Mount Fuji 6 Day Snow Forecast

Bozorgzadegan Amir from Iran, Islamic Republic of writes:

Reading anther review, stimulated me writing couple of lines of Japan mountaineering and week-ends schedules during my stay there about 38 years ago!

The time when I was in Japan as a technical trainee in Bridgestone tire manufacturing company all over the country from north to south, in different BS plants. I was 27 years old, young enough, single, with 2 salaries, Iranian rials and Japanese yen. Enough time and high potential to investigate in different fields as well as sport activities.

I remember Hakone lakes and Fuji yama ( Fuji-san) during 1st month of staying in Japan, when we were passing orientation course to learn Japanese language oraly in Yokohama kenshu center.

One of the week-ends I took the train to Odawara, via Chigazaki. then to Hakone and peak Fuji in Shizuoka. The altitude is highest in Japan (3776m) and around 2000m less than highest Damavand peak in Iran. But you feel the same ascending conditions, because you start usually from sea level there, not 1750m Tehran elevation. I had a chance to ascend ASO-san in south Japan, Fukuoka.

When we were in Kurume BS plant, it is also volcanic and warmer with less altitude than Fuji (1592m).

I lost skiing in Japan during one year residency there, but I could do ice skating mostly in Tokyo Dome by free tickets as a gift of it's manager. Swimming, tennis and bowling were daily schedules as alternately.

Every Monday morning, Japanese were curious enough to know how we did spend our week-ends and where had we gone? They were usually surprised, because they hadn't seen those yet! Because, they usually ought to go for weekly food staffs shopping, house & cloth cleaning ( sentacu shimasue), and like these ...

I remember once, the BS company decided to take our Iranian group to somewhere to rest based on a meeting to get our idea for selection of the place & resort but everywhere they suggested all trainees had gone themselves already and sometimes repeatedly! So that, democratic meeting changed to obliged schedule decided by themselves, somewhere like a night club hotel arround Nikko.

By the way, those times were great and not repeatable.

Arigato gozaimashita, taihen yokata, mata aitai desue.

2011-04-15