• Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    At the main shrine for the Fuji-san worship in the city of Fujinomiya

    Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sundaypaper

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    View of Fuji-san from south with its secondery crater, the Hoei-san

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Greeting the holy mountain before our ascent

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Trail through the treeline

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Beginning of the Fujinomiya Trail

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Beginning of the Fujinomiya Trail

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Poast of an dilapidated Tori (Shinto Gate)

    Yen coins are stuck into its cracks as sacrifice for luck, protection and gratitude.

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    My brother bowing before passing through the final Tori before the summit

    Climbing Fuji-san is a spiritual journey for many people, a journey from life to the realm of death and back.

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Hiking around the crater rim in an altitude of 3774 meter

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Japanese style summit snack

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    My brother on the rim of the crater

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Brothers

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Ginsui, a spiritual worship place below the crater rim

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Lodge and shrine on the summit at the end of Yoshida trail

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Tori in an altitude above 3000 meter

    In the Shinto religion, tori are the transition from the worldly to the spiritual world.

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Outside the mountain season all huts are closed

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Rising of the autumn full moon

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Descent at dusk

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Showing gratitude for the safe hike at the main shrine for the Fuji-san worship

    Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha in Fujinomiya

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Kumomi Sengen Shrine

    Place of worship for Iwa-Naga-Hime, the older sister of Konohanasakuya-Hime, the Fuji-san goddess

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Stairs to the Kumomi Sengen Shrine

    Place of worship for Iwa-Naga-Hime, the older sister of Konohanasakuya-Hime, the Fuji-san goddess

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    View of Fuji-san from Kumomi Sengen Shrine

    One is not supposed to admire the beauty of Fuji-san from this place, as is only dedicated to her younger sister, Iwa-Naga-Hime

  • Since my childhood climbing Fuji-san was always on my mind when I visited Japan, my mother´s country, where I lived for many years then. We took the Fujinomiya trail in October and were almost alone on the most visited mountain in the world.

    Sea off the coast of the Izu Peninsula

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