Kawaguchiko
富士河口湖35°30′ N 138°45′ ETownPop. 25,495Izu and Fuji
Kawaguchiko suits riders on the Fuji Five Lakes in spring and autumn who want Fuji across the water and a pot of hoto after, and frost can ice its lake roads on winter mornings.
Photo Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 and others, credited in the gallery
Who should base here
Stay here for the lake loops and Misaka Pass, with Fuji at breakfast when the sky is clear and hoto for dinner.
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Kawaguchiko is the lake town on Fuji's north side, in the town of Fujikawaguchiko. Riders use it for the lake loops and for the climb to Misaka Pass, where Tenka Chaya has served hoto to travellers crossing the 1,300 m pass since 1934 and keeps a room for the novelist Dazai Osamu. The teahouse may close on bad winter days.
Hoto is the meal here. Yamanashi's tourism office lists Hoto Fudo on the north shore and Hoto-gura Funari in Funatsu, with pots at ¥1,320 to ¥1,650. After a ride, Yurari over the town line in Narusawa has open-air tubs that face Fuji.
Spring and autumn are the riding seasons. Winter often brings the clearest views of the mountain, and the red winter Fuji gives a bath at Lake Yamanaka its name.
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Stay here for the lake loops and Misaka Pass, with Fuji at breakfast when the sky is clear and hoto for dinner.
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