Host
Soham Castillo
Podcast Content
Benefits of a bus tour of Mt Fuji over trains While the bus tour is not only the fastest way to get to Mt Fuji from Tokyo, but also pretty efficient. If you choose to take a train to Fuji Five Lakes, you can have the trip covered by a Japan Rail Pass. The Fuji Five Lakes are not so easy to access compared with other day trips from Tokyo, like Hakone and Lake Ashi.
This blog about Tokyo and the Fuji Five Lakes Day Trip follows the itinerary, covering the scenic sights surrounding Fuji Five Lakes, including a sacred shrine, an exquisite pond, and ending the day in the ultimate Japanese shopping spot, then heading back to Tokyo. I am here to share with you what I believe is the best way to take a day trip to Mt Fuji, so that you too can get the most out of your time. I like the way that this trip visits Fujis five lakes in the middle of the morning, when weather conditions are at their most clear.
Our next stop during a day tour of Mount Fuji was the peaceful Fujiyoshida Sengen Shrine, dedicated to a Shinto goddess associated with the mountain. Mount Fujis uniquely symmetrical cone is a famous symbol in Japan, often portrayed in artwork and photographs, as well as visited year-round by tourists, sightseers, and mountaineers. Perhaps Japans best-known natural wonder is Mount Fuji, which is visible plainly when flying into or out of Japan, with Mount Fuji breaking through the clouds.
One of the Three Holy Mountains in Japan , it is Japans highest mountain, rising to 3,776m . The luxury ryokan Fuji Onsenji Yumedono features traditional Japanese food served in a dining room, suites with private hot springs, and gardens. The former style accurately replicates the iconic red Mt Fuji as seen in the masterpiece by Hokusai, as well as clouds appearing in a blue sky along side it.
The first style is the Blue Red Fuji, a tribute to the Red Fuji, one of the most beloved works of the highly acclaimed Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji, painted by renowned Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai . While the films style deals with some of the same themes covered by directors such as Mizoguchi and Naruse, it does so without ever appearing excessive or heavy-handed. I do not know if I have ever seen a movie shift so effectively from one with light comic to one with tragedy.
Once, Fujis female deity and the Mount Hakus male deity had a competition to see who was higher. The top of Fuji was considered sacred from ancient times, and was forbidden for Japanese women to visit before the Meiji Era . Lady Fannie Parkes, the wife of British Ambassador Sir Harry Parkes, was the first non-Japanese woman to climb Fuji, in 1867.