Private Fuji Walks with a Local English-Speaking Guide: the 864 AD Lava Forest

Five to six hours around Mount Fuji with a native English speaker who has lived here a long time, in a private van and on foot, at a pace nobody sets but you. Asama Shrine starts it. The cedars there are over 1,200 years old, and it is the oldest shrine in the area and part of the Mount Fuji World Cultural Heritage listing. Haha no Shirataki, Mother's White Falls, is close by, with Fuji and Lake Kawaguchiko behind it. Aokigahara Jukai is the reason to book this one rather than a coach. The Sea of Trees grows on lava laid down by the eruption of 864 AD and covers 30 square kilometres. The walk goes in at the Wild Birds Forest Park, among moss-covered trees rooted in black rock. The Dragon Cave, Ryugu Doketsu, is a National Monument and is on the route. Depending on the weather and the clock, the day can add the Climax Forest at 1,200 metres on the mountain itself. The drive circles Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Saiko, which sits at the centre of the five lakes, stopping wherever the view of Fuji is worth it, and the last stop is sunset at Lake Shoji or back at Saiko and Kawaguchiko. Cancel at least 24 hours before departure for a full refund.