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Every page on mtfuji5thstation.com, grouped by the thing you are trying to settle. If you read only two before booking anything, make them can you see Fuji from the 5th Station and the weather and clouds page. Between them they hold the two facts that decide most visits: you cannot photograph the mountain you are standing on, and the cloud deck votes last.
Choose a tour
- Home — Mt Fuji 5th Station
- All six tours, sorted by what you want
- See-Fuji viewing tours — they never ascend
- What the tours cost, against doing it yourself
The big questions
- The Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station, explained
- Is the 5th Station worth going up?
- Can you see Mt Fuji from the 5th Station?
- What’s actually up there
- Fuji as a day trip from Tokyo
- Kawaguchiko or Hakone, honestly
Planning the day
- Buses, the Fuji Excursion and the toll road
- Best season, day and hour
- Weather, clouds and the visibility odds
- What to wear at 2,305 m
- Driving the Subaru Line — and the seasonal ban
Climbing
- Climbing to the summit from the 5th Station
- Altitude sickness at 2,305 m and above
- The Komitake Shrine at the 5th Station
Tour reviews
- All six tours, reviewed and ranked
- Flagship 5th Station & Hakone tour review
- Budget 5th Station tour review
- Lake viewing loop review
- Chureito Pagoda tour review
- Fuji & Hakone combo review
- Private custom tour review