Mt. Fuji Tours to Lake Kawaguchi and Yamanaka Onsen English Guide
Overview
Available languages
8 hours
Mobile ticket
Daily departures. Minimum 1 person. Guaranteed departure on the day of your choice.
Lake Kawaguchi Seasonal Tour - See the changes of Mount Fuji through the four seasons (lunch is free and at your own expense).
Soak in the hot springs at Lake Yamanaka and see Mount Fuji (bath fee's at your own expense).
This tour will visit Arakurayama Sengen Park (about an hour) from October 1st to April 25th next year. Will not go to Mount Fuji fifth station.
This tour will visit Mount Fuji 5th station (about 40 minutes) from April 26th to September 30th. Will not go to Arakurayama Sengen Park.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The night before your trip, you will receive an email regarding important information such as the phone number of the tour guide and the license plate number of the car. Please make sure that your email and mobile number are accessible.
The itinerary schedule may be adjusted due to weather, road conditions and other reasons, please understand.
One-day trip itinerary, it is not recommended to carry luggage, if you need to carry luggage, please register clearly when you book your order. 1 luggage is allowed per person. An extra 100 yuan per piece will be charged if you failed to make a note when booking your order or if it turns out more than 1 piece of luggage per guest.
A foldable stroller can be carried. Please inform customer service when placing an order to avoid being rejected.
During the trip, please carry your passport and valuables with you and keep them safe. If there is any loss, theft, damage, etc., you will be responsible for it yourself.
This itinerary is a fixed itinerary for carpooling. Customers who are also participating in this itinerary must abide by the stay time at each attraction and follow the driver's arrangements.If you want to flexibly adjust your itinerary, please refer to our chartered tour service.
Please note that if you fail to participate or cancel the trip due to personal problems, lateness, etc., no fees will be refunded.
If a person leaves the group on his own during the trip, the transaction will be deemed invalid and no fees will be refunded. And if this results in personal or property safety, you must bear the consequences yourself.
Traffic jams may occur on weekends and red days, so if you are worried about traffic jams, you can avoid joining the tour on weekends or red days.
The remaining hours are allotted for the travel time and lunch time.
Cloudy/rainy days reduce visibility, possibly obscuring Mt. Fuji. Check the weather forecast before traveling to plan accordingly.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Arakurayama Sengen Park
Visit Arakurayama Sengen Park or Mount Fuji fifth station. a. Arakurayama Sengen Park-the perfect location to enjoy a panoramic view of Mount Fuji (about 1 hour). This tour will visit Arakurayama Sengen Park from October 1st to the following April 25th, not Mount Fuji's fifth station. This is an excellent location to enjoy the panoramic view of Mount Fuji. Climb the 397 steps near the main shrine. You can take photos of the "five-story pagoda, Mount Fuji, and the street view at the foot of the mountain" all at once. Visitors from all over the world , including photographers and tourists, flock here to enjoy this breathtaking scenery. Not only are the cherry blossoms in spring and the fresh greenery in summer, red leaves in autumn, and snowy scenery in winter are all beautiful. In addition to admiring the stunning scenery of Mount Fuji, you can also see the charming Fujiyoshida city.
Mt. Fuji 5th Station
Visit Arakurayama Sengen Park or Mount Fuji fifth station. b. Mount Fuji 5th Station (about 40 minutes) Your itinerary will take you to Mount Fuji 5th Station instead of Arakurayama Sengen Park from April 26th to September 30th. The Mount Fuji 5th Station is located halfway up Mount Fuji, with an altitude of 2,305 meters. The highest mountain in Japan has different moods when viewed from a distance and up close. Looking up at the top of Mount Fuji from a distance, you can feel its majestic beauty. When the weather is clear and cloudless, you can overlook the surrounding scenery.When the clouds are shrouded, you can overlook the magnificent sea of clouds.
What‘s Included
Certified Tour Guide
Driver service fee
Vehicle fuel costs, tolls, and highway tolls
Vehicle service fees listed in the itinerary
Food and drinks
Meals and local self-funded projects
Other personal consumption expenses
Hot spring bathing fee,If you choose to take a hot spring bath, please pay for it.1,120 yen/adult
Options
Small Groups [Hotel pick up]
Duration: 10 hours
Car or small bus
From Tokyo: 08:00 AM
Duration: 9 hours
Bus
Starting point:
1-chōme-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
From Shinjuku: 08:30 AM
Duration: 8 hours
Bus From Shinjuku
Starting point:
Robert Indiana Sculpture: "LOVE", 6-chōme-5-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
Reviews
15 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Mt. Fuji
alexr653,Mar 24, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Nice time with Erina. Even though we saw Mt. Fuji when we were heading back to Tokyo. I also was separated when we were checking out lake Kawaguchi but good thing Erina’s co-workers are able to get me in their group and I was able to get back with my assigned group. I recommend this tour guide!
The tour guide spoke so...
Priscilla C,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The tour guide spoke so many languages and was able to explain the history behind many sites we passed by and the sites we visited. All in all, a great day trip and we were lucky enough to snap a few photos of Mount Fuji.
A mess. Guide no...
olga d,Dec 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00A mess. Unqualified guide. Dirty car. Paid excursion from 8am to 8pm or we have returned 5 hours ahead of schedule
Excellent trip
Morganmorgi21,Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Overall it was a pleasant trip. Driver was very kind and professional. Excellent driving skills of the driver is worthy of note. Made us very comfortable throughout our trip. Only negative was the meeting point mentioned in our itenary which we followed was not known by the driver. We waited for a considerable amount of time at the meeting point in the morning and had trouble getting the driver to pick us up from that spot as the driver was expecting us at another pick up point at Tokyo station. Eventually this was sorted out and the driver picked us up from the spot where we were waiting.
Saw what I wanted to see!
Connor W,Oct 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was pretty much what I wanted! We saw Fuji, ate tonkatsu, wandered some pretty gardens by the lake. It wasn’t so much a tour, as the driver dropped us at certain points and waited for us. That suited me fine! The onsen was why I chose this particular tour and it was very relaxing. Really long drive back through winding roads but if you can sleep it’s no problem.
Trip to Mt Fuji and its surrounding area
Sain L,Aug 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The sites were lovely and our guide, Marafa, was wonderful in allowing a slow travel thru the region. He gave us ample time at each site to explore and take pictures. We had lunch which allowed 1 of 4 choices. The trip ran seamlessly well.
Thank you Marafa for such...
Tateeaunna G,Jul 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Thank you Marafa for such a wonderful experience. Thank you for going above and beyond for your group. I really enjoyed my tour.
Disappointed
Christopher M,Jul 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Unfortunately Mt Fuji 5th Station was closed. The problem is that they knew before getting on the bus and didn’t tell us until we were already on our way. The other stops were lackluster as well, basically tourist traps for shopping, which I had already done in Tokyo. Our sole purpose of the tour was to go up Mt Fuji, so very disappointing.
Very average.
Eva B,Jul 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00Before booking our trip to japan my partner and I read numerous reviews of tour guides that could speak 3 languages, our tour guide, more like an uber driver, only spoke Chinese the entirety of the tour. He was very nice, trying to accommodate, however he only spoke to the rest of the group because they were Chinese too, we felt forgotten. He was talking most of the time during the mini van rides, still we could not understand, although we could understand that a lot of the time it was casual conversation about other things other than the tour between the other guests. At the end of the tour, he apologised to us but we don’t know what he was sorry for. Most of the tour ended up being driving around, with barely any site seeing, out of the 10 hours of the tour, we spent 2.5 hours outside of the mini van. The 5th station, we spent 30 minutes, which was barely enough time to do anything other than eat a snack and look at a cloudy and non existent mount fuji. We were under the impression there would be some kind of walk/hike, and were unaware we were even at the 5th station. When we got into the mini van for the last time, we weren’t even made aware that we were heading home. Aside from this, the highlight would have to be the onsen, spent an hour there, which was lovely, but could’ve been more time considering we were told a certain time and our driver came late, so we sat outside waiting. Overall, I would recommend this tour to people of Chinese descent looking for a good chat.
Mount Fuji and Onsen tour
laura s,Jul 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Anna was our guide, she took us to see Mount Fuji and we got to soak in an onsen. Our favorite part was the onsen.
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