glimpse of white
shedding winter snow
fuji san
Mount Fuji seen from across Lake Hakone. At the top of that wooded mountain in the middle foreground one looks down across a valley to the city of Gotemba nestled at the base of Fuji and then your eyes are drawn upwards to the majesty of that Japanese icon. More images of that view at sunset will come.
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View from bullet train
Beautiful
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A beautiful haiku to honour Fuji San, thanks Sandra.
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The first photo is amazing! The way each slope unfolds from the front rich green to the sparkling white.
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Thanks Carol, these were taken in 1990 on colour transparency film so it scans well to digital. I have never seen it so clearly in subsequent visits to Japan
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Gorgeous pictures, Denis. I visited Japan years ago, but couldn’t see Mount Fuji due to the fog.
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Thanks Magarisa. Unfortunately for you it was most probably SMOG, which mostly hazes up and blocks out Fuji. Winter is the best time around Jan 1st
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A beautiful haiku and image Denis, it’s so lovely to see Mount Fuji from a different angle too 🙂
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Thanks Xenia. I have seen it from different angles, the most inspiring is from the Shinkansen as it runs across the base and one has to look up, up,up, out the window to see Fuji.
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The sharpness of the lighting is wonderful as are the shades of green and blue…
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Amazingly this was taken in 1990 using my Pentax SLR and colour transparency film. Many but not all are scanning very well to digital.
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You’ve opened a treasure chest 🙂
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Beautiful, so beautiful. Thank you dear Denis, Love, nia
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Thanks Nia, to see this mountain is the wish of every Japanese
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You are welcome dear Denis, I heard it, amazing and great mountain. Have a nice day, Love, nia
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Wonderful poetic response. Thanks Sandra. This was the only trip to Japan where I saw Fuji from a distance. All other times the sightings were closer and one had to look up and up . I have another haiku somewhere for that experience. Once with a group of my students we stood on a mountain roadside and all we could see was cloud and smog with no Fuji. I kept saying look up and pray and suddenly the clouds parted and towering above us for seconds they were rewarded by Fuji San.
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Beautiful on all counts!
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Thanks Annette, it is an awesome experience
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