Members of New Acropolis Yokohama climbed the first part of Mount Fuji!
When you think of climbing Mount Fuji, you probably imagine climbing all the way to the top, but this time we went from the first to the fifth station. After the fifth station, you can’t go up because it’s closed in winter, but you can still walk freely up to this first half.
We arrived at the Fuji-Q station, despite the forecast for rain, with a bright, cloudy sky.
In the end, it didn’t rain at all, and we were able to enjoy the tranquility of the early autumn mountain with few people.
Despite being the fifth station, the altitude was 2400m.
As you climb from the first station, you can see how the plants gradually change. At the beginning of the climb, you’ll be greeted by pine trees. As the altitude increases, the trees become shorter and birch and rhododendron trees start to stand out. The typical red berries of the white alder and the early autumn leaves announced to us that autumn was approaching.
This section also holds the memories of our ancestors that fade away from the fifth season. One of them is “Chugu” known as Nakatsumiya, the boundary between heaven and earth. In other words, people in the past considered the area up to the fifth station of Mount Fuji to be the earth and everything beyond it to be the sky.
Day-to-day life can sometimes be difficult.
Mountaineering can also be compared to life. It seems that the Acropolitans who experienced mountaineering today found clues to overcome their own life challenges during climbing.