Jason Collin has agreed to be the first guest photographer at The Nihon Sun and it is with much pride that we present his image “Mt. Fuji Above The Clouds”.

Jason captured this shot after about 3.5 hours of hard hiking got him to the summit of Akadake (2899m) in Nagano Prefecture on October 12th.

“Mt. Fuji is usually shrouded in clouds so I felt very lucky to find such a clear view of the mountain especially after lugging my heavy Nikon D80 along with two lenses up a net ascent of 1200m.

Mt. Fuji appeared quite small and distant to the naked eye, but I was able to capture the shot you see with full 200mm zoom (300mm effective).

I was very pleased to get this shot and others from the summit of Akadake.”

Purchase a print of Mt. Fuji Above the Clouds at Photrade or see more great photos by Jason Collin on his website.

This and other great images of Japan can be found in The Nihon Sun Japan Photo Gallery.