Day tour
Mount Fuji Scenery Day Tour: Arakurayama Sengen Park, Kawaguchiko Oishi Park, Oshino Hakkai, Lawson and Hikawa Clock Shop (from Tokyo)
From US$50.95
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Day tour
Mount Fuji Scenery Day Tour: Arakurayama Sengen Park, Kawaguchiko Oishi Park, Oshino Hakkai, Lawson and Hikawa Clock Shop (from Tokyo)
From US$50.95
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Lake Kawaguchi is the easiest of the Fuji Five Lakes to reach, and the most touristic5. Most visitors come for views of Mount Fuji, especially from Lake Kawaguchi5. This page sorts the tours you can book by type, price and what the price leaves out.
Forest, bus or private car
Types of Kawaguchiko tour compared
Tours here fall into a few clear groups: guided walks in Aokigahara forest, day bus tours from Tokyo, and private cars that start at the lake or at your Tokyo hotel.
Scheduled forest walk: 1 hour1
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Start or pickup | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aokigahara scheduled nature guide tour | 1 hour | ¥500–700 per person | Guide; join on the day, no booking | Saiko Nature Center | yamanashi-kankou.jp (official); fujisan.ne.jp (official) |
| Aokigahara reserved nature guide tour | 1–3 hours | ¥3,000 per hour, up to 4 people | Course matched to your schedule | Book by fax 2 days ahead | yamanashi-kankou.jp (official); fujisan.ne.jp (official) |
| Jukai Walking | 8:00–9:30 or 10:30–12:00 | ¥5,000 per adult | Guide takes you to the walking area | Glamping Village Fujikawaguchiko | glamping-oshino.com (booking agent) |
| Fujisantozan School Goriki Sea of Trees hike | About 3 hours | ¥12,100 | Guided forest and cave hike | – | japan.travel (official) |
| Hato Bus Mt Fuji & Arakura Sengen Shrine | 08:00 to 17:30 | ¥15,000 adult, ¥14,000 child | Lunch, English guide, admission to listed spots | Tokyo Station or Shinjuku | Hato Bus (operator) |
| Kawaguchiko.net private tour | About 4 hours | ¥25,000 per group of up to 3 | Private vehicle, parking, taxes | Anywhere in the Kawaguchiko area | Kawaguchiko.net (operator) |
| Japan City Tour private day | Back in Tokyo around 18:30 | USD 650 per group | English-speaking driver, tolls, fuel | Your Tokyo hotel | Japan City Tour (tour company) |
yamanashi-kankou.jp (official); fujisan.ne.jp (official); glamping-oshino.com (booking agent); japan.travel (official); Hato Bus (operator); Kawaguchiko.net (operator); Japan City Tour (tour company)
Prices are per person unless the table says per group. Ratings for the bookable tours sit on the tour cards further down.
Match the tour to your base
Which Mount Fuji tour fits you?
Choose by where you sleep: from Tokyo, a day bus tour does the driving; staying by the lake, a forest walk or a private driver from Kawaguchiko starts on your doorstep.
- First trip, no car, from Tokyo: Hato Bus’s English-guided Mt Fuji & Arakura Sengen Shrine tour leaves Tokyo Station at 08:00 and Shinjuku at 08:304. It ends back in Shinjuku at 17:30, with lunch at Regina Kawaguchiko Hotel4 included.
- Families: Hato Bus charges ¥14,000 (about US$88) (checked October 2026) per child, and children under 6 join free, with no seat or meal4.
- Walkers: the Aokigahara forest tours below cost the least and get you out of a bus seat.
- A small group at the lake: Kawaguchiko.net’s private car works out cheaper per head the fuller it is, at ¥25,000 for a group of up to 33 (about US$158).
- Bigger budget, Tokyo base: Japan City Tour’s private day costs USD 650 per group, with pickup from your Tokyo hotel6.
On the Hato Bus day you get about 70 minutes at Arakurayama Sengen Shrine and about 20 minutes4 at Oishi Park. That’s a sightseeing pace, not a hiking one.
Still deciding between this lake and Hakone? Hakone’s tourism association calls it the closest tourist destination to central Tokyo7; weigh up Kawaguchiko or Hakone for a Fuji trip before you book.
Sea of Trees
Aokigahara forest tours and walks
The cheapest guided tour on this page is the Aokigahara Jukai nature guide tour: 1 hour, and you can join on the day without a reservation1.
Join on the day, no booking1
The Aokigahara nature guide tour costs ¥5001 (about US$3) (checked October 2026) per person on the Yamanashi tourism site. The town’s own site lists ¥700 (about US$4), with a minimum of 28, so bring enough cash for the higher figure.
Scheduled tours leave from Saiko Nature Center; gather 15 minutes1 before the start time.
For a reserved tour, book by fax at least 2 days before8. Saiko Nature Center’s phone number is 0555-82-3111, at Saiko 20688, Fujikawaguchiko-machi.
Rather walk on your own? Designated trails lead to Narusawa Ice Cave and Fugaku Wind Cave9. The Green Line bus loops around Lake Saiko and through Aokigahara Jukai Forest10:
- get off at stop 4510 for Saiko Bat Cave;
- get off at stop 5110 for Fugaku Wind Cave;
- buses run two per hour10 along the lake’s southern shore.
More on the forest itself: Aokigahara trails, caves and access.
From Tokyo or on the water
Book a Mt Fuji day tour or a lake activity
Most bookable Mt Fuji day tours leave from Tokyo and stop at Oishi Park on Lake Kawaguchi. The cards show each tour’s price, length and rating as Klook, Viator and GetYourGuide list them.
Day tour
Mt. Fuji, Chureito Pagoda & Lake Kawaguchiko Day Tour from Tokyo
From US$62.44
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Other ways onto the lake or round it:
- an electric mini car tour from Kawaguchiko Station;
- a trike ride round Lake Kawaguchi;
- a Tokyo day tour with the panoramic ropeway;
- the Appare sightseeing boat, modelled on Takeda Shingen’s atakebune warship: a loop takes about 20 minutes11 and boats leave every 30 minutes12.
Prefer to go without a tour? Highway buses from Shinjuku reach Kawaguchiko Station in about 1 hour 45 minutes13; see Tokyo to Fuji Five Lakes travel. Once there, Kawaguchiko attractions covers what to see.
Starting at the lake
Can you tour Mount Fuji from Lake Kawaguchiko?
Yes. Private tours start in Kawaguchiko itself, so you skip the bus from Tokyo and the early start that comes with it.
Pickup anywhere in the Kawaguchiko area3
Kawaguchiko.net’s half-day private tour doesn’t run from December through February3. Viator sells more private options starting at the lake, shown below.
Day tour
Private guided hidden gems tour by local English speaking driver
From US$226.54
See dates on ViatorJapan’s tourism organisation’s Fuji Five Lakes itinerary has you stay overnight near Lake Kawaguchi13 and explore by day. For a base, see these ryokan and hotel picks for Fuji.
Yen, as operators list them
Price ladder: what each tour costs
Here’s every yen price on this page side by side, from a forest walk to a private car, as the operators list them.
Private half-day: ¥25,000 per group3
- Aokigahara scheduled guide tourper person, join on the day ¥500–¥700
- Appare sightseeing boatper adult from ¥1,000
- Aokigahara reserved guide tourper hour, small group from ¥3,000
- Jukai Walkingper adult from ¥5,000
- Fujisantozan School Goriki hikeguided forest and cave hike from ¥12,100
- Hato Bus Mt Fuji day tourfrom Tokyo, per adult from ¥15,000
- Kawaguchiko.net private tourprivate car, per group from ¥25,000
Prices as each operator or official site lists them, in yen. The Aokigahara scheduled tour figures come from official sites that disagree.
Japan City Tour’s private day isn’t on the ladder because it’s priced in dollars. On the Appare boat, children pay ¥500 (about US$3) and preschool children ride free14.
Budget for extras
What tour prices leave out
Entrance fees are the usual extra: neither private tour covers them.
Private tour: road tolls extra3
| Tour | Included | Not included | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawaguchiko.net private tour | Private vehicle, parking fees, taxes3 |
Entrance fees, road tolls3 |
Kawaguchiko.net (operator) |
| Japan City Tour private day | English-speaking driver, highway tolls, fuel6 |
Admission fees, lunch, personal expenses6 |
Japan City Tour (tour company) |
| Hato Bus Mt Fuji day tour | Lunch, admission and boarding fees for the spots flagged on the itinerary4 |
Not stated |
Hato Bus (operator) |
| Sunrise Tours (run by Hato Bus) | Licensed English guide-interpreter, lunch, round-trip bus15 |
Not stated |
Sunrise Tours (booking agent) |
On a reserved Aokigahara guide tour, larger groups pay ¥700 per hour for each person from the 5th8 (about US$4) on top of the base rate.
Before you pay
Booking tips: cancellation, pickup and season
Check the cancellation terms before you pay: the charges and their deadlines differ from tour to tour.
Sunrise Tours: book by 15:00 day before15
| Tour | Cancellation charge | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kawaguchiko.net private tour | 50% one or two days before; 100% on the tour day3 |
Kawaguchiko.net (operator) |
| Jukai Walking | 20% two days before; 50% the day before16 |
glamping-oshino.com (booking agent) |
| Japan City Tour private day | No penalty 46 days or more before arrival in Japan; 100% under 3 days before arrival6 |
Japan City Tour (tour company) |
| Sunrise Tours Mt Fuji day tour | 100% after departure15 |
Sunrise Tours (booking agent) |
What else to know before you book:
- Jukai Walking charges no cancellation fee if the facility cancels for bad weather16.
- Sunrise Tours takes bookings until 15:00 on the day before15.
- Hato Bus’s tour needs at least 10 participants to run and is guided in English only4.
- In 2026 Hato Bus runs it on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 5 January to 9 March, then weekdays from 11 March to 30 November4.
- Jukai Walking meets at Glamping Village Fujikawaguchiko16, and the guide takes you on from there.
Questions people ask
Where in Japan is Mount Fuji?
Lake Kawaguchi is in Fujikawaguchiko, southern Yamanashi Prefecture, near Mount Fuji; the town sits on Mt Fuji's north side.
Can tourists go to Mount Fuji on a day tour?
Yes. Hato Bus's day tour gives about 40 minutes of free time at either Mt Fuji 5th Station or Oshino Hakkai.
Where is the best viewpoint of Mount Fuji?
Lake Kawaguchi is the favourite: most visitors come for its views of Mount Fuji.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Pexels. Authors and licences: image credits
Checked against 19 sources · last checked October 2026
- yamanashi-kankou.jp (official) · checked October 2026
- European Central Bank (official) · checked October 2026
- Kawaguchiko.net (operator) · checked October 2026
- Hato Bus (operator) · checked October 2026
- Wikivoyage · checked October 2026
- Japan City Tour (tour company) · checked October 2026
- Hakone Zenzan (hakone.or.jp) (official) · checked October 2026
- fujisan.ne.jp (official) · checked October 2026
- Wikipedia · checked October 2026
- mlit.go.jp (official) · checked October 2026
- Rurubu (travel guide) · checked October 2026
- gltjp.com (travel guide) · checked October 2026
- Travel Japan (japan.travel) (official) · checked October 2026
- Fujigoko Kisen (operator) · checked October 2026
- Sunrise Tours (booking agent) · checked October 2026
- glamping-oshino.com (booking agent) · checked October 2026
- yamanashi-kankou.jp (official) · checked October 2026
- japan.travel (official) · checked October 2026
- Wikipedia · checked October 2026
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