Kanagawa: Fuji Sengen Shrine & Oshino Hakkai — Guide Atsushi
November, 2025
This is a private guided tour report by Japan Guide Agency (JGA Inc.), a network of 1,000+ government-licensed, English-speaking local guides across all 47 prefectures of Japan. Not affiliated with the Japan Guide Association.
Tour Itinerary
- 8:30 Meet at the hotel
- 10:00 Fuji Sengen Shrine
- 11:30 Kawaguchiko Ropeway
- 12;30 Oishi Park
- 14:00 Oshino Hakkai
- 16:30 Tour ends at the hotel
Tour Itinerary in Detail
This private tour of Kanagawa began at 8:30, when the guide met the guests at hotel, and finished at 16:30. The day ran to 8 hours from start to finish.
From there the group visited Fuji Sengen Shrine at 10:00, Kawaguchiko Ropeway at 11:30 and Oshino Hakkai at 14:00.
Title: What Is a Private Fuji and Kawaguchiko Day Tour from Hakone Like? A Licensed Guide's Report
The guests were visiting from Europe. They had come to Japan after spending four days in Asia, and had already stayed in Tokyo for several nights before heading to Hakone. After this, they planned a long journey continuing on to the Kansai region and then to other destinations in Asia. Their impression of Tokyo was extremely positive, even exceeding their expectations. During our prior consultation, since they would be staying in Hakone for several nights, we decided to save the Hakone sightseeing loop for the next day and instead head to Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi today by rental car.
During the drive, we exchanged a variety of topics, including Japanese culture and politics. At Fuji Sengen Shrine, I explained the origins of the shrine and the differences between shrines and temples while they observed everything firsthand. They seemed newly impressed to learn how the shrines and temples they had previously viewed without understanding their meaning had influenced Japanese culture.
Afterwards, we admired Mount Fuji from the summit via the Kawaguchiko Ropeway, but unfortunately the sky was cloudy and only the area near the peak was visible, which was a bit disappointing for them.
We then visited Oishi Park and Oshino Hakkai, allowing them to enjoy Mount Fuji from various angles. As expected, they seemed to hold a special sense of admiration for Mount Fuji as a symbol of Japan.
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Highly recommend this tour for first time visit to Tokyo. Our guide Atsushi took great care to acclimate us with navigating through busy train stations efficiently with a group of eight family members. Along the way and at each site he explained various cultural practices and associated histories that made the tour very immersive and enjoyable. We will highly recommend Atsushi and Viator to our family and friends for future tours.
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Atsushi-san was an incredibly well-researched and friendly tour guide. His knowledge allowed us to explore and get to the historical significance of the various locations we visited. His explanations were simple but comprehensive. The six hours flew by and included some off-the-beaten opportunities including coffee at a very austere but memorable location near the fish market. I would highly recommend him as well as this tour for anyone with limited time in Tokyo wanting see as much as possible
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Our guide was really interesting and had an amazing knowledge of culture and attractions!
We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon walk! We also navigated through the Shinjuku station
which was no walk in the park! Thank you to Atsushi!
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Our guide, Atsushi, was great! He met us at our hotel in Hakone and took us clockwise to tour all the sites. He was informative and taught us a lot. Our group was two adults and a 14 year old. We saw Mt Fuji from the rope way, but unfortunately the pirate ship was canceled because of high wind. We would absolutely use Atsushi again for this tour, or any other tour he provides.