Discover alternative ways to experience Mount Fuji's majesty without the crowds, featuring a captivating canoe journey with a local guide.
There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan ’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits to touring vineyards on the mountain’s slopes. Every year, around 220,000 people come to climb Mount Fuji, mostly packed into three hectic months between June and August when favourable weather conditions allow for scaling its summit. “If Fuji-san is wearing his hat,” says canoe guide Shinji Toizumi, as we paddle out across Lake Kawaguchi, “it means rain is on the way.
” He points to the distant outline of Mount Fuji, silhouetted against the rose-pink sky. Sure enough, a disc of cloud is drifting around its summit. It’s so common, Toi says, it even has a name here: kasakumo, the umbrella cloud. In his tinted shades, checked shirt and feather-fringed hat, Toi looks like Japan’s answer to Indiana Jones, and I’m inclined to trust his forecasting skills. He goes on to tell me that he used to be a florist, but his second passion has always been canoeing. We drift into the lee of a wooded island, where he sets out camping chairs and brews a pot of coffee. As the rising sun turns Fuji’s slopes red, we sip from enamel mugs, then paddle back to the mainland. True to Toi’s prediction, drizzle begins to fall. An hour later, the mountain has vanished from view. Every year, around 220,000 people come to climb Mount Fuji, mostly packed into three hectic months between June and August when favourable weather conditions allow for summits. Thousands more come just to get a quick snap, take a selfie and hashtag the view. The mountain is a deeply sacred site in Japan. Since 2013, it’s been a UNESCO World Heritage Site — listed not just for its aesthetic beauty, but also its spiritual significance as the dwelling place of deities and nature spirits known as kami. However, in some places, the overcrowding has become so bad, councils have introduced climbing permits and erected barriers to stop sightseers from blocking traffi
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