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A One Day Trip Around the Fuji-Hakone-Izu Area Leaving from the “Fuji Speedway Racing Course”

Day 1: Fuji Speedway (Tokyo) --> Yamanashi Prefecture (Spend 1 Night)
Day 2: Yamanashi Prefecture --> (Tokyo)

Lake Kawaguchi (Fujikawaguchiko-machi) This is one of the hottest resort spots in the Fuji Five Lakes area. There are many hotels and inns near Lake Kawaguchi and it is also a great lookout spot for Mt. Fuji. Take an excursion bus to get a nice tour of the area There is a tourist information center at the Kawaguchiko station where information about the area is available in English.

Excursion Bus: Kawaguchiko Station --> Saiko Komori Ana (35 minutes)

Guided Tour of Aoikigahara Forest (Sea of Trees) Start at the Saiko Bat Cave (Saiko Komori Ana) and loop around the Aokigahara Forest with a nature guide. This one-hour tour will allow you to experience the natural surroundings of Mt. Fuji. Saiko Bat Cave Entrance Fee: 300 yen Charge for Guide: 500 yen/hour per person

Excursion Bus: Saiko Komori Ana --> Saiko Iyashi-no-sato NENBA (5 minutes)

Saiko Iyashi-no-sato NENBA (Healing Village) This facility is a recreation of a village with thatched roof houses and was once considered to be Japan’s most beautiful village. Some hands-on activities that you can try here include: blended incense making, paper making, pottery making, hanging hina doll decoration making, etc. At the restaurant, you can try some hand-made buckwheat noodles or a traditional course meal with locally-grown Konnyaku (alimentary yam paste). Entrance fee: 200 yen There will be a separate charge for all hands-on activities.

Excursion Bus: Saiko Iyahi-no-sato NENBA --> Kawaguchiko Station (35 minutes)
Excursion Bus: Kawaguchiko Station --> Itchiku Kubota Art Museum (20 minutes)

Itchiku Kubota Art Museum This museum exhibits the work of Itchiku Kubota (1917-2003), a textile dyeing artist who was fascinated by Tsujigahara-zome (a traditional Japanese dyeing technique which had mysteriously vanished 300 years ago) and devoted his life to developing his own dyeing method which he called “Itchiku Tsujigahana-zome”. Entrance fee: 1,300 yen (Adults)

Excursion Bus: Itchiku Kubota Art Museum --> Kawaguchiko Station (25 minutes)
Train: Kawaguchiko Station (Fujikyu Railway) --> Otsuki Station (JR) --> (Tokyo) -Approximately two and a half hours.

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Lake Kawaguchi (Fujikawaguchiko-machi)

Guided Tour of Aoikigahara Forest (Sea of Trees)

Saiko Iyashi-no-sato NENBA (Healing Village)

Itchiku Kubota Art Museum