Mount Fuji: Where the Spirits Dwell (Photos)

The beautiful lake of Yamanakako.

Shiraitonotaki—waterfalls thread white water through the forest.

Ōsawa Iwadoi.

The third station on the Subashiri trail to the summit.

Holes formed by lava in the Aokigahara Forest. As lava flowed down the volcano, it incinerated trees, leaving tubular-shaped caves.

A forest view at Kōriike.

A fallen tree on Ōmuroyama.

The cool green mist of Aokigahara Forest.

Viewing the mountain from Akatsuka.

Another view of Aoikigahara Forest.

The gloom of Motosu Wind Cave.

At the Gotenniwa slope.

Near the fifth station on the Subashiri route to the summit.

The crater of Mt. Fuji.

The fifth station on the Subashiri route to the summit.

A fallen tree on Ōmuroyama.

The second station on the Subashiri route to the summit.

Mount Fuji as seen from Mount Akaishi in the Southern Alps.