Mt. Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi Day Trip

Experience a private day tour to Mt Fuji with an English-speaking driver guide and luxury van. Customize your itinerary and enjoy a personalized and memorable trip.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mt. Fuji 5th Station - Situated at 2,300 meters above sea level, the Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station provides a stunning view of the Fuji Five Lakes area below, making it a popular destination even for those not planning to climb the mountain.

Entrance fees are 2,100¥ per group.

  • Lake Kawaguchiko - Lake Kawaguchiko has an elevation of about 830 meters, resulting in cool summers and icy winters. The area around Lake Kawaguchiko offers various activities.

You can enjoy a ship cruise or a ropeway cable car ride, but these cost an additional 1,000¥ per person.

There are many restaurants around Lake Kawaguchiko where you can have lunch.

  • Chureito Pagoda - The Chureito Pagoda (忠霊塔, Chūreitō) is a five-story pagoda on a mountainside overlooking Fujiyoshida City and Mount Fuji. It is part of the Arakura Sengen Shrine and was built as a peace memorial in 1963, nearly 400 steps up from the shrine’s main buildings.

To visit, you need to climb approximately 400 steps, offering beautiful views of the mountains and the shrine.

  • Oishi Park - Oishi Park, located on the north shore of Kawaguchiko, offers a magnificent view of both the lake and Mt. Fuji.
  • Oshino Hakkai - Oshino Hakkai is a small, traditional Japanese village in the Fuji Five Lake region, situated between Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Yamanakako. It is located on the site of a former sixth lake that dried up several hundred years ago. The eight ponds are fed by snowmelt from Mount Fuji, which filters through porous lava layers for over 80 years, resulting in exceptionally clear spring water revered by locals. You can drink fresh spring water from Mt. Fuji here.

If the weather is good, you can get a close view of Mt. Fuji.

  • Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Jinja Shrine - Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine is one of about 1,300 Asama shrines in Japan that enshrine the deity of volcanoes, particularly Mount Fuji. The shrine is part of the Mt. Fuji UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, designated in 2013.

Asama shrines are dedicated to Konohanasakuya-hime (“cherry blossom princess”), the goddess of Mt. Fuji and all volcanoes in Japanese mythology. Most Asama shrines are within sight of Mt. Fuji; where this is not possible due to distance or obstructions, miniature replicas of Mt. Fuji made from the mountain’s rocks are erected within the shrine grounds.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Gasoline/Patrol included
  • Pick up & Drop off service
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Highway toll tax covered
  • Experienced Driver/Guide
What's Not Included
  • Food, Drink, Lunch
  • Fuji 5th station Entrance fees 2100 Japanese Yen Per group
Additional Information

Our tour is fully customizable, allowing you to add or skip any destination.

This is a private tour exclusively for your group members.

Pick-up and drop-off are included. Please provide your pick-up address in the special requirements section, or book the tour and we will contact you to confirm your pick-up location.

Our English-speaking private guide and driver is very professional and friendly, dedicated to making your tour memorable and enjoyable.

Pick-up from Tokyo and surrounding areas is also available.

To avoid traffic, we recommend an early pick-up. Starting at 7:00 AM, 7:15 AM, 7:30 AM, or 7:45 AM can help you avoid rush hour and see more places around Mt. Fuji.

This is our suggestion, but we will accommodate any pick-up time you prefer.

NOTE:
Hiking season starts in July and runs through August and September. The entrance fee for Mt. Fuji’s 5th station is ¥2100 JPY per person. You can skip the 5th station if you do not wish to hike; there are other locations where you can get a clear, close view of Mt. Fuji.

Location
Mt. Fuji 5th Station
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Smorries12
Oct 1, 2024
Mount Fuji!! - Door to door service first and foremost!!!Yasir was a most knowledgeable host!!! Extremely patient and also very great recommendations on meals (halal diet family so we appreciated very very much!!! The sights were top tier!!! Mt. Fuji and the private speed boat ride was amazing as well as Floweroshi Park was truly a sight to behold and the Kititaguchi shrine was heavenly peace for open to prayer and serenity for all!!!! There was no shortage of enjoyment nor enthusiasm with Yasir’s selections!!!! We finished off with a great challenge at the Pagoda temple and it was the best ending to a wonderful tour!!!!!! book with Yasir and you can never go wrong!!!!!
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223santanuc
Sep 23, 2024
Personal customized day trip to Mt. Fuji from Tokyo on a cloudy day - We had this wonderful day trip to Mt Fuji, Lake Kawaguchi, Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine and the famous five storied pagoda on the way. Though weather was cloudy (a little unlucky we were to begin the trip), our guide cum driver RANA made everything possible to ensure we have a great day. He was extremely supportive to plan the trip, suggesting us the right sequence of activities, taking happy pictures of ours at all right picture spots and above everything making a stop at thr right place for us to experience amazing view of Mt Fuji. While from 5th point, the view was not clear we were lucky enough to see Mt Fuji. We would highly recommend this personal customized trip and also extremely supportive guide RANA.
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Aliau210as
Sep 21, 2024
Best day trip to Mt Fuji - An amazing magical and perfect day! Rana was the best took us to all the best spots and ensured that we had the best time possible and made all the right recommendations. From visiting lake Kawaguchico and putting us on the speed boat to taking us to the best and original cheesecake store. Then taking us for the best ice cream I have ever tasted and gorgeous grapes at the flower park. Finally taking us oshino hakkai village where we managed to buy some really cool items and seen a 200 year old home and other historical landmarks as well as a beautiful view of Mt Fuji. On the way back he stopped for us at Jinja shrine. Cannot rate highly enough
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Safiredy
Sep 20, 2024
Just the best!!! - Just the best with Fahad Ali! We had an extremely wonderful tour and brought us to the best apots for pictures!!! We are planning to go back!
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Daxen
Sep 19, 2024
Great experience seeing Mt. Fuji - We had a great time on this excursion! Yasir was our driver and he was amazing!! We saw everything on our list and more which made for the perfect day away from the city. I highly recommend this day trip to anyone looking to see the best views of Mt. Fuji.
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330damial
Sep 19, 2024
Mount Fuji trip - The tour was amazing. Our tour guide Mr. Rana was so good at guiding us throughout our one day trip. The trip was enjoyable as he suggest us few places to visit and the results are not disappointing at all. Firstly, we went on a speed boat to view the Mount Fuji from a beautiful landscape and the picture came out great. We were so lucky that during our time of visit it was a very clear day, therefore we were able to view the Mt. Fuji clearly. Secondly, Mr. Rana brought us to Oishi Park to view the Mt. Fuji with garden full of flowers as our background. He also kindly help to capture our family photos as a proof that we had seen the Mt. Fuji by our own eyes. We also manage to taste the ice creams recommended from him and it tastes amazing from the different combinations of flavours we had never tried before. Next, we also went to two different shrine in which we learnt about the importance of it and how the Japanese people ask for luck and health based on their beliefs. It was such a good experience and we learnt a lot from it. Furthermore, the beautiful landscape of the shrine intrigued us. Lastly, Mr. Rana brought us to have a lunch break at a very good restaurant with scrumptious food. It was the first time my family and I taste an udon. He was very considerate as we are a Muslim family and has to search for halal food. He also patiently wait for us when we went to pray eventhough I think that we may have make him wait for a little while. I want to offer my deepest gratitude to Mr. Rana for an enjoyable day for our day trip to Mt. Fuji.
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Relax60439350143
Sep 19, 2024
Tour at Mt. Fuji Area - Great service till the end of the tour! The driver is also very friendly and nice. He also recommmended some area that's not really crowded which is nice!
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O4101mdbenp
Sep 19, 2024
Mount Fuji tour - Jamal was very good, 10/10 would recommend. The drive was smooth & his knowledge on the area was really good and helpful.
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71sheetalc
Sep 18, 2024
Amazing visit to Mt Fuji - We had an amazing day today visiting Mt Fuji with our tour guide Rana. We started our day quite early so we avoid traffic and visited all places planned by our tour guide. Rana is very friendly and has great local knowledge of the place. He specifically catered for our needs including language and took us to restaurants with vegetarian food. We visited a few beautiful shrines along with taking a speedboat at lake Kawaguchiko. It was an absolutely amazing experience while witnessing the beauty of the valley and also the majestic Mt Fuji sections. Rana took us to a few different view points before finally stopping at station 5- we were fortunate enough to see the majestic Mt Fuji in its full night as the clouds disappeared for a short time. We would highly recommend Rana as a tour guide for tours within Japan. Thank you for this amazing experience!!
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Theodorosk250
Sep 17, 2024
Greek Couple in Tokyo - The tour was really nice! Visited many different places with different views to Mt. Fuji! Even if it was cloudy during almost the whole day we managed to see the top from Oishi Park! Rana is very friendly and always tried to help us see the edge! Finally we were successful!!!
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