I never quite realized the magnitude of the saying ‘Timing is key’ until I visited the Fuji Five Lakes area. This area is most well-known for the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, when the ground is covered in a pattern of shibazakura or pink moss (among others) that makes the whole area light up with life. The pictures I’ve seen that were taken at the peak of the shibazakura bloom are all so stunning, but when we arrived during mid-April, this was the thickest field of pink moss I could spot: Most of the flowers haven’t bloomed yet, so a lot of areas were like this: But hey, you have to take…
