#6 hours of fuji 2024

[kwisatzworld]

Valentino Rossi and Jenson Button at the fan meeting.

[umflowers]

jenson button on the grid before the 6 hours of fuji - september 15, 2024

[ummick]

mick schumacher and callum ilott on the grid before the 6 hours of fuji - september 15, 2024

[jbtwentytwo]

Jenson Button | 6 Hours of Fuji - 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship

👍🏻🤪

A little throwback since we're not gonna see this silly man for at least another few weeks😅

[nvm-illustration]

A poster for the WEC 6 hours of Fuji 2023 that due to my schedule, could not fit in.

That being said, these are the sort of projects that I have a huge passion for, so decided to make anyway in my spare time. 

Who knows, maybe 2024?

[cunty-pink-porsche]

(2024 6 hours of Fuji full access)

[pix4japan]

In the Shadow of the Peak: Chasing Clear Views of Mt. Fuji from Lake Tanuki

Location: Lake Tanuki, Shizuoka, Japan Timestamp: 07:29・2024/02/28

Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 + CP 31 mm ISO 100 for 1/400 sec. at ƒ/9.0

Embarking on my photo shoot at around 4:00 a.m., I arrived at the southwestern shore of Lake Tanuki by 6:30 a.m. The drive from central Tokyo takes just over 2 hours via the Tomei or Chuo Expressway, assuming you don’t take any breaks along the way.

Depending on the time of day and season, and if the water is tranquil without any surface ripples, you can capture a near-perfect reflection of the volcano on the lake's surface.

A snow-capped Mt. Fuji remains my perennial favorite subject to capture, especially considering the countless times I've seen the peak shrouded in haze or cloud cover in stark contrast to the rare, cherished days when the entire scene is revealed on a clear, crisp day.

Google Maps links, and links to source references available at my full write-up – a short 1-minute read (https://www.pix4japan.com/blog/20240228-tanukiko2).

[tyresdeg]

mick schumacher | 6 hours of fuji 2024

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (22-28 Sep 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Before Midnight (Nero Wolfe #25) (Rex Stout, author; Michael Prichard, narrator)

🥰 The Golden Age of Murder (Martin Edwards, author; Leighton Pugh, narrator) - in-depth look at The Detection Club members during the 'Golden Age of Detective Fiction' (between the world wars)

😍 Pizza-verse series (Closer) - 65K, Suits AU where "in an alternate universe, Harvey's still the best closer in New York but Mike's not a runner for Trevor: he's a pizza deliveryman, Harvey's favorite pizza deliveryman. And Harvey's discovery that Mike's more than he lets on will change everyone's lives… told and retold through Mike, Donna, and Harvey's point of view, with new scenes and reactions each time." - absolute banger series, love it so much

💖💖 +170K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Only the Good Die Young (ZenaidaMacroura) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 23K - excellent shrunkyclunks with EMT!Bucky/Cap!Steve who are both absolute awkward disasters

t'aimer sur les bords du lac (burning_brighter) - MCU: Stucky, 17K - a really good post-EG AU cabin fic where they finally get their shit together

Breathtaking and Absolute (alocalband) - Check Please!: NurseyDex, 3K - truly lovely getting together fic

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

In Deep: Life at the Bottom of the Ocean With Dr. Sarah McAnulty - Session 2

Dr. Odyssey - s1, e1

Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #6

Monét's Slumber Party - s1, e6

Handsome - Hannah Berner asks about inner voices

Dirty Laundry - s4, e4

Adventuring Academy - "Edit While They're Killing It (with Zac Oyama)" (s5, e4)

D20: A Starstruck Odyssey - s12, e14-18

D20: Adventuring Party - s8, e14-18

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Normal Gossip - Romancing the Stoned with Jenée Desmond-Harris

How To Do Everything - Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal Ranger

NPR's Book of the Day - In 'Who's That Girl?' Eve reflects on her time in a male-dominated hip-hop industry

Short Wave - Solving The EV Battery Recycling Puzzle

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Demi Moore's Film The Substance

⭐ The Sporkful - The Inside Story Of How Taco Bell Created The Big Cheez-It

Code Switch - Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?

Normal Gossip - MFAs and Other Mistakes with Brittany Luse

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Small Town, Big Story: The Giant Omelet of Abbeville, LA

Re: Dracula - September 24: Asleep or Awake, Mad or Sane

Short Wave - Harnessing The Ghost Particles Blasting Through You

Dinner’s on Me - Mena Suvari

If Books Could Kill - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Death, Sex & Money - Bob the Drag Queen says Polyamory is Expensive

⭐ 99% Invisible - Cue the Sun!

It's Been a Minute - The SMACKDOWN: Serena Williams vs. Muhammad Ali vs. Trina

Short Wave - The Reality Of OCD

Code Switch - Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why

NPR's Book of the Day - In the new book 'Want,' Gillian Anderson collects other women's sexual fantasies

Vibe Check - I Have A Dream

⭐ Decoder Ring - Calling Dick Tracy! It’s Warren Beatty Again

Re: Dracula - September 25: Bloofer Lady

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - "blah, blah, blah…"

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Small Town, Big Story: The Pennsic Wars of Slippery Rock, PA

Ologies - Modern Toichographology (MURALS & STREET ART) with Conrad Benner

Consider This - Meet the man in charge of prosecuting war crimes

Re: Dracula - September 27: This Great Un-Dead

It's Been a Minute - An identity crisis at the heart of the election; plus, disrupting biracial fantasies

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 634. Climbing Mt. Fuji with Courtney Milan

Endless Thread - Defrauding Big Tech

ICYMI - ICYMI Plus: Why Are People Turning On Chappell Roan?

Re: Dracula - September 28: Some Rational Explanation

Overinvested - Ep. 306: English Teacher

The Allusionist - Tranquillusionist: Ex-Constellations

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Got My Back Against the Record Machine

Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV - ep 1-3

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Easy Mornings: Hindi

Good Vibes Only

Feel Good Mix #1

Feel Good Mix #2

Weird Tales of The Ramones (1976 - 1996) [Ramones] {2005}

[robinfrinjs]

2024 FIA WEC Calendar

24/25 February 2024 – Official Prologue (QAT)

2 March 2024 – Qatar 1812Km (QAT)

21 April 2024 – 6 Hours of Imola (ITA)

11 May 2024 – TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL)

15/16 June 2024 – 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA)

14 July 2024 – 6 Hours of São Paulo (BRA)

1 September 2024 – Lone Star Le Mans (USA)

15 September 2024 – 6 Hours of Fuji (JPN)

2 November 2024 – 8 Hours of Bahrain (BAH)

[thepotentialof2007]

From The Week in Sportscar's 6 Hours of Fuji 2023 recap, WEC reporter Graham Goodwin says he's heard things about Kubica's 2024 plans:

GG: Sort of out of nowhere, Team WRT entered the chat and 41 car went to the front. Stellar stuff, in particular from the two professional drivers. Rui Andrade did a solid job but he brought that car in in fifth place. Stellar job from both Louis Delétraz and, particularly, Robert Kubica. SK: He was superb. GG: He was superb! And I think will be rewarded next year with a Hypercar drive. I think I know where he's going to go and, delighted for him.

[betweenheroesandvillains]

watching my beautiful wife full race 2024 6 hours of fuji fia wec and feeling only deep love and affection

[umflowers]

andre lotterer during the 6 hours of fuji - september 15, 2024

[ummick]

mick schumacher, who did all of the overtaking, with his teammate whose name i cbf knowing, after the latter's stint in which he took a drive-thru penalty, during the 6 hours of fuji - september 15, 2024

[laurenetuttle]

Japan Day 6 (September 11, 2024)

Today was a great day! We woke up at 5 AM this morning in hopes of seeing the sunrise and Mount Fuji without any clouds obstructing the view. 5 AM was a little bit earlier than we have been waking up in previous days, but we were pretty determined to see Mount Fuji. And thankfully, our plan worked! The sun hadn’t quite risen all the way up by the time we woke, but we could see that there weren’t any clouds. We could see the lights of the hikers along the trail who were trying to summit Mount Fuji too. That was pretty cool. we were both super excited to be able to see Mount Fuji. We went one floor above to the rooftop onsen to hot tub and watch the sunrise with Mount Fuji. it was pretty spectacular. To start the day with a hot spring hot tub and get to see this revered mountain. Unfortunately, it was pretty hot. So we didn’t last very long. We went back to our room and sat in our own personal hot tub/onsen on the balcony of our room. We were able to make that hot tub a little bit cooler so it was more tolerable for a long period time. so we got to sit and relax and appreciate the views. It is probably one of the best experiences on this trip. After a solid while of relaxing, we rent off and changed into the hotel provided Japanese pajamas to head to breakfast. This breakfast buffet was mostly pretty traditional in regards to Japanese breakfast cuisine. Which means a lot of fish and savory items. There was a salad bar. I cannot emphasize how much fish there was. Thankfully, there were enough items for us to eat that weren’t fish. We both loaded up on fruit and omelette, and there are mini pancakes and even a little bit of Nutella. After breakfast, we still had about two hours to relax before we needed to leave and check out of the hotel. So we walked around the hotel more and spent some time relaxing in our big room and finish packing up belongings.

We checked out around 10 o’clock in the morning and the hotel organized a shuttle to take us to the Shinkansen station (the bullet train). we thought that the shuttle was going to take about an hour and a half. However, it only ended up being about an hour. So we had plenty of time at the train station to make sure we found the right platform for our bullet train. There weren’t a ton of food options at this small station. So we both ate a cliff bar that we had brought and tried a peanut butter sandwich that I purchased that a convenience store. we then boarded our first bullet train. And man do those trains go fast. I’ve never experienced anything like it before. It was really cool. Also a little bit nauseating thinking about how fast we are going. Whenever we passed by bullet train going the opposite direction it was like a flash. Both trains were going so fast and opposite directions. We were on this first bullet train for about 20 minutes. Then we had to get off to transfer and change trains. The station that we got off was so hot. Cannot emphasize how hot and humid. We were both instantly super sweaty. Thankfully, we didn’t have to wait for too long. Our next bullet train showed up within 20 minutes. And thankfully, it was on the same set of tracks so we didn’t have to change platforms. We boarded the second bullet train. This bullet train was about an hour and a half ride into Kyoto! We both just listened to some music and relaxed for the hour and a half. After we pulled into Kyoto, we decided to take the subway to a station closer to our hotel. So then we boarded basically our third train for the day and fourth leg of the journey. After the subway ride, we then had a 14 minute walk from the subway station to the hotel. This walk was a huge struggle. It is extremely hot and humid. And I’m carrying rather heavy backpack into tote bags that are totally full. It was worth it not to bring a roller bag because there are a lot of stairs and all of these train and subway stations. so a roller bag would’ve been a huge pain as well. But man was this walk a struggle. With only one break, we made it to the hotel. Of note, Kyoto is a smaller town than Tokyo. And interestingly, a lot of the streets are very narrow, one-way streets with no sidewalks. So it seems like you’re walking down little alleyways. But in fact, they are actual real streets that are heavily used.

After taking a quick 20 minute break in the air conditioning, we had to head out to our tour. And man were we drenched in sweat. I had booked us a tea ceremony tour in Kyoto. It was another 15 minute walk from our hotel. And the tour included getting dressed up in kimonos, learning about traditional Japanese tea, ceremonies, and making our own Matcha tea. After we checked in for the tour, we were quickly whisked away by a bunch of Japanese ladies and, we were undressed, dressed in kimonos, had our hair done, and given accessories, such as toe socks, flowers in our hair, Japanese purses, and Japanese samples. It was quite the whirlwind experience. And I felt horrible because I was totally wet, including my hair. But they were so nice. There was no hesitation about getting me dressed up into a kimono and doing my hair. I got to pick out a lovely blue flower kimono. Liz picked out a beautiful purple flower kimono. it was so much fun to get dressed up in traditional Japanese garb. We got to keep the weird toe socks and we continue to wear the fancy hair-dos the rest of the evening. For the tea ceremony, they took us into a little house with traditional tatami mats. We had a little lesson about Japanese culture in regards to ceremonies. Including how they date back to the 1600s. We learned a lot about the meaning behind the tea ceremonies. Including being present in the moment and meditation. we were provided with a couple of Japanese sweets. We learned that traditionally people have some sweet before Matcha because it’s so bitter. We then learned how to make our own Matcha. The instructor poured hot water into bowls that had Matcha powder already in it. We used a bamboo whisk to whisk the powdered Matcha into the hot water. We did this until it was nice and bubbly and frothy. After approval from the instructor and a couple of pictures, we got to drink our Matcha. Matcha is definitely very bitter. I don’t think it’s our favorite tea drinks. Both of us had so much fun learning about the history of Matcha and tea ceremonies. After the ceremony, we were able to take some fun pictures inside the little house and in the nearby garden. We went back to change into our clothes. Not surprisingly my clothes were cold and wet from all the sweating from before. It was really gross. It is what it is though.

After the tea ceremony tour, we wandered the nearby streets, looking for dinner. We found this really amazing restaurant where you order like breaded steak and you cook it yourself on a hot plate in front of you. We both ordered a tenderloin steak. It was some of the best steak that I think I’ve had in recent years. It was so lean and tender. it came with all of these dipping sauces as well. This included curry, soy sauce, egg, and a couple of other things I didn’t recognize. We also had some soup and rice and tea. Really hit the spot. It was a solid dinner. Would definitely recommend and do again. After dinner, we continue to wander the streets and popped into a couple of stores. Did a little bit of souvenir shopping. We then headed back towards the hotel. At check-in, they told us at the they don’t have a kitchen here at the hotel. So they bring breakfast sandwiches to our room every morning. But they cannot bring breakfast earlier than 8:40 AM , which is a little bit later than we were hoping for for tomorrow. So on our way back from dinner tonight, we stopped by 7-Eleven to pick up some breakfast foods. We have a microwave and a fridge in our hotel room. We are now back in the hotel enjoying the AC. We are both enjoying a glorious shower and getting into our pajamas to go to sleep. it was an absolutely lovely day. Albeit very hot and sweaty. But we are looking forward to these next couple of days in Kyoto.

[zacharyja]

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

Hakone Day Trip

Today started early again at about 6:45, with a class meeting followed by the group heading to the train station to make our way to Hakone. The journey there was a lot more complicated and took a lot longer than most of us expected. We started by taking a train to Shinjuku and then getting onto the Hakone Freepass romancecar, which goes directly from Shinjuku to Hakone in about an hour and a half. The ride was pleasant and the reserved seats were nicer than most of the normal train seats. We also got a great view of Mount Fuji from the train. After getting to Hakone we got on the Hakone Tozan Line, which is the steepest train line in Japan. This took about 30 minutes and after this we got up to a point that had a really good view of the mountains in Hakone.

After this, we got onto a gondola that took us higher up the mountain, where we passed over what looked to be a sulfur mine or something, and consequently it smelled of eggs for a good portion of the ride. Though the views of the yellow stained sulfur rocks were otherworldly to see, and the steam from the geothermal vents definitely added to the sci-fi effect.

We also got to see an even better view of Mount Fuji from the higher elevation. At the top of this mountain was a place called Owakudani, which was a touristy spot known for eggs boiled in natural hot springs, which turn the shells black from the sulfur in the water. This is a bit funny as its such a specific thing to be known for, but I guess it works seeing as this area was just as busy as anywhere in the main Tokyo area.

Next we took the gondola back down to the beginning of the line where we stopped and ate lunch, I had a hamburger steak with rice which was surprisingly tasty. After this we walked to the dock to get onto what was essentially a massive pirate ship that ferried people to and from both sides of Lake Ashinoko. This experience was pretty random but also was a good time, the ride was insanely windy and very cold but it felt nice to be blasted with fresh air for 20 minutes.

Once on the other side of the lake, we walked to the Hakone shrine, which opened in the year 757. The shrine itself was beautiful and was well worth the 30 minute hike that it took to get there. After visiting the shrine and paying our respects we walked to the Hakone Sekisho, which is now a replica but used to function as a security checkpoint under the Tokugawa Shogunate. This place was really cool to see as being at historical sites like this give you a chance to walk in the shoes of someone who lived hundreds of years ago.

After this we walked down to see the Hakone shrine torii gate, which is in the water and massive, attracting thousands of visitors every year. There was a 30 minute line just to walk up to the gate and take photos with it (though if i was alone i probably would not have spent the time there waiting, but the photos turned out cool.)

After this we took a bus back to the Hakone Freepass train station and stopped for food, I opted to get Tonkatsu Curry. After eating we made our way to Shinjuku station for about an hour and a half until arriving and heading back to our hotel from there. Today was a very long day jam packed with things going on every hour of the day. After having many busy days in a row, I am surprised that my feet do not hurt more, though I do have some blisters starting to appear but nothing too major and I attribute my On Cloud shoes to helping save my feet. I got over 17,000 steps today and nearly 28,000 steps yesterday so we have definitely been burning calories. My entire week has been over 17,000 steps so I expect to have killer calf muscles by the end of this trip. My health app on my phone also says that I climbed 45 floors today, which seems accurate given today was a lot of stairs with the mountain terrain.

Academic Reflection

Today was interesting as we visited both a very old holy site, as well as a historical landmark that was hundreds of years old. The Hakone Sekisho served the purpose of monitoring the Daimyo compliance with the widely used Alternate Attendance system of keeping power in check. This system meant that the Daimyo had to divide their time between the capital city of Edo where the Shogun lived, with that of the domain in which the Daimyo controlled. This process ensured that there was regular check ins between the Daimyo and the Shogun to keep the power in the hands of the Shogun. The passing of women through the Sekisho barriers, much like the one that I visited acted to hold the Daimyo's wives hostage against insurrection from the Daimyos by forcing them to set up residency in Edo and leave their wives and children there, thus tying them back to the capital and keeping the power centrally located. Thus these security check points were needed to regulate passage and ensure no Daimyo was sneaking wives, children, or guns out of the capital. The Sekisho that I visited today in Hakone was the first location on the Tokaido heading west where traffic was easily blocked, helped by the very mountainous regions that surrounded it.