I am on a very exciting trip today

I am participating in the Willer Travel Mt. Fuji Climbing Tour

and if all goes well, I will be at the summit of Mt. Fuji

in time for the sunrise!

If any of you guys have plans to visit Japan

and you're interested in climbing Mt. Fuji

make sure you stay tuned until the end of this video

and I will be explaining all the details about this tour

and how you can participate yourselves!

Alright guys! We just arrived at the 5th station

There are so many people here today!

Last time I was climbing there weren't very many people at all

So I guess this is a good sign?

It probably means the weather is looking good!

We've got an hour rest before we start climbing

I'm gonna pack up my backpack

and do some stretching

and yeah!! Exciting!!

Breakfast of champions

So as part of our tour package

we got these awesome hiking backpacks

Which is definitely going to come in handy if it starts raining

I think that will protect our gear pretty well

And we got these hiking poles, which look pretty sweet

And we got these boots!

Which will be nice considering I climbed in converse last time

I'm climbing with Kasia today! From the Uwaga Pies

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Here we go! It's about 11:30 I think

It's going to take us 6 hours to get up to the cabin we're staying in for the night

For those of you that have been following me for the past couple of years

You know that I've climbed Mt. Fuji once

I've ~attempted~ to climb Mt. Fuji once

We only made it up to the 8th station that time because

the weather was ridiculously bad

and I'm really really hoping that it's nice this time!

I would really like to see the sunrise at the summit

Fingers crossed it doesn't start to rain!

We've been hiking for about 15 minutes now

and we're just taking a short break

I'm already really sweaty

I think we got a long hike ahead of us

but so far it's not raining! Yay!

So this is where we started

and we are here right now!

and the place we are staying tonight is all the way up here

So we got quite a ways to go

5.3km to go!

Lovely view down the side of the mountain

So here's where it starts to get a little steeper

But it's not too bad

I remember the stretch between 6 & 7 not being too bad

and 7 & 8 was pretty intense!

5km to go!

It's break #2 right now

I'm not sure where we are exactly

That was a good stretch

It felt like a good 20 mins maybe longer

The weather is really nice so far!

It's pretty foggy

But the fog is nice and refreshing, it's really cool

I saw the summit a minute ago, I think

Which was neat!

Because the first time I climbed it was pitch black

and I couldn't see anything!

I think once we get through this fog it might be pretty clear up there!

We have made it to the 7th station

From the 7th - 8th station it gets a lot rockier

As you can see. Kinda need to use your hands a bit

Along the mountain they have huts that sell snacks, drinks, gloves

All the stuff that you would need in an emergency

The higher you get up, the higher the prices go

If possible it's better to buy stuff lower down on the mountain and bring it with you

This hut on the 7th station has vegan curry!

Which is really cool!

They also have lots of other menu items it looks like

Oden, miso soup, lots of drinks

Each station you can get a stamp like this on your stick

To prove that you've been there!

Check it out! That's awesome!

I'm regretting not buying a walking stick now

Do I order the chai tea outside?

You can order here too!

I'll take one please

This chai tea is delicious

Check it out!

The weather's so nice you can see down the bottom of the mountain

That's cool

We're down to 3.2km!

Only 262 more minutes to go!

Alright guys, this hut that we can see at the top there

That is our goal for today

Getting pretty tired

But we're almost there!

And the weather's still nice, so I'm very grateful for that

We're getting pretty high up now

If you look off the side of the mountain, it's pretty scary!

We are staying at the highest hut of the 8th station tonight

Apparently we'll arrive there in about half an hour

And then we will get a 6hr break I think

Until we start hiking again to the summit

YES! Looking forward to that!

I can't believe how high up we are!

It kinda creeps me out when I look over the edge D;

Holy crap

Just not gonna do that anymore

It's getting chilly, it's nice!

Finally I'm starting to feel slightly cold, which is good

Up until a little while ago it was a bit too hot

1.7km to the summit!

The gravel is really colourful here

Not sure if the camera will pick that up, but it looks really neat

Check it out guys!

We made it to the hut that we're staying in tonight

It's so sweet! They're like bunk beds!

Looks like it's about 5 people per little section here

There's some people up in the top over there

More people over there

and they have these curtains to close it off

I'm so happy to be sitting down right now

Time to go downstairs for food!

For food we got rice, hamburger, curry, pickles and green tea!

I'm so hungry right now

I'm so excited for this warm meal

My hands are really cold

So this is gonna be nice

The staff and tour guides speak English!

I bought some postcards down by where we were eating

They were selling international stamps as well

If I fill these out and get the stamps all ready

When we get up to the top of Mt. Fuji there's a post office up there!

Hey guys, it is 10pm now

I slept for about 2 hours

and I woke up and it was light inside

and I was like OMG did we miss the sunrise!?

But someone had just turned the light on inside our room

All is good, it's only 10pm

We're gonna leave at about 1am to start climbing again

And then we should be at the top of the mountain in time for the sunrise

Some pretty nice washrooms on the mountain! (Considering it's a mountain...)

But there isn't much running water

So you won't find any sinks or places to wash your hands

1:45am! Time to start the climb to the summit

We're just heading up to the torii gate at the 9th station now

Which means we are at 3600 metres!

176 to go? Is that right?

I dunno. It's too early for math, but we're almost there!

We reached the summit!

We made it!

Just as the sun is starting to rise! Perfect timing!

I made it guys!

I'm at the top of Mt. Fuji! How cool is that!?

And we made it just in time for the sunrise!

It was so beautiful!

There's some clouds in the way so I don't think we'll get a perfect view of the sun

But still pretty awesome!

It was so horrible to only make it up to the 8th station last time

But this trip was just amazing!

Everything went perfectly

Kasia made it too!

Yaaaaay!!

Now we are hiking to the crater

Whoaaa this is scary

I don't like this

Probably the best part of the whole trip

We came into one of the huts on top of the mountain

I got some oshiruko! I'm so happy!

I was just thinking WOW, I really wish they had oshiruko here!

and one of the stores did!

This is a red bean soup, it's sweet and warm

I am so excited to drink this!

Alright it's time to leave the summit, head back down to our hut

and have some breakfast!

We're back at our hut now

And it's time to eat breakfast

before we head down the mountain

Looks like we have rice, egg and fried salmon

Well most of our Fuji trip is over

and we're headed down from the 8th station now

Headed towards the 5th station, we're gonna get on the bus!

Apparently it takes about 3 hours to get back down to the 5th station

The weather's really nice, it's kind of windy

It's a little bit chilly up here

I'm sure once we get down a little lower it's gonna be pretty hot again

Once thing I really liked about hiking as part of a tour group

is that I got to meet lots of new people!

and I made some really cool friends!

We made it back down the mountain! YAY TEAM!

And this is the best ice cream I've ever had in my entire life

Well that concludes 24 hours on Mt. Fuji!

I had such an amazing time!

I really hope you guys enjoyed coming along with me

and experiencing the trip with me

If you would like to experience this whole thing yourself, you can do that!

I will explain the whole tour package

This is the tour package that I participated in

It's actually really affordable, I was so surprised!

And it came with everything that you need!

You don't need to worry about bringing your own gear

You don't need to worry about food

You don't need to worry about a place to stay

They cover all of that

One of the really cool parts is that the guide spoke English

So if you have any issues, you can talk to them in English

You don't need to worry about knowing Japanese or anything like that

The Willer website has a really cool guide

with all the clothing and gear that you should bring when climbing Mt. Fuji

One thing I would really want to add is SUNSCREEN

I got a horrible sunburn

So definitely bring lots of sunscreen and reapply it constantly

Here's the schedule for the tour dates

If you would like to join one of these

You can reserve a spot on their website

I will link everything down below, so check the description box

If you guys decide to join this tour

Please leave a comment down below and let me know how your experience was!

Thanks for watching guys, and I'll see you soon! Bye!