Aokigahara Jukai. The secrets beyond the trees.
Nihonkamoshika 【Japanese Serow】 It was a quiet, rainy morning on the lake. Despite the wind and light rain, the forest felt remarkably still. During our tour, we happened upon a Japanese serow standing atop the lava flows where the Aokigahara Jukai forest meets the water. It was simply gazing out at the lake, seemingly undisturbed …
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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 …