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Ski Resort Rating: Rate Mount Fuji

• August 10, 2011
  Krishnan from India
  

  A big salute first of all to Fuji san.
  This is one experience that I will never forget throughout my lifetime. The feeling of bliss and ecstasy of reaching the summit is out of this world. I have been living in Japan only for the past 3 months and having achieved this feat makes me feel very proud.
  We were a group 11 and we started the climb at 8:50 pm on 29 July 2011 and reached the 8th station at around 1 a.m. This is the point where people start giving up as it gets colder and the climb takes a toll on you. 3 of our group dropped out here. After a short rest we started our ascend towards the summit and by the time we reached the 9th station it was 3 am. From here on it's just ones will power that takes them to the summit. The peculiar silence and the head lights swaying around with ice cold wind blowing is something that has to be experienced. At 4.30 am we reached the summit and we could see the feeling of kings and queens of the world on everybody's face who had achieved this amazing thing. It was the same with us too!
  For all the years to come these memories will remain in everyone of our hearts. A BIG thanks to Japan and its wonderful helpful people.
  If you are in Japan, just pack a bag and head to Fuji.
  Krishnan

• April 16, 2011
  Bozorgzadegan Amir from Iran, Islamic Republic of
  

  Sorry I forgot to send my condolences to all Japanese families who lost their honoures during last earthquakes accompanied with great disaster caused by next Sunami. and the problems of Fukushima nuclear power plant.
  The nation who had passed the wastages of 2 previous accidents of Hiroshima and Nagazaki and are bearing the side effects yet !
  I remember an earthquake there in Japan during our stay in 1974, when we were rested at room in week-end mid day, sunday.
  The strength was as much as we fell down to the floor from our beds.
  we jumped up to leave dormitory by stairs from 7th. stages.
  But outside in middle of street, we saw just our small group of Irananians there, without any Japanese fellow workers arround!
  Soon after, we returned back, passing through the looks of astonished wide eyes of Japanese reception staffs ! who were saying something like the challenge of the technology against such a phenomenon !
  I hope such disasters do not repeat nowhere, never and for none...

• April 15, 2011
  Bozorgzadegan Amir from Iran, Islamic Republic of
  

  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.

• February 14, 2004
  Mohamad Reza Pirvaly from Iran, Islamic Republic of
  

  Hi there!
  In Aug 1992 while I was working for a constraction company in Tokyo and during the summer vacation week,I tried to climb Mt.Fuji in a tow day trip.At 10am on Friday 13th I first took an expressway bus from Shinjuku-Tokyo to Kawaguchi Station-Yamanashi prefecture and then a mountanin bus to the Fifth Staion'Gogome'.Gogome is the starting point for the most popular route to 'Fuji Yama' and full of shops,restaurants,a rest house and horses to carry you up too!I started the climbing route at 3pm.The route was smooth and full of visitors.Fuje is the highest in japan and at its range is the most visited Mountain in the world.visitors are mostly Japanese but also many from all over the world.After three hours of ascending,I got to the Eight Station'Hachigome'.There are 25 mountain huts centered around 7th and 8th station providing rest and accomodation.I was misty and I decided to stay there for the nihgt.In the hut, I joined a group of three Iranians-led by Mr Davood Khadem who later was a member of the Irananin team who successfully climbed Mt.Everest on May19th,1997-and a young Japanese-Masaki Itoh whom later became a close friend-Joined us,so we made a group of five.Early in the morning,sat 14th,we chllenged to the top.When sunrising we noticed something strange: All japanese visitors stopped climbing and stood still before the sun.Sort of honor or pray?We did the same!After complete sunrise,everyone continued climbing.We passed the wooden gate with stone made lions on the sides and soon we were on the top.Shiny,cool(11 degrees at 7:30am)and Picturesque too!A crowded cofee shop, communal telephone lines,a post office-providing you Mt.Fuji postcards with optional stamps-and such sort of things on one side of the crater and on the other side,the Meterological Observatory instalations.After taking some memorable photoes, we circuled the cater for an houror so and then full of joy and happiness, we descended all the way down.After the vacations and when I came back to work,my boss-Mr.Ishii then a 64 year old man-impressed by my photoes, asked me to help him to climb Fuji in the comming weekend.I agreed and this time we did it together.Though he was a tow pocket smoker and with no experience of doing such a tough job,he made it by willpower.He was very proud of it and so was I.
  '10 years later, in Aug 2002,Mr Ishii died of cancer'.
  Wishing you all such a lovely visit to 'Fuji Yama' and with my best regards:Pirvaly

  PS, I will soon send some of those photoes to the photo gallery.