Mount Fuji Road Trip

I woke up early today and caught up with a group going out to see Mount Fuji, the large dormant volcano outside of Tokyo. It was an amazing site! We got to go up to 4800 feet, and couldn't go any further due to road closures from the large snow storms that have occurred in the past few days. I cant explain the beauty of Mount Fuji so I will let the pictures speak for themselves. In the group I met some more Texans and also a family from China. It was an amazing experience!

Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is with 3776 meters Japan's highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshipped as a sacred mountain and experienced big popularity among artists and common people.

Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708. It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and can be seen from Tokyo and Yokohama on clear days.

Following Mount Fuji we went to the Hakone Sky Gondolas to view the volcano Hakone Mountain range. From the top we could see sulfur minds with steam escaping from the vents on the snowcapped mountains. It was extremely cold for this Texan! This range was formed 200,000 years ago when an enormous volcano erupted and left the rim intact as a mountain range. In the Owakudani Valley Lake Ashi can be found. This is a large carter lake high in the mountains that is totally spring fed. We took a pirate ship cruise on Lake Ashi to take in the scenery around the lake.

Following our tours we took the high speed BULLET train from the mountains to Tokyo. This train traveled at speeds over 245 KM Per Hour or about 140 MPH! IT was crazy to see a train going so fast and I have some awesome videos that I will try to put up somehow soon! The trip from Tokyo nearly took 2 hours on the way back it took 40 minutes! Talk about a fast train!
These are the only type of trains in the world currently!

I then returned to the hotel and watched a movie in the lobby with others hanging out at the hotel!