Mount Fuji Day Trip Around Lake Kawaguchiko
Description
Please note that this tour does not use a private vehicle and uses public transport. This tour involves several hours of walking in the outdoors. Experience Japan’s most famous and iconic landmark during your trip to Japan on this day trip from Tokyo! This tour has been designed to ensure customers will have opportunities to see Mount Fuji from many impressive locations around the Lake Kawaguchiko area. If you love nature and spending time outdoors, this tour is for you! The tour will provide guests with a well balanced itinerary including nature, shrines and temples, a museum and great photography opportunities. Lake Kawaguchiko is the biggest of the five lakes that surround Mount Fuji, and it is therefore the best to visit for a day trip to experience as much as possible. Your tour will begin travelling from Shinjuku Express Bus Station in Tokyo to Kawaguchiko station. From there, you will use the sightseeing bus with your tour guide to explore Lake Kawaguchiko!
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Itinerary
Meet your tour guide outside of Shinjuku Bus Station. Your tour guide will then take you to the bus station where you will all catch the 08:10/08:15 Shinjuku Express Highway Bus to Kawaguchiko station. It will take approximately 2 hours to arrive at Kawaguchiko station depending on traffic.
Arrive at Kawaguchiko station. Your tour guide will purchase your 1 day sightseeing bus passes, and we will then wait for the next available sightseeing bus. We will then board the sightseeing bus to our first destination, a nature park and centre next to Lake Kawaguchiko. This will take approximately 30 minutes. Arrive at our first destination, a beautiful nature park and centre famous for some of the best views of Mount Fuji, flowers that change with the seasons and great shops to buy souvenirs and snacks. Enjoy a guided tour of the park with your guide, and then some free time to enjoy the landscape, views, take pictures and shop. We will depart the park, wait for and board the sightseeing bus again to the bus stop for the art museum. This will take approximately 5 minutes. Your second destination will be a famous shrine complex. You will enjoy views of the Japanese countryside on the walk and a guided tour of the shrine complex.
We will now spend time at a famous art museum known for its artistic kimono depicting scenes from nature and Mount Fuji. The museum also has a small garden/trail you can walk around, a tea house, shop and cafe to enjoy.
After the art museum, we will wait for and board the sightseeing bus again to Lake Kawaguchiko’s Fuji Ropeway. This will take approximately 10 minutes. Our final destination will be the Fuji Ropeway located just across the road from the boat cruise port. Here you will have a round trip on the Ropeway to the top of a mountain overlooking Lake Kawaguchiko and Mount Fuji. The Ropeway complex also has a small shrine, toilets, and a cafe. Leave the Ropeway complex and get the next available sightseeing bus back to Kawaguchiko station. It takes approximately 15 minutes to arrive at Kawaguchiko station. Here you can take some time to buy any final souvenirs, items for the journey home and use the toilet before boarding the bus back to Shinjuku. The tour will board the 17:50 bus from Kawaguchiko station to Shinjuku station. Arrive back at Shinjuku bus terminal in Tokyo at approximately 19:45
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Walking time is already included in the tour duration
Reviews(11)
Our guide, Nobuhiko, was absolutely excellent. The tour was very well thought out and we spent a full day seeing many interesting places, including a wonderful kimono museum and going up a ropeway for views of Mount Fuji. During the whole day, Nobuhiko told us all sorts of facts and history so we could learn more about the history, and he always made sure we could stop or shop when needed. He managed everything for us making the day very comfortable and easy. He also offered to take lots of photos for us! He took us to a delicious local ramen restaurant for lunch, and answered all our questions about the Japanese language and etiquette. Even though we were really tired due to issues at the airport the previous day, this full day tour was incredible and we wouldn't have missed it for anything. Highly recommend!! Arigato Gozaimasu!
We participated in the Mount Fuji tour, with a visit to the Kimono Museum and a walk in the characteristic town, and it was a truly exceptional experience. A special thanks goes to our guides Jeff and Yamazaki, who made the day even more pleasant. Jeff and Yamazaki proved to be extremely professional, friendly, and always available to answer every question, sharing interesting facts and information about the places visited. Mount Fuji is simply spectacular and the tour was organized down to the smallest detail, allowing us to live an authentic Japanese experience; unfortunately, the clouds played a bad trick on us and we did not see Mount Fuji. The visit to the Kimono Museum was very interesting and made us appreciate the history and tradition of this splendid country even more. The walk in the town was also a special moment; between characteristic views and a very beautiful temple, we spent a wonderful day. I recommend this tour to anyone visiting Japan: it is perfectly organized, rich in authentic experiences, and accompanied by exceptional guides like Jeff and Yamazaki. An experience that we will always carry in our hearts. Thanks for everything! Aurora & Riccardo
The trip from Tokyo by bus takes about 2 hours. The meeting place at the bus terminal was very easy to find. Take sometging to drink with you, but snack will be an extra burden because you can't eat on the bus and during the tour there will be no time to snack. Better wait for lunch break and get some food then. We were unlucky with the weather, so we didn't actually see Fuji due to heavy overcast, still we were glad we took this tour. We had 2 guides: one was local who spoke English very well and the other was an American; both were very helpful and we spoke the entire trip. Kimono museum was a unique experience, highly recommend to visit, it alone was worth the trip.
Jeff was an amazing guide! He speaks perfect English and great Japanese, and he even acted as a translator so we could have wonderful conversations with the locals. He was punctual, friendly, and communication via WhatsApp was seamless. Throughout the tour, he kept asking for our preferences to customize the experience as much as possible. All admission fees were included, and Jeff managed everything perfectly. Even though it was a long 12-hour day, the trip was so well-paced that we didn't feel tired at all. Highly recommended!
We did 2 tours from Tokyo, one day was the Mt Fuji and Lake Kawaguchiko and the 2nd day was Hakone and Lake Ashi. Jeff was our guide for both tours. He is from America and speaks perfect English and great Japanese. He was really amazing. He was on time, friendly, efficient, knowledgeable, fun, and responded to email and WhatsApp promptly. Highly recommend Jeff. He showed us special museums in addition to the main attractions and had tips to put us at the front of long lines and to make everything smoother and more pleasant. As advertised, each of those days will be fairly long, about 12 hour days, but the locations require hours of travel time round trip from Tokyo. Mt Fuji was visible on our first day but not on the second day so we were glad that we booked 2 trips.
Jeff our guide was friendly and went out of his way to cater to our needs, we lucked out with weather and had a fabulous day to view Mt Fuji, the day was great and some great tips for our time in Tokyo too!
Jeff was exceptional. Fantastic day.
Our tour guide Jeff was excellent. Fully bilingual & knowledgeable. All arrangements went without a hitch. Scenery was beautiful. Wear good walking shoes.
Lovely day tour guide Jeff was very informative and helpful - really easygoing and nice company
Jeff was our guide and he was very knowledgeable and kind during our trip around Kawaguchiko, would highly recommend to anyone wishing to visit the area
