Mt Fuji & Hakone Cruise, Drum Show Bus 1 Day from Tokyo Sta. Area
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Tokyo, Japan
- 12 hours 10 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience some of Japan’s most beautiful landscapes on an easy day trip from Tokyo to Hakone and Mt. Fuji. After a handy pickup from a central-Tokyo meeting point, enjoy the views as you drive to the famous volcano. Ride an old fashioned-style ship on Lake Ashinoko which offer great views of Mt. Fuji on a clear day.
- This is an economical group tour by bus
- Avoid the hassle of self-driving or taking public transport
- If lunch option is selected, choose from four choices: veggie, standard, halal, and Indian thali
- Enjoy a traditional Japanese drum performance during lunchtime
What's Included
- National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter fee
- Air-conditioned and heated tour bus (round trip)
- Other admission fees included in the tour
- Lunch (only if you select "With Lunch" option)
- Lunch (only if you select "No Lunch" option)
- Fees other than those listed in Includes
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Bus Terminal Tokyo YaesuJapan, 104-0028 Tokyo, Chuo City, Yaesu, 2-chōme−2−1 地下1階・地下2階 東京ミッドタウン八重洲内
[Tokyo Sta. Departure] Meet your guide at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu B2F Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu. About a 3-minute walk from JR Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit.
End points
This activity ends in a different location. See details below:
Operating hours.7:35 am
Itinerary
Mount Fuji (Pass By)
1
Mt. Fuji 5th Station
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Fuji Zakura Hotel
50 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Lake Ashinoko
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
4
Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
50 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
5
Odawara Station
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Tokyo Station
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Infants must sit on laps
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- The order of the tour itinerary is subject to change due to road conditions or other reasons
- Depending on road conditions, the tour will be guided to Mt. Fuji 5th Station or the highest point accessible
- Important Notes: On a typical year, the 5th Station may be visited from around late April to November, but during the winter months (around December to early April), the Fuji Subaru Line will be closed due to snowfall, road surface freezing, etc
- If the Fuji Subaru Line is closed, or if there is inclement weather and we have determined that views may not be seen from Mt. Fuji 4th Station and 5th Station, the tour will be guided to any of the following alternative facilities. Alternative Facilities: Fujisan Museum, Lake Kawaguchi Oishi Park, Fujisan World Heritage Center, Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, Oshino Hakkai
- Due to weather conditions, Mt. Fuji may not be visible even from the base. However, the tour will not be canceled and refunds will not be given for this reason
- If the Lake Ashi Cruise and Komagatake Ropeway are not operating due to weather conditions, or if stops cannot be made due to road conditions and congestion at sightseeing destinations, the tour will be guided to any of the following alternative facilities. The tour will not be canceled and refunds will not be issued for this reason. Alternative Facilities: Appare Sightseeing Boat on Lake Kawaguchi, Swan Lake Cruise Ship on Lake Yamanaka, Hakone Pirate Ship, Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway, Hakone Ropeway, Hakone Jukkokutoge Panoramic Cable Car, Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, Fujiyama Museum, Narukawa Art Museum, Hakone-en Aquarium, Ninja Bus, Oshino Shinobi no Sato, Hakone Checkpoint, Odawara Castle, Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine, Higashiguchi Hongu Sengen Shrine, Oshino Hakkai, Hakone Shrine, Hakone Sekisho Tabimonogatarikan (Shop), Owakudani
- Depending on the season and day of the week, traffic conditions may vary, and arrival time at each location may be considerably delayed
- Customers who are late for the departure time will have their reservations canceled. Please give yourself plenty of time
- Children up to 5 years old may join free of charge, but will not be provided with bus seats or lunch. If bus seats or lunch is required, please make a booking under the child rate
- [For with Lunch option] When booking, please indicate the number of customers requesting Vegetarian meals, Muslim-friendly meals, or Indian Thali meals. [IMPORTANT NOTICE] Due to facility circumstances, there will be a change in the lunch venue and menu from May 25th to June 20th, 2026. Please note that our regular lunch options will be temporarily unavailable during this time, and alternative arrangements will be provided. No refunds will be issued
- Vegetarian meals: Japanese style vegetarian dishes
- Muslim-friendly Meals: Menu that does not use pork or alcohol will be provided. Please note that these are not halal certified
- Indian Thali Meals: Vegetarian menu that does not use meat and fish will be served
- Allergy-friendly meals, gluten-free meals, etc. are not available. Customers with allergies and those that would like gluten-free meals should reserve the tour without lunch included
- [For No Lunch option] Meals are not included. Please prepare lunch in advance on your own. There are no cafes, restaurants, or other places to have lunch near the lunch break area. Preparing this prior to departure is recommended
- At the lunch break area, there will be a Wadaiko (Japanese drum) performance, one of Japan's traditional arts performed by the Social Welfare Corporation Fugakukai. Please note that the tour may not be able to view the performance in case arrival is considerably delayed due to road conditions, or the tour is unable to reach the intended break area. Furthermore, depending on the circumstances of the facility, the performance may be canceled without prior notice. (It has been attracting attention both domestically and internationally as a support for social independence training and artistic activities. By sending customers, Sunrise Tours can create performance opportunities and support their activities.) [IMPORTANT NOTICE] Due to facility circumstances, there will be a change in the lunch venue from May 25th to June 20th, 2026. The Wadaiko (Japanese drum) performance will be suspended during the respective period. No refunds will be issued
- [Multilingual audio-guide available only for Shinjuku departure] We offer GPS-enabled audio guides in Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Thai, and French for use in our dedicated tour vehicles. To request one, specify your preferred language in the "Special requirement" field when booking (e.g., "Spanish audio guide request"). Note that same-day requests cannot be accommodated. Please be aware that audio guides are limited in number and may not be available for every participant. No refunds will be given if the audio guide is unusable due to weak signals, device issues, Wi-Fi problems, or other technical difficulties. The guides may not function if there are changes to the tour itinerary
- Depending on the number of tour participants, transportation to be used may be other than a large bus (mid-size bus, small bus, hired car, etc.)
- As there are locations to be visited on this tour such as Mt. Fuji 5th Station, etc. with lower temperatures compared to Tokyo, bringing warm clothing is recommended (Reference: Even in the daytime, temperatures may drop to 14℃ in summer and -5℃ in winter.)
- Parental permission in writing is necessary for all tour participants under the age of eighteen. Any participant under the age of fifteen or not yet enrolled in middle school must be joined by a parent or guardian on the tour
- This is a carbon offset product where a portion of the tour booking charge is spent on renewable energy. By converting CO2 emissions during the tour to green energy, it's possible to contribute to activities protecting the planet's future
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 44 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.8
based on 365 reviews
HansUlrich_F, Oct 2024
Good organised trip. The guide (Shin) was very competent and friendly. Lucky to see Mount Fuji. It cleared up, when we arrived. Hakone is also a very beautiful place. I can recommend that that trip. Domo arigato.
Arelis_H, Sep 2024
I have the best day, Joe was so amazing.
The experience was out of this world.. Thank you Joe, you’re the best!
Penny_B, Jun 2024
Unfortunately cloud covering top of Mt Fuji but this didn’t detract from the experience. Lake Ashi cruise was beautiful.
Angelica_B, Apr 2024
This tour was a neat, solid 3 star experience. The tour wasn’t bad, but it could definitely use logistical improvement. For example, I took the English tour, but barely understood a word the tour guide said, which made it difficult to understand what was going on. Also, the path up the mountain was closed due to an avalanche warning. I understand that the tour company can’t control the weather, so I don’t fault them for that. However, they can control where we stop so participants can have the best possible view of Mt. Fuji. Instead of stopping somewhere with a good view, we stopped at the same rest stop as 15 other tour companies. The angle from where we stood made the mountain barely visible. The view was 10 times better from the bus while we were driving on the highway. Later in the day when we went up a mountain in a cable car the views of Mt. Fuji would have been nice, but by that point it was too foggy. Further, lunch was in a crowded event space with 100 other tourists. The food was barely mediocre. All in all, it was a neat experience. I wouldn’t have been able to barely see Mt. Fuji or take a 10 minute cruise on Lake Ashi if I wouldn’t have done this tour, so I’m grateful for the opportunity. I just wish the tour company had a plan A, B, and C for where to stop so participants could have the best possible view of the mountain and that lunch was tasty.
Irene_M, Apr 2024
This was a well organised trip and good value for money. Sadly the weather was against us but it would be a wonderful trip on a sunny day.
John_M, Apr 2024
We booked a day trip out from Tokyo to Mt Fuji with Viator. There was both good and bad to this tour, so I'm trying to be as objective/fair as possible with this review.
Firstly, the good. The overall concepts/stages of the bus tour were great and well executed by our friendly, informative and charismatic tourguide TK. We got to go to the base of Mt Fuji for pictures, then stopped for some great food at a local restaurant, travelled across the lake at Hakone by boat and then headed up a cable car to an adjacent mountain for more views, then the bus back to Tokyo. The website sold us on this, and technically we got everything we paid for.
However, now the bad. While we had an exceptionally bright day for the tour, our best views of Fuji were unfortunately from the bus window. This is because we were only able to ascend to the first station on the base of the mountain due to an apparent avalanche (bear with me here, I know tour operators can't control the elements). This meant we were not able to get above the treeline and could not get any clear views/photos. Later on in the afternoon, we went up in a cable car to an adjacent mountain, where we were supposed to get spectacular views of Fuji. However, as we ascended, cloud rolled in and our views were again obscured (again, bear with me here). Finally, we were supposed to be back in Tokyo for ~18:30, but it was almost 23:00 by the time we were finally dropped off due to an apparent traffic accident (one last time, bear with me here). This meant we lost one of our evenings in Tokyo too.
Now, I know that the tour operators can't control the weather or the traffic, but I've since spoken to several friends (both tourists and Japanese locals) who went on this (or very similar) tours, months apart, and they experienced EXACTLY the same thing. There was an "avalanche" preventing access further up the mountain, there was "a traffic accident" which meant they were back late, and the cloud at the top of the cable car viewpoint is apparently almost perpetual from 16:00 onwards. It seems to me that the operators are well aware that their advertised tour is not achievable in the time frame and so fabricate reasons that you didn't get the promised experience; as if your negative circumstances are the exception/rarity, when in fact this seems to happen on the majority of their tours. So despite all the good aspects, I left feeling a bit cheated overall, and wish we'd spent our day seeing the sights of Tokyo instead.
Jaylin_J, Nov 2023
Sunday received confirmation of trip. Wednesday arrived to meeting point only to be told by bus station staff trip was canceled. NO CONTACT was made by Viator or tour company. BETTER GET REFUND.
TheThirdoftheFifth_G, Sep 2023
Great experience. Fuji was a bit shy hiddding behind clouds but eventually it cleared up and we were able to see the summit. The lunch provided on the trip was great it was a legitimate sit down restaurant lunch. The ferry ride was great unfortunately the cable car was out of order for maintennce and we werent able to ride but instead we were taken to a small museum in the area which was very informative. Our tour guide was friendly and a knowledgeable.
MelGrace_B, Jun 2023
Fun experience . One in a life time. Experience to be told Marie is the best tour guide ever.
She's very cool , knows her stuff.
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