Thanks for the kind words, Mr. Daffy Dave. The site has been a labor of love with lots of peaks & valleys since its beginning in 2009.
Although it started out as a hopeful e-commerce project, I've sold only a handful of ebooks thru the years & I learned very quickly it would not become a viable source of income, but rather just a very expensive hobby. :-)
But as a form of volunteerism to the English-speaking community, it has been my pleasure to keep sharing the latest news about one of my life's greatest passions thru the years.... and that's climbing the highest mountains in Japan.
And as you noted, in particular I feel spiritually connected with Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest peak and one of its 3 holiest mountains.
Thanks again for stopping by & all the best to you, Mr. Daffy Dave, in your every future endeavor...
Mt. Fuji's climbing season ended on Thursday, with foreigners accounting for 32 percent of climbers during the season that began about 2 months ago. The figures were compiled for the first time using…
On September 9, two solo climbers were found in cardiac arrest along the Fujinomiya route. One, a man in his 50s, was discovered near the summit; the other, a Thai man in his 60s, was found near the N…
It has been learned on the 8th, through interviews with multiple sources, that Yamanashi Prefecture is in the final stages of negotiations to charge for rescue operations by disaster relief helicopter…
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