Mt.Fuji

Mt.Fuji

Oshino Hakkai

Ohino Hakkai (meaning eight oceans in Japanese) is made of eight spring water ponds located in Oshino village, Yamanashi prefecture, and registered as UNESCO world heritage site in 2013. The spring water comes from melting snow on the slopes of Mt.Fuji. When Mt.Fuji erupted around 800 AD, the flow of lava sprit it into Lake Yamanaka-ko and Lake Oshino-ko. Lake Oshino-ko was dried up into a basin due to river erosion, then only eight springing ponds were left. The water went deep underground Mt.Fuji and was filtered through porous layers of lava for over 20 years, resulting in very clear spring water. The water of Oshino Hakkai is called “the […]

Hakone

Mt.Fuji

Mt. Fuji, a symbol of Japan is the highest conical mountain with the height of 3776 meters. Located on the border of Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefecture, it was registered as UNESCO world heritage site in 2013. Known as shy mountain, Mt.Fuji rarely appear, but if you are lucky beautifully snow-capped mountain can been seen. At the top there is Shinto Torii gate and thousands people climb Mt.Fuji from the beginning of July to the beginning of September, when it is officially open to the public. Some walk up from the bottom but many people drive up to the fifth station at 2400meters, and then walk up to the top taking […]