Yoshida Fire Festival
Marks the end of Mt. Fuji's summer climbing season, with dozens of 3-meter torches blazing along the street.
- Area
- Tokyo · Mt. Fuji & Lake Kawaguchi
- When
- August 26–27
- Location
- Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine & Honcho Street
More places nearby
Fuji Shibazakura Festival
A spring festival where about 500,000 pink moss phlox plants carpet the hills in front of Mt. Fuji.
Fuji Kawaguchiko Herb Festival
An early-summer festival when the lakeside parks turn purple with lavender.
Fuji Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival
Stalls line the 'Momiji Corridor', a tunnel of maple trees that's lit up at night.
Arakurayama Sengen Park (Chureito Pagoda)
The classic view of Mt. Fuji behind a five-story pagoda, framed by cherry blossoms in spring and red leaves in autumn.
Oishi Park
A park on the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi, with flower beds and Mt. Fuji straight across the water.
Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway
A roughly 3-minute ride from the lakeshore up Mt. Tenjo, overlooking both Lake Kawaguchi and Mt. Fuji.
Oshino Hakkai
A village of eight crystal-clear ponds fed by Mt. Fuji's snowmelt, with thatched-roof houses.
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine
The shrine at the start of Mt. Fuji's Yoshida Trail, with a huge wooden torii at the end of a cedar-lined path.