From Li Kun.
Time flies so fast, I have been enrolled in PhD program for half a year.
Recently, three new students, Sundas (M1), Kariana (D1), Xinyue (Exchange student), joined our laboratory. To my surprise, three women joined Yamamoto and Yamagishi group at the same time, because all members are man except for Xinyan before.
Welcome and enjoy your time in Japan!
From Li Kun.
I have always wanted to climb Mount Fuji once. Now it's finally possible. Departing from Tsukuba on the afternoon of September 2nd, we arrived at Mount Fuji around 8 or 9 pm. (When we passed through Tokyo, there was a traffic jam on the expressway.) After we found a restaurant for dinner, we officially started climbing Mount Fuji from New 5th station at about 10 p.m.
We chosen Gotemba Trail. To be honest, Gotemba Trail is not suitable for people who do not exercise for a long time if you want to go up and down the mountain without sleeping on the way.
On Mt. Fuji, we can see a very spectacular night view. But a friend who is not a fitness person started to have a headache after climbing for about half an hour. But we felt it was a rare visit to Mt. Fuji, so he finally decided to continue climbing.
After watching the sunrise, we met at the 7th station. A friend decided to go down the mountain because it would take at least 3 hours to climb to the top and his legs were already sore. The three of us continued climbing.
The daytime scenery on Mount Fuji was still spectacular. The clouds were under the feet, as if entering heaven.
Eventually I reached the summit at 11:00 noon. At this point I was exhausted. Although I did not have any symptoms of sore legs. But at this time, every time I climbed a few meters higher, I could hear my heartbeat clearly. The other two friends with good physical strength walked around the top of the mountain. After the walk, they were exhausted as well.
At about 1:30 in the afternoon, we started to descend the mountain. Going down the mountain was indeed much easier. But what made us desperate was the way down the mountain, Gotemba Down Trail (Osunabashiri) {御殿場ルート下山道（大砂走り）}. The downhill road that can't be seen at a glance requires us to run. While I thought this was a fun way to go down the mountain, I was too tired to experience any unhappiness at the time.
From Li Kun.
One day, my friends told me that sunrise looks great great in Mitsuishi Forest Park. So Pinyin, Shunri, Aoyagi, Xinyan'friend and I went to Mitsuishi Forest Park to watch the sunrise on Sep. 2th. From Google Maps and the pictures took by my friend, I think sunrise looks like ink painting (水墨画).
In fact, we did not watch the great sunrise, a little pity. But hanging out with friends is still a good thing.
After watching the sunrise, I need to catch up on sleep, because I am leaving this afternoon to climb Mt. Fuji.
