Best things to do Around Mt. Fuji JAPAN - Day Trip from Tokyo

Standing at nearly 4,000 meters, Mount Fuji is the tallest peak in Japan, the result of a volcanic activity that began approximately 100,000 years ago. Today, Mount Fuji and the surrounding area are a popular recreational destination for hiking, camping and relaxation, so stay until the end of this video to find out what it's like. We started this journey roughly around 8 in the morning, we were leaving our hotel. From our hotel in Asakusa, we took the metro towards Shinjuku and in Shinjuku, we took the express bus towards Kawaguchiko, which is the area where you can see the panoramic views of the Mount Fuji. Right now, we are walking roughly around 15 minutes towards the Mount Fuji Ropeway, which is a cable car in which you can see the most amazing views of the Mount Fuji. So, I'm going to leave you the price of how much is the bus so that you can do it yourselves instead of booking a tour, so let's have a look what it's like. You can either take the red bus from Kawaguchiko station towards the Mount Fuji Ropeway or you can walk 15 minutes, we have decided to walk, so like that we appreciate the beautiful surroundings of this area and as we walk, we see so many cherry blossom trees, which is so nice to come and take pictures. We just saw one right before this one, which was even cuter as there was, you know, like Japanese traditional houses on the side and we got this one as well in which people is coming and take pictures, so definitely a good spot to take pictures and luckily, if we are lucky enough, we're gonna see so many more. So, once we arrive to the Mount Fuji Ropeway, we see this massive line and the wait time is roughly around 60 minutes, so I highly recommend to come very early in the morning, it opens at 9 in the morning, we have arrived roughly around 11, so it has been already open for nearly two hours, so let me show you what it's like the queue, so as you can see, it's a very very big queue, so yeah, luckily we get there in less than one hour, so even though it says 60 minutes wait, it seems like it's going pretty fast, so we were at the very end and now I think we are roughly halfway, so once you enter into the building during the queue, obviously we go here, the machines in which you can buy the tickets, you can pay by card or cash, each single ticket costs 600 yen and the tickets looks like this, so pretty automatic system to buy the tickets or you can buy them online as well, so after that way, we have nearly three minutes to board our cable car, so let's see what it's like, so this is the cable car we're gonna get into, there's some people living now and we are about to go up very very shortly, so we are going up now guys, wow, look at that part, looks so beautiful and all the cherry blossom trees over there as well, pretty cool, so we are ascending roughly 400 meters in this part and then we're gonna arrive to a viewpoint with really nice views of the Wabu Fuji, so really really cool, even the mountains on that side, they look quite nice and as you can see, pretty full this cable car so once you leave the metro cable car, you go here, the magnificent, incredible, beautiful view of the Mount Fuji, so in here you can appreciate panoramic views of this incredible mountain which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013 and it is 3,776 meters tall, so this is one of the viewpoints we're gonna be showing you some more, but look, it looks already so impressive, it is a bit cloudy at the very peak but still very beautiful and very worth it to come here, as you can see it's a lot of people, so I recommend to come early as I said before, it is very important to know that also in here you got souvenir shops, you got a small place for breakfast, you got vending machines you got everything to enjoy while you are here at the viewpoint of the Mount Fuji, so it's pretty convenient, so even if you didn't have breakfast and you left very early in the morning, you can have some breakfast over here or you can use one of the many vending machines that you can find over here, I see some people having ice cream, luckily we had breakfast before coming here but you can have a drink while enjoying, it is pretty sunny, it is a bit hot to be fair and look the best way is to come early because as you can see, there was no one when I was recording and now it's getting very very busy, this is also a very romantic place, you got this heart with a belt in the middle in which couples come and take pictures and also very good for relaxation, you can have spaces for having a seat like this one I'm currently at, while enjoying the beautiful surroundings of the sakura and the beautiful surroundings of the Mount Fuji viewpoint, you can go further up and you go here another viewpoint slightly higher, now as you can see the clouds are covering even more the peak of the mountain, well from here you have a different perspective of this viewpoint, you can see the people taking pictures on that nice heart over there and on the right hand side we got people doing swings over there that cost 500 yen if you want to do so it costs almost the same price to come to the cable car just to do those swings over there so if you like to do it, you go even further up to do those swings over there and over here interestingly you got these cameras so basically you will be able to take pictures of yourself, of your group, so basically in here you just need to scan a QR code which is over there so once you scan the QR code you will see all the steps of how to do it and then you can see the pictures in your phone once you have taken them, so after enjoying the amazing views of this viewpoint of the Mount Fuji, we have decided to come back down doing this trail, so basically you have the option to take the cable car to go down or do this trail which is among the nature as you can see and well just to have a different perspective and to enjoy the nature because we have no rush we're gonna go to other places in which you have beautiful views of the Mount Fuji and so much more to see, it's very important to note that we saw some signs saying be careful, be aware of the bears so keep your eyes open at all times, I think this is very unlikely to happen but you never know and as you come down you go hear spaces in which you can sit while enjoying also more views from the Mount Fuji, you can see even some people sleeping here so so really cool, you are sleeping in front of the Mount Fuji and my friends are just taking some pictures over there, they love pictures and as we're going down on this trail all the way down from the viewpoint we find more beautiful places in which you can stop to take pictures and also relax if you wish so and if you go up of this sort of like abandoned house you can enjoy beautiful views of the Kawaguchiko Lake and the city as well, so the name of the park we were just at is called Tenjoyama Park, so this is the trail that you can do all the way up to the viewpoint and down we have decided to do the cable car to go up and do the trail down to enjoy the panoramic views of the nature as well, so we just arrived to Arakuramura Sangen Park and look how beautiful this is guys, wow this is just amazing, look at all the sakura that are just blooming, it's just wow wow, you got to come here, so it took us from Kawaguchiko station a 20-minute train and we just arrived to this beautiful beautiful park that also offers views of the Fuji Mountain that I'm gonna be showing you right now but in the meantime look at this, it's just so beautiful. In here you can find also the Chureito Pagoda which is a five-storied pagoda on the mountain side overlooking Fujiyoshida city and Mount Fuji off in the distance, the pagoda is part of the Arakura Sangen Shrine and was built as a peace memorial back in 1963 nearly 400 steps up the mountain from the shrine's main buildings. The location offers spectacular views of the Mount Fuji in combination with the pagoda especially during the cherry blossom season in mid-April when there are hundreds of trees in bloom and during the autumn color season which usually takes place in the first half of November, the spot is particularly popular among photographers as it allows for some wonderfully stereotypical shots of Japan. In here you will be able to drink of the dragon pontice waters that are meant to purify yourself so if you want to purify yourself make sure to drink of this sacred water located over here. And after a long day exploring all the beautiful surroundings and viewpoints of the Mount Fuji it was time to come back to Fuji Kawaguchiko in which we made a stop to have some dinner before coming back to Tokyo, we went to this restaurant in which they specialize in Wajyu and Kobe beef and it was absolutely delicious and it was very near of the train station so really good choice for a quick dinner before coming back to Tokyo. So good, so delicious, this Japanese beef one of the best I ever tried, so good. And which one is your favorite part of this video? What are your thoughts about the Mount Fuji? Let me know in the comments below, activate notifications and subscribe to the channel. Thank you so much for watching and I will be seeing you in the next video. Travel wonderful!