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A Mt Fuji day tour is a one-day bus trip from Tokyo around the sights at the foot of the mountain.
Choosing a route
Classic photo spots
Photo spots tour
≈¥7,830
A lookout above the lake
Ropeway tour
≈¥6,520
5th Station and outlets
5th Station tour
≈¥5,600
Hakone as well
Fuji and Hakone tour
≈¥5,530
Online price for one adult from the meeting point, converted to yen. It varies by date and option.
Where each route stops
Stops No stop
From each tour's itinerary. Traffic, weather or crowds can drop a stop.
Bus from Tokyo
A sketch simplified from Wikipedia coordinates, with lake outlines drawn roughly.
The day’s schedule
Leaves 7:20, back 18:00, about 10 hours 40 minutes
- Bus and lunch about 6.3 h
- Panoramic Ropeway 1.5 h
- Arakurayama Sengen Park 1.5 h
- Oishi Park 40 min
- Clock shop street 20 min
- Lawson 20 min
From the ropeway tour's itinerary. Times change with traffic and weather.
Costs beyond the tour price
From the tour's listing, one adult. Without these tickets the bus goes straight to Owakudani.
The ropeway tour includes the ropeway fare. When the ropeway is closed it switches to a boat cruise or refunds ¥600 per person. Lunch on the photo spots tour is optional, from ¥1,500, cash only.
Twice the one-way fare between Shinjuku and Kawaguchiko, not counting local transport. From japan-guide.
Meeting and cancelling
| Route | Meeting point | Free cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| Photo spots | Tokyo Station 8:00, Shinjuku 8:30 | Up to 24 hours before |
| Ropeway | Tokyo Station or Shinjuku, from 7:20 | Up to 24 hours before |
| 5th Station | Ueno 7:30, Shinjuku 8:20 | Up to 48 hours before |
| Fuji and Hakone | Tokyo Station 7:30, Shinjuku 8:00 | Up to 24 hours before |
All four run with English or Chinese guides. On the Fuji and Hakone route late arrivals are not waited for or refunded, and a schedule cut short by weather or traffic is not grounds for a refund.