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Lake Kawaguchi and Kawaguchiko Ohashi bridge from Mt Tenjo, swan boats below

Lake Kawaguchi map: the lakes, towns and sights around it

Last checked: October 2026

Illustrated map, not to scale: Kawaguchiko, Map of the area. North: Oishi Park. North-east: Chureito Pagoda, Fuji-Q Highland, Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway, Lake Kawaguchi Maple Corridor, Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum, Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, Kawaguchi Asama Shrine. West: Aokigahara Forest, Fuji Shibazakura Festival (Fuji Motosuko Resort). East: Oshino Hakkai. South: Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station (check first). kawaguchikotrip.com.

Map of the attractions in this guide, numbered as in the list below.

Drawn to scale from the attractions' Google Maps locations.

Attractions

  1. Fuji-Q Highland Google Maps
  2. Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway Google Maps
  3. Kawaguchiko Ohashi Bridge Google Maps
  4. Lake Kawaguchiko Sightseeing Boat Google Maps
  5. Herb Garden Tabinikki Fuji-Kawaguchiko Garden Google Maps
  6. Lake Kawaguchi Art Gallery Lawn Square Google Maps
  7. Eejanaika Google Maps
  8. Takabisha Google Maps
  9. Thomas Land Google Maps
  10. Kawaguchiko Tenjoyama Park Google Maps
  11. Kawaguchiko Park Google Maps
  12. Chureito Pagoda Google Maps
  13. Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine Google Maps
  14. Oishi Park Google Maps
  15. Lake Kawaguchi Maple Corridor Google Maps
  16. Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum Google Maps
  17. Itchiku Kubota Art Museum Google Maps
  18. Kawaguchi Asama Shrine Google Maps
  19. Kawaguchiko Museum of Art Google Maps
  20. Kawaguchiko Craft Park Google Maps
  21. Kawaguchiko Muse Museum Google Maps
  22. Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba Google Maps
  23. Oshino Hakkai Google Maps
  24. Fujisan Agri Farm Google Maps
  25. Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station Google Maps
  26. Aokigahara Forest Google Maps
  27. Fuji Shibazakura Festival (Fuji Motosuko Resort) Google Maps

Not on the map (no checked location yet)

The main lake

Lake Kawaguchi and Kawaguchiko town

Lake Kawaguchi is the easiest of the five lakes to reach and the most touristic, and it’s where most visitors come for views of Mount Fuji3.

Altitude about 800 m1

The lake sits at about 800 metres, which gives it relatively cool summers and frequently icy winters1. It’s also the only one of the Fuji Five Lakes with an island3.

Village, fields and the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi seen from a forested ridge
Village, fields and the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi seen from a forested ridge

Kawaguchiko is the most popular base for exploring the Fuji Five Lakes region3, so it’s the obvious place to look for a bed: compare stay options by traveller type. For what each shore and village is like, see the areas guide.

The Oishi Park Line boat has run as a shuttle between Funatsu pier and Oishi Park since 17 July 20264. Tickets cost ¥1,000 (about US$6) (checked October 2026) for adults and ¥5005 (about US$3) for elementary-school children.

Oishi Park Line boat: first and last departures

From Oishi pier, regular season

  • First 9:20
  • Last 15:50

From Funatsu pier, regular season

  • First 9:45
  • Last 16:15

From Oishi pier, winter

  • First 9:20
  • Last 14:50

From Funatsu pier, winter

  • First 9:45
  • Last 15:15

Winter boats stop earlier. The shuttle has run in this form since 17 July 2026, so check the pier board before you plan around the last boat.

Fujigoko Kisen (operator)

Between two lakes

Fujiyoshida, Fuji-Q Highland and Oshino Hakkai

Fujiyoshida lies between Lake Kawaguchi and Lake Yamanaka3. Villas Waraku, a local glamping site, calls it the closest city to Mt. Fuji7.

Fuji-Q Highland entry: free10

Fuji-Q Highland is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida8 with its own stop: the station building is part of the same building as the park’s Second Entrance9. Entry is free, but riding an attraction needs a ride ticket10. The One Day Pass for adults aged 18–64 costs ¥6,000–7,90010 (about US$38–50) (checked October 2026), depending on the date.

Oshino Hakkai is a group of eight clear spring-fed ponds in Oshino village, between Lake Yamanaka and Lake Kawaguchi3. For the rest of this side of the map, see what to see in Fujiyoshida.

Clear blue spring pond at Oshino Hakkai with trout, thatched house behind
Clear blue spring pond at Oshino Hakkai with trout, thatched house behind

The other lakes

Lake Saiko, Lake Shoji and Lake Motosu

Three of the Fuji Five Lakes are inside Fujikawaguchiko town: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Sai and Lake Shōji13. The full five are Kawaguchi, Yamanaka, Sai, Shoji and Motosu2.

Motosu: deepest and clearest3

  • Lake Saiko (Lake Sai): the next lake along, with its own guide to the Lake Saiko side.
  • Lake Shoji: a small, horseshoe-shaped lake with pretty views of Mount Fuji3.
  • Lake Motosu: the furthest out of the five lakes, and the deepest and clearest3.
  • Lake Yamanaka: on the far side of Fujiyoshida from Lake Kawaguchi.
Wide bay of Lake Saiko with a wooded point, Mt Fuji in the distance
Wide bay of Lake Saiko with a wooded point, Mt Fuji in the distance

Between the pins

Getting around the lakes by bus and bike

Kawaguchiko Station is the hub to find first on any Kawaguchiko bus map: three14 colour-coded sightseeing bus lines start there.

Red line every 15 minutes15

  • Red Kawaguchiko Line: every 15 minutes15 along the eastern and northern shores of Lake Kawaguchi.
  • Green Saiko Line: every 30 minutes15 along the southern shore of Lake Kawaguchi.
  • Kawaguchiko Retro Bus: runs around the lake and stops at many local tourist attractions3.
  • Regular local bus: runs to the five lakes and the caves3.

At busy times, a bicycle may be a faster way around the lake than the buses3.

Kawaguchiko Station front with a bus stop and local bus
Kawaguchiko Station front with a bus stop and local bus

From the capital

How far is Lake Kawaguchi from Tokyo?

Trip.com puts Lake Kawaguchi about 110 km16 from central Tokyo, and from Shinjuku the highway bus is the quickest public transport.

Bus from Shinjuku: about 1 h 45 min17

From Shinjuku To Time
Express highway bus (south exit bus terminal)
Kawaguchiko Station
about 1 hour 45 minutes17
Chuo Highway Bus (West Exit)
Fujikawaguchiko
around 1 hour 50 minutes2
Train
Kawaguchiko Station
about 2 hours 10 minutes2
Car
Kawaguchiko IC
about 90 minutes18

Driving with Google Maps, the roads to look for are National Routes 137, 139, 300 and 358 and the E68 Chuo Expressway Fujiyoshida Line19. Coming just for the day? The day-long Lake Kawaguchiko plan lays the stops out in order.

The alternative trip

Hakone, if you’re choosing between the two

Romancecar to Hakone-Yumoto: about 1 h 25 min21

Hakone isn’t one of the Fuji Five Lakes, but it’s the trip most people weigh against this one. The Hakone Town Tourist Association calls it the closest tourist destination to central Tokyo, and its draw is the Hakone 17 hot springs20.

Odakyu’s Romancecar from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto takes about 1 hour 25 minutes21. The 2-day Hakone Freepass from Odawara costs ¥6,000 (about US$38) for adults, plus ¥1,20022 (about US$8) if you ride the Romancecar to Hakone-Yumoto.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Pexels. Authors and licences: image credits

Checked against 22 sources · last checked October 2026
  1. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  2. yamanashi-kankou.jp (official) · checked October 2026
  3. Wikivoyage · checked October 2026
  4. Fujigoko Kisen (operator) · checked October 2026
  5. Fujigoko Kisen (operator) · checked October 2026
  6. European Central Bank (official) · checked October 2026
  7. en.glamping-yamanashifuji.com (operator) · checked October 2026
  8. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  9. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  10. Fuji-Q Highland (operator) · checked October 2026
  11. Fuji-Q Highland (operator) · checked October 2026
  12. Fuji-Q Highland (operator) · checked October 2026
  13. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  14. mlit.go.jp (official) · checked October 2026
  15. japan-guide.com (travel guide) · checked October 2026
  16. Trip.com (booking agent) · checked October 2026
  17. Travel Japan (japan.travel) (official) · checked October 2026
  18. itchiku-museum.com (operator) · checked October 2026
  19. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  20. Hakone Zenzan (hakone.or.jp) (official) · checked October 2026
  21. hakonetrip.odakyu-global.com (operator) · checked October 2026
  22. Odakyu (operator) · checked October 2026
Page history · last changed 20 October 2026
  • Updated: new sections: How do you get around the lake?; Lake Sai, Lake Shoji and Lake Motosu; Fujiyoshida and Oshino Hakkai; …, 5 sections removed, 8 sourced facts added, 11 removed; Updated: new sections: Fujiyoshida, Fuji-Q Highland and Oshino Hakkai; Lake Saiko, Lake Shoji and Lake Motosu; Getting around the lakes by bus and bike; …, 4 sections removed, 7 sourced facts added, 8 removed.
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