Kawaguchiko is the most popular lake among five lakes at the foot of Mt Fuji.There are many places to go in all seasons.You see Mt Fuji from different directions.Not only enjoying sceanery, but also you have great tour at the sake brewery.
Kawaguchiko station
Meet you at Kawaguchiko station (The terminal of train and highway bus in Mt Fuji area)
The Sake brewery use the spring water from Mt Fuji. You taste several sake after the formative tour about sake making.
You take the rope sway called Fuji Panoramic Ropeway. You see whole Mt Fuji from the top of mountain if the weather permits. You also see Lake Kawaguchiko from there.
I suggest that you have local noodles called Hoto. Hoto includes a lot of vegetables with Miso soup.
You enjoy cruising by APPARE(means well done!) in lake Kawaguchiko. The sight seeing ship is traditional and similar one used during the warring States period.
There are many different type of flowers depending on seasons. You can shop, have food or drinks as well as a good view of Mt Fuji at the end of the tour.
See you off there
kawaguchiko station
Guide fee, guide transportation to meeting point
Ropeway 1000 yen per person
Cruse boat 1000yen per person
Ide sake brewery 1500 yen per person(you)
lunch (you and guide)
Gas for guide's car 2000yen
I can guide you in Shizuoka(Shimizu) and Nagano if you pay for my transportation fee (and accommodation depending on time a tour starts and where).
If you would like me to pick up in Tokyo, I have to ask you pick up fee as well.
I am available to guide only in Yamanashi and Mt Fuji from May to July.
Also, I have only customized tour in April because it might be hard to complete all sight seeing spots due to peak tourist season.
If you can not arrive at Kawaguchiko station around 9, I will change the tour in order to fit your plan.
I might change the itinerary if we expect bad weather. In that case, I will tell you in advance.
I recommend you go to the world heritage center or Kubota Ichiku art museum instead.
Chinami guided us on a very nice tour through Yamanashi, where we visited several wineries. She went far beyond what we had expected in finding good wineries, both showing small local wineries, and finding the more high end larger producers. She also had extensive knowledge of the region and gave a lot of great information along the way. Thank you for making it a sunny day even though the rain was trying to drown us at times :-)
Thank you for joining the tour. I feel sorry that you had to change the plan to climb Mt Fuji. So I wanted to have something special memory in Yamanashi. I am so happy that you liked the tour and enjoyed tasting wines. I hope you to visit other area in Yamanashi since most people come only in Mt Fuji area. Let's go other wineries and try some sake next time! Chinami
We had a wonderful second day with Chinami enjoying a hike to view mt Fuji and the Aokigahara Forest! We enjoyed 2 days with Chinami touring the Mt Fuji area, we saw so much and she provided a lot of information and fun! Chinami went above and beyond for us - she is a fabulous guide!
We had to change a course a little because of rain yesterday, but I am sure you like waking in the forest and visiting the cave. Now I know you love spending time in forests, I would take you more and more hiking course and hiking trails next time. Thank you so much for joing the tours for two days! Take care and good luck Chinami
We had a wonderful first day exploring Mt Fuji with Chinami! She took us to the sites we wanted to see while providing information and fun on our tour! Chinami tailored the tour so we explored everything we wanted to and she provided information on other in Mt Fuji that we were curious about. Chinami arrived on time and is a fabulous tour guide!
Thank you very much for the review. I am so glad that you enjoyed the tour. The weather was not good so that you seem to have good time in Chureito and the Shrine. I am happy that you had eel in the restaurant for dinner. I hope you come back again near future.
We spent two days touring around the Mt Fuji area with Chinami. We had a very enjoyable time and were able to get many great photos of Mt Fuji and the cherry blossoms. It was very convenient to use her car as getting around is challenging with public transport. Could see way more spots this way. Overall a great experience and would highly recommend Chinami as a guide in the Mt Fuji area.
Thank you very much for the review. I am glad that you could good photos of Mt Fuji and cherry blossoms. It is much harder to go around without car, especially the weather is so changeable when you take pictures. I hope you come back to the area in different season, maybe fall in Japan to take another great photos. Thank you again and have a nice trip!