Snow on Mount Fuji
A few hours ago we had sudden thunderstorm. Now the rain is stopped, and we see some white spots near the top of Mount Fuji. I've never seen snow on Mount Fuji in August.
Obon Vacation
August 13th through 16th are called Obon holidays. Obon is traditionally a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of ancestors. Like Thanksgiving holidays in the United States, the historical meaning is being lost and many people simply consider it "summer vacation".
Biotoilet
As the number of climbers increased in the past few decades, human waste became the biggest problem of Mount Fuji. When the amount of waste exceeded the disposal capacity of the mountain's toilet system, undecomposed toilet papers were discharged on the mountain, which people called "White River".
To solve this problem, which is essential to become a UNESCO World Heritage, the mountain's toilets have been dramatically improved. The types of high-technology toilets installed on Mount Fuji include Incineration-method toilet, oyster-shell-method toilet, and biotoilet.
Live Broadcast from The Summit of Mount Fuji
Today and yesterday NHK (a Japanese public broadcaster) showed a TV program with live broadcast from the summit of Mount Fuji. I missed the today's show, but yesterday they were introducing a college professor who's conducting a research at the obsolete weather station.
The station was established at the summit of Mount Fuji in 1936, and it has been the center of Japan's meteorological observation until recently. As the technology of aerological observation and automatic observation have been improved, the station became unmanned in 2004.
The End of Rainy Season
On July 19th Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced that the rainy season was over in Mount Fuji area. It's a day earlier than the average year, according to JMA.
The picture is a view of Mount Fuji from my company in Fuji, Shizuoka. The mountain is usually covered by clouds in summer, but today we can see most of the figure. This is a typical view of Mount Fuji in our daily life.
Beautiful Orange Flower
This flower which tells summer.
That's orange and double flowers.
The Japanese name is called a ”Yabukanzou".
An English name is a tawny day lily.
Don't you come to Asagiri plateau to meet orenge flowers.
The end of rainy season? Not really.
The sky cleared up. The temperature is rising. Our seedy thermometer shows 32 degrees celsius (89.6 degrees fahrenheit) as of 12:30 PM, July 12th.
Is it the end of rainy season? Not really, according to the wether forecast. We'll go back to the rainy season from tomorrow and it seems to last at least for another week. Not a happy news for Mt. Fuji climbers.
The rainy season
Posted by pochi on June 2nd, 2008
The rainy season began also in the outskirts of Mt. Fuji today.
A rainy season is one of the weather phenomena.
It is the rainy time when it will rotate from May in July every year.
Although the rainy season has just started, it is arrival of summer when a rainy season ends.
When does the end of the rainy season this year become?
In a fine day, it is a paraglider.
Posted by pochi on June 1st, 2008
The taking-off-and-landing ground of a paraglider is located on an Asagiri plateau.
An Asagiri plateau is a prairie zone which spreads at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
Many people visit this on the holiday of the fine day.
It seems that many paraglider fans gathered this morning also.
When looked up, the figure of people who fly in the sky like a bird was in sight.
An air walk and a feeling while looking at Mt. Fuji must be good.
Large clematis
Posted by pochi on May 31st, 2008
Recently, the chilly day continues.
Although Mt. Fuji can be seen in the early morning,It is in clouds when I get up.
Having become cloudy today also, the light rain is falling occasionally.
The flower of large clematis was in bloom in such weather on husband's mother's flower garden.
The clematis of the thing with the dear sun is also the same.
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