My first view of Fuji. It completely caught me off guard – We were on the wrong side of the train to see it, and I had promised myself I wouldn’t sneak a sub par view from across the train, I’d wait until we arrived and disembarked. I was even considering keeping my eyes to the ground until we could get somewhere suitably scenic.
What I had forgotten, was that the train does a little dog leg manoeuvre for the last few stops, which meant that suddenly we were on the right side.
I had been fiddling with my camera, offloading the SD cards to portable storage etc, and just idly glanced out the window to see this. I literally gasped out loud and kind of jumped in my seat. I had dreamed of this trip for decades, absolutely obsessing over it – for years I would check the webcams every day to watch sunrise and sunset over Fuji… To suddenly have it in front of me was almost overwhelming.
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Great! It even has the name Mt Fuji ふじさん on the side.
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My first view of Fuji. It completely caught me off guard – We were on the wrong side of the train to see it, and I had promised myself I wouldn’t sneak a sub par view from across the train, I’d wait until we arrived and disembarked. I was even considering keeping my eyes to the ground until we could get somewhere suitably scenic.
What I had forgotten, was that the train does a little dog leg manoeuvre for the last few stops, which meant that suddenly we were on the right side.
I had been fiddling with my camera, offloading the SD cards to portable storage etc, and just idly glanced out the window to see this. I literally gasped out loud and kind of jumped in my seat. I had dreamed of this trip for decades, absolutely obsessing over it – for years I would check the webcams every day to watch sunrise and sunset over Fuji… To suddenly have it in front of me was almost overwhelming.
Great! It even has the name Mt Fuji ふじさん on the side.