The great day Photo

Photographer’s Note

2.30 am, wake up, every body dress up quickly. We go in the front of the hôtel to take the bus. We have the seat 1C, 1D and 2A. The driver say that we must seat at our place.We think that the bus will be full. After 5 minutes we stop behind another hotel. A couple of japanese arrive. The bus begin to be full. The driver say again that we have to seat at our place. The bus start again and take the route of the 5th station...
Nobody will arrive now, we are 5 inside a bus of 60, we take other seat witout saying it to the driver. He have enough work to drive this big bus on this road, call Subaru line. He drive us from Kawagushi-ko (800 m) tothe 5th station (2300 m), equivalent to a great swiss pass.
Start from the 5th station.
We are all excited, we are looking for the way we have to take. Japanese with VTT are going in one way. We are following them because we haven't see other way. It is about 3h55 whe we arrive in front of this instruction panel. The real start of this climbing route t the Fuji-Yama, which reach the 3776 m (12'390 ft), about 1500 m on the top of us. This is the start of the adventure...

elroyie, avigur_11, bertolucci, kajenn, jrj, Suppaiku, MLINES has marked this note useful

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elroyie (2750) 2004-07-19 14:31

Interesting frame and interesting note, the sign is very clear and it was a good idea for a picture that start the day.

Rockyboy (20582) 2004-07-19 14:32

Cette photo me rapelle celle-ci que j'ai pris avant de monter dans le train qui m'a emmené vers le Canyon du Cuivre au Mexique...
Bon, je ne m'attarde pas sur les inscriptions japonaises que je ne sais pas lire et j'attends la suite...

avigur_11 (21307) 2004-07-19 14:40

It's amazing how such a simple shot turned out to be a wonderful capture. Thatnks to the overall black and dark colors, thanks to the graphics and the Japaneese letters, and thanks to your very good note. Well done, Jacques.

jrzufferey (7249) 2004-07-19 15:19

Tu me fais saliver rien qu'à l'idée de un jour monter sur ce volcan, j'en rêve. Ton image me plaît c'est une belle façon de suggerer l'ascension. Amicalement\jr

bertolucci (12014) 2004-07-19 15:34

Hi Jacques, Fine frame fillin capture of this sign. Always like this kind of objects and you're building up the suspense with it already for your adventure and accompanying series. Nicely done.

gbac (1931) 2004-07-19 15:35

Les choses sérieuses commencent mais je dois avouer que je suis allé puiser les infos pour connaître la suite.
Merci de partager Jacques.

Didi (36452) 2004-07-19 17:35

Et voilà, le départ commence à partir d'une altitude de 2276 m. Mais comment se fait le reste l'ascension ? A pied ou en téléphérique ?
Je souhaite que la visibilité est bonne au sommet.
Le commentaire est intéressant et je suis impatient de connaître la suite.

kajenn (2325) 2004-07-19 21:45

Well, it's a good photo, Jacques, and a good note. But above all it's a great moment, which you're able to share with us in a way as if we're there with you. Well done!

jrj (34779) 2004-07-20 4:54

Not much to say of the shot Jacques, but together with the note very much Te spirit, and the expectation for the continuation is raising.

...ohh, what time of the day ;-)

phi729 (2099) 2004-07-21 18:40

Notes excellente et très attractive. LA photo, en introduction de l'aventure me permettra, (je pense), de bien comprendre la suite de votre aventure.

Donc je récapitule : Actuellement je voyage virtuellement au Mexique avec Fred (Rockyboy), au états Unies avec Norbert (nwoehnl) et Paul (Pamestro), et maintenant au Japon avec vous.

Vive TE! Et bravo Jacques pour ce nouveau trip en perspective. Je suis votre feuilleton.

set (260) 2005-05-30 10:17

J'ai vraiment beaucoup rigolé en lisant votre note! Merci, et cette photo dans le noir et plutôt réussi. Félicitations!

Suppaiku (85) 2005-07-28 4:24

Nice shot ! Sorry to talk about something else than the story itself, but to photograph the old wood, not clean at old but so used, under this angle is a good idea. Because Japan is all like that... It is lucky you had colors in your photo as well.