Rings around Fuji
Located about 55nm WSW of Tokyo, Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 m (12,389.2 ft). It is surrounded on the N and W by a continuous ridge. Follow that to see both the mountainous interior to your right and rural Japan around the base of Fuji on your left. Finally fly to the summit of this still-active volcano!
NOTAMS. Gotemba airport has a short runway at 2202 ft.
- Country: Japan
- Locale: Gotemba
- Route: Gotemba (RJGO) to Gotemba (RJGO)
- Distance: 79 nm
- File name: japan-RJGO-to-RJGO-VFR-gotemba-220201
Waypoints
- WP 1 - Fuji Speedway
- WP 2 - Mt. Kurodake, past Lake Yamanaka and Lake Kawaguchi | Follow the ridge to WP 3
- WP 3 - Lake Motosu | Follow the ridge)
- WP 4 - Fuji River | Follow the river
- WP 5 - Mouth of the Fuji River
- WP 6 - Mt. Ihaiga
- WP 7 - Mt. Fuji
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WP 1 - Fuji Speedway
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WP 1 - Fuji Speedway
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WP 2 - Mt. Kurodake, past Lake Yamanaka and Lake Kawaguchi
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Lake Kawaguchi
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Looking SSW over Lake Kawaguchi
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WP 2 - Mt. Kurodake
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Looking S over Lake Kawaguchi from Mt. Kurodake
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Follow the ridge to WP 3
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WP 3 - Lake Motosu
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Follow the ridge
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WP 4 - Fuji River | Follow the river
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WP 5 - Mouth of the Fuji River
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Fuji Harbour
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WP 6 - Mt. Ihaiga
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WP 6 - Mt. Ihaiga
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WP 7 - Mt. Fuji
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WP 7 - Mt. Fuji
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Mt. Fuji
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Mt. Fuji looking S
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Mt. Fuji: Osawa scree on the western face
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Mt. Fuji
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Gotemba (RJGO)
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Gotemba (RJGO)
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Gotemba (RJGO)