Mount Fuji and surrounds by alia_801

Mount Fuji and surrounds

We went on an overnight trip to the Five Lakes, which are at the base of Mount Fuji. Our first stop was the visitor centre, where we watched a video about the mountain's history (it's actually made up of four volcanoes!), and were then interviewed for national TV - it turns out that a couple of days later Mount Fuji (Fuji-san to the Japanese) was given a UNESCO World Heritage listing - the TV people wanted the perspectives from some foreigners about the event...
Later we took the wonderful Retro Bus (a service of three little old buses which deliver tourists to more than 80 different attractions around the lakes) to the Kachi Kachi ropeway - this is a cable car up a mountain with views of the lake and Fuji (or not, as the case was for us, with clouds and rain veiling the mountain). There is a folk story at the mountain about a rabbit who catches a thieving native raccoon and does some nasty things to him - it's set on Mount Tenbo, where the cable car goes, so there are cute statues of the rabbit and raccoon (mostly getting along these days, it seems) dotted along the mountain. And yes, we really did see signs warning us about bears as we hiked back down. Thankfully we didn't see the bears themselves...
Another fantastic collage :)
July 1st, 2013  
Beautiful
July 1st, 2013  
Great collage!
July 1st, 2013  
stunning. i really like the bottom left shot. wonderful narrative, also. thank you so much for sharing these. each photo is fantastic. fav.
July 1st, 2013  
Great collage. It looks like a wonderful getaway.
July 1st, 2013  
Some really gorgeous images! I'm surprised to hear that Mt. Fuji only now got a UNESCO listing. Huh.
July 1st, 2013  
Great collage
July 1st, 2013  
Great collage of all wonderful pic.`s
July 1st, 2013  
Beautiful collage.
July 1st, 2013  
Bev
Another great collage! Bears are the norm here where I live! I am loving the shots from your trip. Great job. Keep 'em coming!
July 1st, 2013  
Another gorgeous collage of beautiful shots.
July 2nd, 2013  
such a beautiful collage! and wow that's a stunning view!
July 3rd, 2013  
What a glorious collection and each one lovely in it's own right.
July 4th, 2013  
Amazing sights, and another lovely collage, so much to take in!
July 30th, 2013  
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