Raining in Japan at 50 year levels but we ride on

By now you would have read about the flooding in japan, we have seen a lot of rain but no flooding where we have been. Well the rivers have been flowing very fast, seen some good waterfalls but generally only got wet.

Thursday 10 September we jumped on the bikes from Fujiyoshida and headed to the start of the Subaru Line to ride the 24 km climb to the fifth station of Mt Fuji.

The weather was cloudy but no rain. Nice temperature.

We received a very raucous farewell from the hotel staff and there is our objective


















Beautiful green forest, but very quiet no animals to speak of. Road kill is non existent in Japan

















200 yen each for the Subaru Line toll


















24 km to the top, first bit a nice 7.8% just to see if you really want to climb for 24 km
Every km post has gradient info to cheer you up


Just to pass the time I started counting the tourist buses that passed me. 48 was the number at the summit, since we were in the off season I guess it would be in the 100 s each day in the peak season






Onward and upward I granny gear, nice road surface though. Got value for my 200 yen












Towards the end the clouds rolled in and the temperature dropped












The remaining peloton achieving celebrity status at the top as bus loads of tourists took our picture. Rumour had that George Clooney had put on weight for a new sumo film and was 'on the mountain'.









That's the path to the summit, Black Cav loses some celebrity status once George was seen!









Pretty bleak terrain to the top. We have decided to ride the surrounding lakes rather than summit.









The Electric Cowboy shows his new photogenic pose.






Here are the stats, profile looks very Fuji like! More than mile of climbing on three bananas.





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Location:Kamiyoshida,Fujiyoshida,Japan