We Lost Mt. Fuji in the Fog... | Tomei Expressway Dawn 4K POV Drive (No Talking, No Music)

Mt. Fuji is visible at first. This run starts at Nakai Parking Area on the E1 Tomei Expressway — Japan's first expressway, linking Tokyo and Nagoya — heading west toward the mountain at dawn. Early on, Mt. Fuji sits clear in the morning light, almost too easy to see. Then the weather turns. Closer to Gotemba, the fog thickens fast, until the road ahead just ends in white. No mountain. No horizon. Only the next few meters of wet asphalt — and underneath it, road noise, tire grip, and raw exhaust. It holds like that for a while. Then the run leaves the expressway at Gotemba, joins the Higashi-Fujigoko Road, and reaches Subashiri IC — where the fog breaks all at once. Mt. Fuji is right there, full and close, like it had been waiting the whole time. That reveal is the payoff of the entire drive. Stay with it until the end. Drop a LIKE if this one kept you watching until the reveal. 👇Comment below: Have you ever had the weather flip on you this fast while driving? ──────────────────────────── ▸ TIMELINE 00:00 Intro : The Journey to Mt. Fuji 00:25 Start from Nakai Parking Area 01:53 Chasing Mt. Fuji 02:29 Oi-Matsuda IC 05:33 Tomei Yamakita Bus Stop 09:00 Ayuzawa Parking Area 13:28 Ashigara Service Area 14:30 Gotemba IC 17:30 Hagiwara-Kita 19:00 Gumizawa IC 20:35 Midono IC 22:25 Subashiriguchi-Minami IC 23:50 Subashiri IC : Reveal Mt. Fuji ──────────────────────────── ▸ LOCATION : E1 Tomei Expressway (Nakai PA → Oi-Matsuda IC → Ashigara SA → Gotemba IC) → Gotemba → Higashi-Fujigoko Road (Subashiri IC) / Shizuoka & Kanagawa, Japan / Mt. Fuji ──────────────────────────── ▸ VEHICLE : BMW M135i xDrive (F40) ▸ CAMERA : DJI Osmo Action 6 ▸ AUDIO : DJI MIC Mini ▸ STILL : Sony a7R V + SEL2470GM2 + SEL70200GM2 ──────────────────────────── ▸ WATCH TIPS Use headphones for the full in-car audio experience. Watch in 4K for the clearest view. No talking. No music. Just road noise and raw exhaust. ──────────────────────────── ▸ ABOUT SCENILOG Scenilog = Scenic + Vlog. Immersive POV driving across Japan's scenic roads, coastal highways, mountain passes, rural routes, highland roads, and selected urban expressways. New episodes every Friday night — 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT (Saturday 10:00 AM JST). Subscribe and join the ride across Japan. ──────────────────────────── #POVDriving #JapanDrive #MtFuji #TomeiExpressway #JapanHighwayDrive #DriveASMR #CarASMR #NoTalkingNoMusic #Scenilog #4K