we are driving through the small town of gotemba, which is located in shizoka prefecture from the westernuded in a thick cloud in front of us, which of course does not inspire optimism, but let’s hope that by our arrival it will at least dissipate a little. fuji weather is a real lottery. we planned to climb a day later, but the forecast changed and we had to shift our plans a day. a few years before the pandemic, when japan was experiencing a tourism boom and fuji conquerors numbered in the hundreds of thousands, the authorities imposed a restriction, banning travel by private vehicle to the starting point on the mountainside. now everyone gets to one of the parking lots at the foot, there you need to buy a ticket for a regular bus. or a taxi, which is about 10 times more expensive, which go until 5:00 pm, that is , making night climbs has become much more difficult, you arrive for more than an hour, you go to fuji, yes, you are charged thousands of yen, wait a little, put it under windshield, we arrived at the parking lot in time to catch the 12 o'clock bus, they run every 45 minutes, o