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Mt Fuji & Hakone Day Trip from Tokyo: 5th Station, Ropeway & Lake Cruise

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Duration11h

GroupUp to 43

LanguagesEN

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Mt Fuji's 5th Station and Hakone's Ropeway in One Day from Tokyo

You're picked up from central Tokyo early morning and driven to Mt Fuji's 5th Station for views and a shrine visit, then have lunch with local food at the mountain's base. After that comes the Hakone Ropeway cable car and a cruise on Lake Ashi, with the return journey by bullet train to Tokyo in the evening. Everything—transport, entry fees, lunch, and guide—is arranged and included, so you just show up at the meeting point.

11h

Step-by-step itinerary

Meet at LOVE statue
Visit Mt. Fuji 5th Station and shrine
Enjoy lunch buffet at Mt. Fuji base
Visit Mt. Hakone or Mt. Komitake
Ride Hakone Ropeway cable car
Take Lake Ashi cruise
Travel from Odawara station by bullet train
Final drop off at Shinjuku Station

The Experience

The coach leaves Ginza at 7:20am or Shinjuku at 7:50am, and by mid-morning you're already at Mt Fuji's 5th Station, where the air thins and the mountain's scale becomes real. You stand at 2,300 meters with the shrine behind you and the view opening down across the foothills—the kind of moment that makes the early start worth it. Your English-speaking guide walks you through what you're seeing, and if the weather holds, you can see all the way to the coast. The tour includes a buffet lunch with local fresh food at the base of Mt Fuji, and vegetarian or Muslim-friendly options are available if you request them when you book.

After lunch, the day shifts to Hakone. You board the Hakone Ropeway—a cable car that climbs over volcanic terrain with views back toward Mt Fuji if the clouds cooperate—and then drop down to Lake Ashi for a cruise across the caldera lake. The water is still, the mountains wrap around you, and there's a quietness to it that feels far from Tokyo even though you're only about 90 minutes away. The ropeway and lake cruise are both included, along with multilingual audio guidance in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Ukrainian if you want to hear things explained in your own language.

The return is by bullet train from Odawara Station back to Tokyo Station, which takes about 90 minutes and is included in the price. You're dropped at Shinjuku Station around 7pm, depending on traffic. The whole day is nine to ten hours, and the itinerary can shift depending on weather or road conditions—if Mt Fuji's 5th Station is closed, you'll visit Oshino Hakkai or another alternative instead. The bus has air conditioning and free WiFi, and you don't have to arrange transport, tickets, or timing yourself.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or meeting-point pickup from Ginza or Shinjuku, transport by deluxe air-conditioned coach with free WiFi, entry to Mt Fuji's 5th Station, a buffet lunch with local fresh food (vegetarian and Muslim-friendly options available on request), Hakone Ropeway cable car fee, Lake Ashi cruise, bullet train ticket from Odawara to Tokyo Station, and a professional English-speaking guide with multilingual audio guidance available in seven languages.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Japan Panoramic Tours

Is this one for you?This tour works well if you want to see both Mt Fuji and Hakone in a single day without arranging your own transport, tickets, or timing—the fixed schedule and included return train mean you leave Tokyo early and are back by evening without the logistics of driving or navigating train changes yourself.