Aokigahara Jukai. The secrets beyond the trees.
Nihonkamoshika 【Japanese Serow】 What an incredible morning! Despite the less-than-ideal conditions of light rain and wind, our morning SUP tour took an exciting turn when we spotted a Japanese serow. It was perched on the lava flows of the Aokigahara Jukai forest, gazing out at the lake – a truly special moment that instantly lifted …
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Jimba Falls and Takasago Sake brewery Mount Fuji has no rivers that flow year-round. This is because the ground, composed of volcanic gravel, allows rainwater to quickly permeate underground. However, this rainwater is filtered beneath the surface, dissolving many minerals as it goes, and then emerges as springs in various locations around Mount Fuji.Oshino Hakkai …
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There’s a little-known spot for tourists about an hour’s drive from Lake Kawaguchiko. It’s in a place called Tsukiyonezawa, and if you hike for about an hour up the Mount Kuratake hiking trail, you can see giant Japanese horse chestnut trees. The particularly large ones have a trunk circumference of over 8 meters and a …