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One of the most exotic journeys that you can make in Chubu region is climbing the Fuji Yama, with its 3776 meters.
I made it and it took me one day with one night.
There are five points to start this trekking, only allowed during July and August: Mishima, Fujinomiya, Gotemba, Subashiri and Kawaguchiko.
I started from Kawaguchiko. Together with me came thousands of Japanese pilgrims with sticks singing Shinto litanies. Every now and then you find houses where in the past lived the Oshis, or guardian monks of this holy trekking to help the pilgrims and today are used as ryokan. You have to pay to sleep in them; you pay even for a glass of water. For the hot iron notch in your stick they charge 200 yens.
I slept in a ryokan in the ninth stage, and next morning at 5 am I saw the majestic sunrise. The reward was breathtaking; the Fuji Yama (Fuji-san) is wonderful, surrounded by five lakes.
When I went down until Mishima the pilgrims respected me very much for being a gaikoku-jin (foreigner) and, inviting me to drink sake, they greeted me inclining half of their body until reaching 90 degrees.
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