]
->after a few hour sleep we set off, first thing 5am
->Shizuoka -> Tōkaidō Shinkansen -> Mishima -> Tōkaidō Main Line -> Numazu -> Gotemba Line -> Gotemba station
-> Taxi to Fuji ~5,000Y (no convenient buses, start too late in the day)
-> the fight for our survival begins


75km/hr winds, we were in for a treat @_@

And off we go to Fuji!

Leaving the carpark at 1400m

Taxi ride to the base of Fuji @ 1400 we were settings off. The lowest starting point, Gotemba trail.









Today's task.

Hut info:
Mountain Huts on Gotemba Trail
The Mountain Huts on Mt. Fuji Gotemba Trail are as follows.
Huts Sta. Capacity
Akaiwahachigokan 7.9th  150
Sunabashirikan 7.5th  150
Warajikan  7.4th  80
Hinodekan 7th 150
Oishichaya near New 5th 50




Akaiwahachigokan -
phone numbers:
0550-84-5061
0550-89-0703

From what i saw, only Akaiwahachigokan exists













Checking my Gshock, how accurate it is. It is more accurate at Fuji than KK. I am not sure if thats the markers fault or the mountain.












































After the storm we were all shattered, bags soaked through, camera drowned, food and socks all wet









hut info:
http://live-fuji.jp/fuji/scott/huts.html
gotemba route info:
http://mountfujiguide.com/guide/Gotemba_Trail



































We were determined not to turn back.






























































One step forward, half a step back. Sliding on the gravel like surface

Our stamps getting burnt



















 We made it! It took awhile, a lot longer than expected. The storm slowed us down by over an hour i feel.
We ate so much curry!
Everyone else there were professionals. They had already eaten.

Koyasan to Hamamatsu to Shizuoka to Fuji Gotemba - 3/7 & 4/7 - Day 7 & 8 - Mobile Edition

#Koyasan to Shizuoka (half days travel)

[Day 7 W]
->5am for morning prayers
->check out the temples
->set off for Shizuoka
->Dinner with Madoka-san and mum
->Long hard pack for Fuji


!!!I forgot, we popped in to Hamamatsu for lunch to see my dear friend Mayuki san, who was 7months pregnant




























When heading back to Osaka, Namba station from Koyasan we headed to Shin-Osaka where we had to activate the JR Pass.

My friend also had to change money, in Japan is it really hard to find FOREX. One good backup is to use ATM in the JP Post office. Most have international facilities. I have heard some 711 also have.




Lunch in Hamamatsu!












Fuji packing and route planning























How to visit Fuji:
Shizuoka > Mishima > Numazu > Gotemba Station > Fuji





How we plan to get there. I was the leader, so I had to organise all the good stuff


 There was to convenient bus to Gotemba, hence we split a Taxi ride.





















Bus timetable for Gotemba and Subashiri







I hate people, hence i took the hardest route










#Shizuoka to Fuji (few hours)
[Day 8 T]
->after a few hour sleep we set off, first thing 5am
->Shizuoka -> Tōkaidō Shinkansen -> Mishima -> Tōkaidō Main Line -> Numazu -> Gotemba Line -> Gotemba station
-> Taxi to Fuji ~5,000Y (no convenient buses, start too late in the day)
-> the fight for our survival begins