Very nice video and loads of info!! Done myself few hikes, made a few videos about, if you want to have a look at....thank you!! You got a subscriber!!
Good point. Honestly, its a bit of a grey area - I heard from multiple sources that there is often police at the bottom of the road that leads to the 5th station, stopping people (even guides, occasionally) from driving on, yet this likely happens only during the key hours when bullet climbers would approach Fuji for a day-hike (eg ~7am-2pm). It seems like cars are free to visit the 5th station in the afternoon, as they're seen as "tourists" who go check out the station/get close to Fuji/take pictures with Fuji signs rather than actually hike it (highly doubt the guys at the end did anything more than a 30min stroll up the mountain before realising it was a mad idea). On May 4th when we hiked it, we must have met a total of 10-15 people throughout the entire day, almost exclusively individual or coupled Japanese fellas hiking up with their skis/snowboards. No foreigners, no other guides etc. I did see someone's post on Facebook about them hiking solo in early May, so I guess its certainly doable.
Very nice video and loads of info!!
Done myself few hikes, made a few videos about, if you want to have a look at....thank you!!
You got a subscriber!!
What tour operator did you use and would recommend? I'm wanting to do this same thing.
Hey mate, it was with Kanto Adventures (David Niehoff) - info@japanadventuregroup.com. Good folks, solid organisation.
The guys at the end of the video don't look like they have a guide 😮. Is a guide mandatory?
Good point. Honestly, its a bit of a grey area - I heard from multiple sources that there is often police at the bottom of the road that leads to the 5th station, stopping people (even guides, occasionally) from driving on, yet this likely happens only during the key hours when bullet climbers would approach Fuji for a day-hike (eg ~7am-2pm). It seems like cars are free to visit the 5th station in the afternoon, as they're seen as "tourists" who go check out the station/get close to Fuji/take pictures with Fuji signs rather than actually hike it (highly doubt the guys at the end did anything more than a 30min stroll up the mountain before realising it was a mad idea).
On May 4th when we hiked it, we must have met a total of 10-15 people throughout the entire day, almost exclusively individual or coupled Japanese fellas hiking up with their skis/snowboards. No foreigners, no other guides etc. I did see someone's post on Facebook about them hiking solo in early May, so I guess its certainly doable.