For over 25 years, I have been leading Mt. Fuji Photography tours in the valley of the dragons.  Shinto priests, who are now some of my closest friends, have guided me along the ancient pilgrim's routes around Mount Fuji, routes that hold several ancient shrines and temples and that are said to be the primary power points around Fujisan. The Mt. Fuji part of our Japan photo workshop begins right away for golden hour photography with Japan’s most sacred mountain which also happens to be an active volcano.  For centuries, photographers, artisans, international visitors, really anyone has been mesmerized by Mount Fuji and its breathtaking beauty.  Autumn is especially beautiful, with lavish displays of vibrant fall foliage and the legendary Japanese maple tree in red, yellow, and orange, and my participants will see all of this and more.   The Fuji Five Lakes will also be on our itinerary, and participants will be in the rare 5% of people who have seen all the Fuji five lakes, as over 98% of Japanese have not.  WOW!   By daylight or moonlight, I guarantee that Mount Fuji will capture your heart and imagination, and that no one picture that you take will capture the rich emotion that Mount Fuji provides. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, it will take a thousand pictures to express your one complete emotion of photographing autumn in Mount Fuji.  And in the evening, we will toast to another amazing day of the Japanese wildlife landscape autumn leaves photography tour.