Mt Fuji Lakeshores Full-Day Bike Tour
Full-Day
Biking
Mt Fuji & Fuji Five Lakes
- bike around two of the most attractive lakes in Mt Fuji's foothills
- explore a traditional artisans' village
- enjoy lunch at a lakeside restaurant
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- view Fuji foregrounded by flower gardens
- experience the iconic mountain from quiet country roads relatively few tourists visit
- this is one of our best tours for seeing cherry blossoms in spring and colorful leaves in fall
- our guide adjusts the pace to suit your preferences and fitness level
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Difficulty: Medium
Typical duration: 6 hours
Maximum duration: 6 hours
Terrain: Mostly flat bike paths and country roads, one big hill
Length: 31 km
Total elevation gain: 100 m
Departs from: Kawaguchiko Train Station
Price: ¥39,000/person for 3 or more people, ¥58,500/person for 2 people or ¥117,000 for 1 person.
What's included: Native English-speaking guide, bicycle, helmet, lunch, snacks, bottled water, entrance fee for crafts village and basic insurance.
Description: Bike around two of the Fuji Five Lakes to see the best views of Mount Fuji and the area's most famous attractions. The journey takes you off the beaten path to scenic lakeshores relatively few tourists ever see.
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A highlight of this tour is exploring on foot at a beautifully-preserved ancient village where artisans display elaborate hand-made crafts in traditional Japanese thatched-roof farmhouses. The village is a fantastic place to view Mount Fuji foregrounded by lanes of cherry trees that are covered with bright pink blossoms in spring.
Cycle down quiet country roads that lead to spectacular waterfront vista points. In autumn you'll ride under arches formed by maple branches covered with bright red and yellow leaves. You'll also visit a flower park where Fuji's iconic peak rises up behind colorful blooms.
This tour is suitable for people of average or better fitness, since our guide will adjust the pace to suit you. It's an excellent choice if you're interested in getting off the beaten path and experiencing a wide variety of natural, historical and cultural attractions in Japan's picturesque countryside.
The shores of the two lakes around which we bike during this tour are mostly flat, so the course is easy over 95% of its length. However, the big hill between the lakes takes about eight minutes to bike up. People of low fitness will find biking up the hill too challenging and should select a different tour.
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- Meet our guides at Kawaguchiko Station
- Ride to Lake Kawaguchiko in our private car (5 minutes)
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- Get an introduction to the bikes and the rules of the road for cyclists in Japan (10 minutes)
- Bike part of the way around Lake Kawaguchiko (typically 90 minutes)
- Cycle over a bridge that spans the lake and offers beautiful views
- Stop at a lookout point on the lakeshore
- Bike beside rows of cherry trees on the waterfront, enjoying cherry blossom viewing in spring
- Cycle through the "Maple Corridor," viewing colorful leaves in fall
- Visit a flower park with excellent Mt Fuji views
- Bike uphill to Lake Sai (8 minutes)
- Cycle part of the way around Lake Sai (typically 25 minutes)
- Bike past plum and cherry trees on the waterfront, enjoying flower viewing in spring
- Cycle past maple trees, viewing colorful leaves in fall
- Stop at a beach with an excellent view of Mt Fuji (10 minutes)
- Explore on foot at an ancient village of thatched-roof houses where local artisans display traditional Japanese crafts (typically 1 hour)
- Resume biking around Lake Sai (35 minutes)
- Lunch break at a lakeside restaurant (typically 40 minutes)
- Bike downhill to Lake Kawaguchiko (5 minutes)
- Resume biking around Lake Kawaguchiko (typically 35 minutes)
- Visit a park with a panoramic view of Lake Kawaguchiko and Mt Fuji (20 minutes)
- Complete the bike ride around Lake Kawaguchiko (15 minutes)
- Ride in our private car to Kawaguchiko Station (5 minutes)
- Tour concludes at Kawaguchiko Station
Important note:
The itinerary above is composed of the attractions we typically visit during this tour if our pace enables us to visit them during the time allotted for the tour.
When biking, hiking or walking, our pace is close to that of the slowest member of your group. When driving, our pace is affected by traffic, road conditions and weather. Our pace is also impacted by the frequency and duration of stops for food, drink, photos, rest, etc.
Since our pace is determined by the above factors that are unpredictable and beyond our control, we do not guarantee we will visit all the attractions in the itinerary during your tour.
Our guides may skip, substitute or change the order of attractions in the itinerary to adapt to weather, road conditions, traffic, our pace or other circumstances.
We will not increase the duration of your tour or reimburse part or all of the tour price if we are unable to visit all the attractions in the itinerary during your tour or if our guides skip or substitute attractions.
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