Mount Fuji Day Trip Around Lake Kawaguchiko

Overview

Available languages

English

11 hours 55 minutes

Mobile ticket

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!

Additional Info

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

Cancellation Policy

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

What To Expect

Shinjuku

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.

10 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Lake Kawaguchiko

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.

4 hours 35 minutes • Admission Included

What‘s Included

Admission fees for the Art Museum

Local English speaking guide

Transport fees for Shinjuku Express Highway Bus return journey

Lake Kawaguchiko Fuji Ropeway round trip ticket

One day pass for Lake Kawaguchiko Sightseeing Bus Red Line

Trains and transport before and after the tour

Food and drink

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