Ain't No Mountain High Enough… To Keep Me From Seeing Fu(Ji)

Two big reports on the News last night. Firstly, the bad weather was the result of not one, but two typhoons hitting at the same time. I lost a few socks cause of the wind and rain, but I’m over it. Here is the calm after the storm. I can sort of see a face (you need to tilt the screen), but I see no rabbit*.


The other news was that Fuji has its first snow of the year! Too bad every time I tried to see it, I failed**.

“A-ha!”, you’re thinking. I read Phil-San’s title. He did see Fuji. And you know what? You’re absolutely spot on.

I was guaranteed that come Autumn and Winter, there would be “crisp, fresh, cloudless skies”. Such as today. Walking to work this morning over the bridge, I glanced over and saw Fuji-San.

Look close – hint, look to the left:


Alright, a bit easier:



It may not look so big here, but I’ll give you some perspective. Those trees and hills are about 2 miles down the river. Fuji is a 2 hour drive away. And also, I-climbed-the-bloody-thing-don’t-tell-me-it-doesn’t-look-that-big.

The train ride into work was great too, as there were no buildings, just fields and Fuji dominating over them. However, everyone was just staring at it and I didn’t get a chance to take a photo. I’m hoping there’s many more opportunities to come.

It’s so nice to finally see it, and funny in a way that I only had to step outside my front door to get my first sighting. The first layer of snow looks cool too.

In the evening, I chilled by the river for a while. Here’s a few shots of the sunset and the sights along the river bank:





*I linked to my own blog! It seems paradoxical or something, like some strange time-continuum thingy is forever skewed…
**I went to try and get a look at it a few weeks back, but it was a bit unsuccessful so I’ve been grudged to write it up. I’ll get round to it soon, cause there was some cool things that day, such as the Ice Cave.