Mount Fuji Day Trip Around Lake Kawaguchiko

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About this activity

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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At a glance

Duration: 11 h 55 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 20 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Snow Monkey Resorts Tours (Machinovate Japan Ltd.)

Ages: Infants (0–5 years) · Children (6–12 years) · Adults (13–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Admission fees for the Art Museum
Included: Local English speaking guide
Included: Transport fees for Shinjuku Express Highway Bus return journey
Included: Lake Kawaguchiko Fuji Ropeway round trip ticket
Included: One day pass for Lake Kawaguchiko Sightseeing Bus Red Line

Not included

Not included: Trains and transport before and after the tour
Not included: Food and drink

Itinerary

Shinjuku

10 min

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.
Lake Kawaguchiko

4 h 35 min Admission included

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.
Itchiku Kubota Art Museum

one hour Admission included

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.
Stop 4

3 h 45 min Admission included

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

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

You will meet your tour guide outside of Shinjuku Bus Terminal. If you are coming by train, please follow signs for the SOUTH GATE EXIT. When you come out of the station, Cross the road and in front of you will be Shinjuku bus station and the tour meeting point.

End point

You will meet your tour guide outside of Shinjuku Bus Terminal. If you are coming by train, please follow signs for the SOUTH GATE EXIT. When you come out of the station, Cross the road and in front of you will be Shinjuku bus station and the tour meeting point.