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When Fuji Wears a Hat: Reading Mount Fuji Weather

Around the Fuji Five Lakes, people have read the mountain's weather for generations: one cap cloud for rain, two for wind and…

Fuji was hidden all morning, so we moved the proposal and watched the sky. At two o'clock she opened one eye, the…

At Fujisan Winery, a father's speech had barely finished when the entire wedding got up from dinner. Outside, above the silver vaults,…

The wedding had been full of people, speeches and the pleasure of bringing everyone to Japan. The following morning held something quieter:…

There are days at Mt Fuji when you never see Mt Fuji. A surprise proposal in a February whiteout, a lake to…

They arrived with a simple wish: Fuji, cherry blossoms, vows and photographs. The day opened into sunrise, a shrine blessing, hōtō at…

Already married, they came to Mount Fuji with nothing left to organise. A torii built for honouring the mountain from afar, silver…

Seven moments mattered enough for the couple to name them before the wedding, and every one involved another person. Around those moments…

They asked for four things: the cherry blossom, Mt Fuji, the shrine and the string. A Mt Fuji elopement built around a…

Bashō wrote that the day you can't see Fuji is the one worth having. A Mt Fuji elopement in rain, wind and…

She found us through our page on Tenku no Torii and spent nearly a year planning a single morning. Her girlfriend didn't…