When to climb Fuji?

If you want to climb Mt. Fuji, choosing the season is not so difficult. Because except for the mountain experts, Fuji is opened only in July and August for us. (So, if you aren’t an expert, you can’t see the New Year sunrise at the top of Fuji, unfortunately…)

In the Fuji, you can go by car up to the 5th stage (the middle of the mountain). So most of the people who are to climb this mountain, they start from that 5th stage. The parts of the mountain below this point are opened at all seasons. But in the higher parts, there are a lot of snow except in the Summer. And Mt. Fuji is not suitable for skiing at all. Therefore, it is closed most of the year. Yeah, I think the Winter Fuji is too dengerous for the ordinary people like me.

So, the season for climbing is the Summer. It’s not difficult. And, the next question, when is the best in the Summer then? It is not a difficult question either. Before the Summer, we have a rainy season in June and July which ends about the 20th July, usually every year. Plus, in August, it is said the weather around the Fuji becomes less stable than July. …In conclusion, the second half of the July is the best to try. It’s easy! …But, if it rains every weekend in July?? That’s the problem… All I can do is praying to the god of Mt. Fuji!!

Plan to climb the Mt. Fuji

This Summer, I’d like to climb Mt. Fuji with my friends!

Once I did it when I was in junior high, with my family and my father’s colleagues. It was a special experience! So, when I was in university, I wanted to try again with my friends. But, it was not realized… And 10 years have already passed. …Recently I’ve forgotten that plan… but, yeah, I have to try it!

Of course the Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, but the paths are not so hard. Even a 13-year-old girl could win the top of the mountain. So, why not now??

Still, I know I need to prepare. First of all, it is necessary to do some physical exercises because now my physical strength is less strong than when I was a junior high student… Actually, doing the exercises is another purpose of this plan:P  If you have a purpose (=climing the Fuji in my case), you can make efforts easier than without a purpose.

And, to realize the plan this time, I wrote (declare) here!