Mount Fuji and Ashinoko Lake
We had been warned not to expect good views of Mount Fujiyama and were naturally excited when we managed brief glimpses of the sacred mountain as we drove to Lake Ashinoko where we stayed the night.
After checking in at our hotel I stepped onto my balcony and this was what I saw. Delerious with excitement, I set my camera to work as though the mountain may mysteriously vanish. It didn't, and still I took photos.
Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). It is an active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–1708. Mount Fuji is famed for its exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for about 5 months of the year. In the afternoon light the cone appeared not to have a snow cap, but it is there if one looks closely. I only discovered the exciting truth when I looked at a shot taken from the roadside earlier in the afternoon, and which precedes this photo in the photo stream.
Mount Fuji and Ashinoko Lake
We had been warned not to expect good views of Mount Fujiyama and were naturally excited when we managed brief glimpses of the sacred mountain as we drove to Lake Ashinoko where we stayed the night.
After checking in at our hotel I stepped onto my balcony and this was what I saw. Delerious with excitement, I set my camera to work as though the mountain may mysteriously vanish. It didn't, and still I took photos.
Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). It is an active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–1708. Mount Fuji is famed for its exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for about 5 months of the year. In the afternoon light the cone appeared not to have a snow cap, but it is there if one looks closely. I only discovered the exciting truth when I looked at a shot taken from the roadside earlier in the afternoon, and which precedes this photo in the photo stream.