Climbing Mount Fuji

Amanda Soh took on Japan’s iconic mountain last summer and shares her experience, so you know what to expect.

My friends and I scored return flight tickets to Tokyo, Japan, at the amazing price of RM800 – but the catch was that it’d be the summer season when we visited. To be brutally honest, summer isn’t the best season to visit any country. With the blistering heat encroaching on your personal space, all you want to do is run and hide in an air-conditioned room. So, we challenged ourselves to think out of the box and find an activity we could do only in summer. Someone in the group suggested climbing Mount Fuji, and after much hesitation and some convincing, we made the unanimous decision to conquer Japan’s highest mountain

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The location of your accommodation is important when it comes to moving around Tokyo with public transportation. Not only is it more efficient, you get to save some yen with fewer transfers and shorter routes. We got ourselves a cosy Airbnb in Ikebukuro – only a stop away from Shinjuku station – which made travelling to Mount Fuji a breeze. A tip for packing light is to wear the same clothes multiple times, so finding a place with a washing machine was crucial to us – along with air-conditioning, which was our top priority! Our cosy one-bedroom apartment was nestled in a residential area 10 minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the city, giving us restful nights just before our climb.