On Friday night I went with friends to Karoke Japanese style. You pay a certain amount of money per person per hour to have a room just for your group. It was a lot of fun! Wish we could have stayed longer!
Then on Saturday and Sunday my friends and I had an adventure I know we will never forget! We attempted to climb Mt. Fuji! I say attempted because due to the weather we were unable to climb all the way to the top. The climb starts at the 5th station. There are 9 stations total, but each station has more than one station. It's kind of confusing, but basically you climb a little in between each one, but there are 4 of them say 7th station and so on. Our group got to the 4th of the 7th stations and then were told that the winds were too strong that it was not recommended to climb further. It was also not recommended to climb down, so the five of us spent 5hrs huddled together (between the two buildings of the station) trying to stay warm! The winds were fierce and it was raining for part of the time! We had emergency blankets from our work first aid kits, but even with those we thought we might end up with frost bitten toes! The sun started to rise at around 4:30 and it was absolutely beautiful! So glad we got to enjoy that after our cold night! Once it was daylight, we could have continued to climb to the top, but we were so cold and tired that we mad the difficult decision to climb down instead. Legend says that once you have attempted Fuji, but not reached the top you will return until you complete the climb, but if you reach the top you will never return to Japan. Looks like I'll get to come back some day!
From Tokyo, With Love,
Rachael
WOW! I am impressed that you even attempted the climb. What a brave soul you are.
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