Although I've seen the mountain many times, this was the first time for me to visit it. Since it is in the middle of the rainy season in Japan, we were worried about the weather. Luckily, we were blessed with clear skies and beautiful weather all day.
We drove up a toll road (Fuji Subaru Line) to Gogome or the 5th Station which is at about 2300 m above the sea level. Every year, thousands of people climb to the top of the mountain (3,776 m), but the trails wouldn't be opened until July.
Photo above was taken by my son on the Fuji Subaru Line.
View of the top of Mt. Fuji seen from Gogome.
We could walk around the area to see the view. Up to Gogome, forest of green leaves surrounded us, but it was very apparent that from there on up, much less vegitation was found.
Above Gogome, the land is primarily just lava rocks.
Looking below towards the westward from Gogome - can see vast forest, but immediate is lava rocks.The trees we could find there were mainly white birches and evergreens, but to our surprise, there were some cherry trees (sakura) and they even had flowers!
Birch branches poking out of the snow.
Cherry blossoms (sakura) at Gogome.
In the afternoon, we also went to a bat cave. There are many caves that were formed by volcanic activities of Mr. Fuji.
Inside the bat cave - but we did not encounter any of flying rodents.
The museum by the bat cave had a bunch of posters of the original Adam West Batman!
We also hiked around the forest - reminded me of those in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
We had a wonderful day away from Tokyo.
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