Day 5- Mt. Fuji and Lake Ashi

Today we took a tour to Fuji and Hakone which are about 2 hours outside of Tokyo. While in Fuji we went to see Mt. Fuji, obviously, and in Hakone we took a boat ride on Lake Ashi. The weather was pretty bad that day and even the tour guide said we probably wouldnt get to see Mt. Fuji beause it was so foggy, but we got very very lucky.

This is a buddhist cemetary we passed on the way to Fuji.

Mt. Fuji Visitor Center

Our window of opportunity. The clouds parted and there it was...

5th Checkpoint. This is a few minutes past where we stopped to take photos. It is halfway up the mountain and as far as any vehicle can go. After this checkpoint you can only continue by foot. You can see how crappy of a day it actually was and why everyone thought we wouldnt get to see Mt. Fuji. It was freezing, and there was snow everywhere.... I loved every minute of it!

Lake Ashi










Views from the cable car after we got off the boat.