Comments on: The gift that keeps on giving http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: I-CJW http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-18152 I-CJW Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:56:01 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-18152 Hi RedYeti! Good to hear from you. I feel your pain - I have an enormous backlog of blogposts from the past couple of weeks. Not to mention writing my own... Hi RedYeti! Good to hear from you. I feel your pain – I have an enormous backlog of blogposts from the past couple of weeks. Not to mention writing my own…

]]> By: RedYeti http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-18143 RedYeti Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:58:42 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-18143 Catching up with some blogs very, very slowly after a my latest contract tried to steal my entire life... And what a treat! Agree with Cap. Interesting - that top photo is stunning. Catching up with some blogs very, very slowly after a my latest contract tried to steal my entire life…

And what a treat! Agree with Cap. Interesting – that top photo is stunning.

]]> By: I-CJW http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8714 I-CJW Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:20:26 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8714 Hi Duangdao - the telephone number is 0555-76-7609 for the Mitsutoge-sanso. Most of the time, you don't *need* a reservation to stay at the lodges, but it's always advisable to make a reservation if you can. The Kawaguchiko Town Office Tourist Section might be able to help you as well: 0555-72-3168. Hi Duangdao – the telephone number is 0555-76-7609 for the Mitsutoge-sanso. Most of the time, you don’t *need* a reservation to stay at the lodges, but it’s always advisable to make a reservation if you can.
The Kawaguchiko Town Office Tourist Section might be able to help you as well: 0555-72-3168.

]]> By: Duangdao http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8713 Duangdao Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:03:06 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8713 Who can tell me how to make the reservation lodge on the top of Mitsutoge.I want to overnight there on 28 Feb. Who can tell me how to make the reservation lodge on the top of Mitsutoge.I want to overnight there on 28 Feb.

]]> By: I-CJW http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8710 I-CJW Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:29:04 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8710 Hi George - as I mentioned above, I'm still tempted to go back and have a surreptitious crack at that waterfall.. Looks like you guys are getting some good snow up there. Take care! Hey Peter - you'd like it up there I think on a good day. The view is stunning, and it's a decent one-dayer. As MTC said above, the summit is a bit of a mess however. I could have stayed gazing at that waterfall for hours though. As for it being the second most holy mountain, you have to bear in mind that it was the sign at the entrance shrine that declared it so :-) Hi George – as I mentioned above, I’m still tempted to go back and have a surreptitious crack at that waterfall.. Looks like you guys are getting some good snow up there. Take care!

Hey Peter – you’d like it up there I think on a good day. The view is stunning, and it’s a decent one-dayer. As MTC said above, the summit is a bit of a mess however. I could have stayed gazing at that waterfall for hours though. As for it being the second most holy mountain, you have to bear in mind that it was the sign at the entrance shrine that declared it so :-)

]]> By: Peter Skov http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8707 Peter Skov Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:15:08 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8707 There's another place I have never been to. That waterfall is gorgeous. I particularly liked the photograph where it was possible to see the twisted roots of the tree and the gnarled limbs of ice. One could imagine creatures carved of ice and wood. I didn't know Mitsutoge was the second most holy mountain in Japan. I had always heard that next to Fujisan, Hakusan and Tateyama were the most sacred mountains. There’s another place I have never been to. That waterfall is gorgeous. I particularly liked the photograph where it was possible to see the twisted roots of the tree and the gnarled limbs of ice. One could imagine creatures carved of ice and wood.

I didn’t know Mitsutoge was the second most holy mountain in Japan. I had always heard that next to Fujisan, Hakusan and Tateyama were the most sacred mountains.

]]> By: George Baptista http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8706 George Baptista Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:47:58 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8706 I stared at the frozen waterfall photo for a few minutes, trying to figure out a line up. If our room had more wall-space I'd frame it and stare at it all day long. I wish we had brought along such ironmongery during our recent foray into the Makihatayama area, where we might have found the limits of snowshoes. That's when you are inching your way up, careful not to slip or have the wind blow you off. You take a look to the side and realize the slope is steeper than expected, maybe 50 degrees. Normally I would've been cussing but was too pumped up, and the wind would've drowned me out anyway. I stared at the frozen waterfall photo for a few minutes, trying to figure out a line up. If our room had more wall-space I’d frame it and stare at it all day long.

I wish we had brought along such ironmongery during our recent foray into the Makihatayama area, where we might have found the limits of snowshoes. That’s when you are inching your way up, careful not to slip or have the wind blow you off. You take a look to the side and realize the slope is steeper than expected, maybe 50 degrees. Normally I would’ve been cussing but was too pumped up, and the wind would’ve drowned me out anyway.

]]> By: I-CJW http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8696 I-CJW Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:06:12 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8696 Billy - I'm a big fan of tree silhouettes. I love the way they stand out against a background of clouds at dawn and dusk. I agree with you, I think they actually focus attention, especially on the colours of the sky. Jay - that's pretty much what we did too! I was amazed that Fuji showed itself that day. The forecast was poor, it was drizzling and the sky was a blanket of grey - which lifted in minutes just as we got to the peak! Billy – I’m a big fan of tree silhouettes. I love the way they stand out against a background of clouds at dawn and dusk. I agree with you, I think they actually focus attention, especially on the colours of the sky.

Jay – that’s pretty much what we did too! I was amazed that Fuji showed itself that day. The forecast was poor, it was drizzling and the sky was a blanket of grey – which lifted in minutes just as we got to the peak!

]]> By: jay http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8694 jay Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:47:02 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8694 Great work again. The first image is just breathtaking. I stopped at just stared for like 5 minutes when I first saw it! Great work again. The first image is just breathtaking. I stopped at just stared for like 5 minutes when I first saw it!

]]> By: billywest http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/comment-page-1/#comment-8675 billywest Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:28:23 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2009/01/27/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comment-8675 Beautiful shot of Fuji between the trees. It occurred to me when first seeing it that few Japanese photographers would include the trees in the shot. It's like they think the trees dirty up the scene or take away from its simplistic beauty. Beautiful shot of Fuji between the trees. It occurred to me when first seeing it that few Japanese photographers would include the trees in the shot. It’s like they think the trees dirty up the scene or take away from its simplistic beauty.

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