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Private Day Tour to Lake Kawaguchi – Scenic Highlights & Iconic Mt. Fuji Views (Weather Permitting)

The possibility of viewing Mt. Fuji (average during 1992 to 2022)

The possibility of viewing Mt. Fuji (CharGPT-4o)

Arakura-yama Park: The view of Mt. Fuji over a Torii gate

Arakura-yama Park: My best shot

Arakura-yama Park: Popular view of Mt. Fuji

Oshino-Hakkai with the view of Mt. Fuji (Alternastive to Arakura-yama )

Oshino-Hakkai with clear fountains from Mt. Fuji ( Alternastive to Arakura-yama )

Lake Kawaguchi cruise ( Op. A)

You can try a speedboat instead!

Kubota Itchiku museum of Kimono (Op. B)

Aokigahara Forest: Forest trail (Op. C )

Aokigahara Forest: Fugaku Wind Cave (Op. C )

Private Day Tour to Lake Kawaguchi – Scenic Highlights & Iconic Mt. Fuji Views (Weather Permitting)

Name: Mount Fuji Guided Tours
Brand: GoWithGuide
Price: 285 USD
Rating: 5.0 (422 reviews)

Day Trip

Joined 2014

Yuki K.

4.80 / 5

(422 reviews)

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Mount Fuji

English

10 hrs 30 mins

Private tour (only you and Yuki K.)

Up to 5 people

Lake Kawaguchi is the most popular place to view Mt. Fuji. I will take you to Arakurayama Park, which is the most popular place to take the picture of Mt. Fuji with the Pagoda. We will take a direct express train from Shinjuku in Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi to avoid the traffic jam by a highway bus. The possibility of viewing Mt. Fuji is shown in the photo. If we can't see the mountain, I would recommend Oshino Hakkai and Aokigawara forest in the following general itinerary.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:30 AM

Meeting Point

at your hotel

- I will meet you near the reception. I will show your name on my iPad. I will contact you via WhatsApp, so please have your phone ready. We can find our phone numbers at the bottom of the itinerary two days before the tour date.

The following is rough itinerary with several options.

08:30 AM

8:30-9:30 Transportation to Shinjuku station

Transportation to Shinjuku station

09:30 AM

9:30-11:00 Transportation to Fuji Yoshida station

Transportation: Shinjuku to Fuji Yoshida station to visit Arakurayama Park. We will take a direct express train from Shinjuku (Ticket: 3,930 JPY per adult).

11:00 AM

11:00-13:00 Arakura-yama Park

Arakurayama Park: We can see the scene of Mt.Fuji with Chureito pagoda which is very popular. (We have to walk up 398 stairs)

URL: https://fujiyoshida.net/en/see-and-do/12

11:00 AM

11:00-13:00: Oshino-Hakkai ( Instead of Arakura-yama Park)

If you can't see Mt. Fuji, you can visit Oshino-Hakkai with clear fountains and fish instead of Arakurayama Pagoda. We may have to use a taxi to save time.

Admission free

URL: https://oshino-navi.com/archives/gallery_category/gallery_category1

01:00 PM

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Lunch; I recommend Hoto which is a bowl of thick wheat noodles with vegetables in miso base soup stock. (about 1,500 JPY)

02:00 PM

14:00-16:00 Your choice of one option

You can choose one option from the followings.

Option A. Lake Kawaguchi

We will walk along the lake and take a 30 min cruise with the view of Mt Fuji.

14:00-14:30 Take a bus from Lake Kawaguchi station

14:30-15:00 Lake cruise (1000 JPY per adult) and walk

16:00 return to Lake Kawaguchi station

URL: https://www.fujigokokisen.jp/contents/en/

You can try the speedboat for 15 min with 10,000 JPY instead of the cruise!

Option B. Kimono Museum

There are lots of marvelous woks of Kimono dyed by Icchiku Kubota and learn his harsh life through an English video. We will walk around its quiet and unique Japanese garden.

14:00-14:30 Take a bus from Lake Kawaguchi station

14:30-15:30 Kimono Museum (close Tues. & Wed., fee 1300 JPY)

16:00 return to Lake Kawaguchi station by a bus

URL (Japanese): https://www.itchiku-museum.com/

Option C. Aokigahara Forest

We will visit Aokigahara forest which is formed over the lave by the eruption of Mt. Fuji.There are caves formed by the eruption.

14:00-14:30 Take a taxi to the cave.

14:30-15:30 Walk around Aokigahara forest and explore Fugaku Wind Cave

15:30-16:00 return to Lake Kawaguchi station by a taxi.

04:30 PM

16:30-18:30 Transportation to Shinjuku

Transportation: We will take a direct express train to Tokyo (Ticket: 4,123 JPY per adult).

07:00 PM

At your hotel

End of the tour

Ending Point

at your hotel

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee

Hotel pick-up near Tokyo

What‘s not included

The other cost will be about 11,000 JPY per adult.

Please refer the following for detail in JPY.

1.Transportation cost from Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi (I'll book&pay your seats on the direct express train, please reimburse me 1,600 per adult in cash at the tour. Please charge your IC cards with 6,000 for the rides)

2. Cruising fee (you only 1,000per adult)

3. Lunch (you and guide about 2,000 per person)

Tour Important Information

1. Please, send a direct message to the tour guide to confirm the availability before booking.

2. The possibility of viewing Mt Fuji depends on the season. The chance will be about 80% during winter, but less than 20% in the summer. Please take a look at my blog from the following URL. https://gowithguide.com/blog/when-is-the-best-time-to-view-mt-fuji-from-hakone-1980

3. Arakurayama Park is very popular with the view of Mt. Fuji next to Chureito Pagoda. If we cannot see Mt. Fuji at all, we can visit Oshino Hakkai instead, which has many ponds with very clear spring water and fish.

4. The direct express train from Shinjuku is always fully booked, so please book my tour at least one week before.

I will book our seats on the train so please reimburse me in cash at the tour the total of 4,000 JPY per adult in addition to 9,000 JPY, respectively for your seats charge and my fare (seat+ basic fare).

Not available on Mondays.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Joined 2014

Yuki K.

4.80 / 5

(422 reviews)

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About Tour Guide Yuki K.

I was born and grew up in Yokohama. I used to work in Tokyo for more than 20 years. I became the National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter in English in 2013. At first, I had attended a volunteer group which provided a tour of the Imperial Palace East Gardens until 2015. I guided more than fifty times in the garden as a volunteer and studied about Japanese history and culture. Based on this experience, I became a tour guide of this online site in 2015.

Since then, I have guided more than 500 tours in Tokyo as well as Yokohama, Kamakura, Hakone, Kyoto, Nikko, etc., while improving my tours. My tours are very flexible and I always do my best to customize them according to the interests of my guests. I studied about the places and will provide you knowledge to appreciate them deeper than just visiting there by yourself or a member of big group tours. I like foods and I know many restaurants which provide typical Japanese lunch with reasonable price without waiting too long. Therefore, I am sure that I can provide you the best tours customized to your interests. It will be my great pleasure to help you to enjoy your stay in Japan. So please be my guest!!

Reviews

Harriet L.

5 / 5

May 13, 2026

Haneda Airport Pick-up by trains & Travel Assistance

May 13, 2026

Tokyo

2 hours

“Haneda Airport travel and train assist”

Yuki is very kind and helpful and patient. We had no idea what to expect as first time Japan visitors and Yuki made things so easy for us. He helped us getting money, train cards, and navigate the train station. He even took the 2 trains with us to our hotel. Everything went very smoothly. I highly recommend Yuki!

Yuki K.

Dear Harriet, Thank you for your review. It is my pleasure to help those who worried. Meeting someone at the airport for the time is not easy. I know a good place to meet and how to contact them upon arrival. It makes it easy.

Christina T.

5 / 5

May 10, 2026

Tokyo À la Carte Private Tour (half day) – Choose from 50+ Destinations

May 10, 2026

Tokyo

4 hours

“Fun half day with Yuki”

We had a great experience with Yuki on our half-day tour. He suggested locations that were close together and easy to walk to. We enjoyed the garden and Edo Museum, and asking him lots of questions about Tokyo history. Thank you for a great day!

Yuki K.

Dear Christina, Thank you for writing the review. We visited Kiyosumi Garden and Fukagawa Edo museum. I took you to Asakusa at the end of my tour. I hope you had a lot of fun in Japan.

Clark C.

5 / 5

May 9, 2026

Tokyo À la Carte Private Tour (half day) – Choose from 50+ Destinations

May 9, 2026

Tokyo

4 hours

“Great time in Tokyo”

We only had a few hours in Tokyo and Yuki helped us make the most of our time. We went to Tsukiji market and then had the most wonderful sushi at a small restaurant that we would not have found on our own. Then Yuki tok us to the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. It was very interesting to learn about the history of the palace which Yuki explained with the help of his iPad. Yuki helped us navigate the subway flawlessly. We had a great time.

Yuki K.

Dear Clark, Thank you for your review. I wish you had more time to explore Tokyo. The sushi restaurant was one of my favorites. Please enjoy your cruise tour to your country.