Yes, that behemoth in the background is Mt. Fuji. I’ve never felt so insignificant before as when I rounded the corner and was suddenly stopped by this sight. Of all the things it inspired at that moment, the most intense was a desire to climb it one day. If it could inspire such feeling from so far away, I can only imagine what it must be like to look out on the land that surrounds it from its pinnacle.

Unfortunately, it’s closed for the season so I only get to go up part of it tomorrow. But there’s always next year/time….