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Ohachi Meguri: Circling Mount Fuji’s Summit Crater
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Ohachi Meguri, the crater-rim circuit at the very top of Mount Fuji, reached from the Shizuoka side of the mountain. At the summit of Mount Fuji sits a crater more than 780... -
Sakura-no-Baba Josaien: The Castle-Town Gateway to Kumamoto Castle
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Sakura-no-Baba Josaien, a lively cluster of shops, food stalls, and a history museum sitting right at the foot of Kumamoto Castle. Built to look like an Edo-period castle town,... -
Fujisan World Heritage Center, Yamanashi: Inside the Giant Washi Mount Fuji and Your Gateway to Lake Kawaguchi
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Yamanashi Prefectural Fujisan World Heritage Center, a free museum near Lake Kawaguchi built to explain why Mount Fuji became a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. When Mo... -
Kengamine: Standing on Japan’s Highest Point, 3,776m Above Mount Fuji’s Crater
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Kengamine, the summit peak of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. Mount Fuji's crater rim is ringed by eight peaks known as the Hasshinpo, and Kengamine is the tallest of them a... -
Kusushi Shrine: The History and Blessings of Mount Fuji’s Summit Auxiliary Shrine
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Kusushi Shrine, a summit sanctuary perched at 3,715 meters on the crater rim of Mount Fuji. Administratively part of Fujinomiya City in Shizuoka Prefecture, the shrine is an au... -
The Melody Point on Yamanashi’s Route 707: A Road That Sings on the Way to Mt. Fuji
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Melody Point on Prefectural Route 707 (Fuji-Kawaguchiko–Fuji Line) in Yamanashi Prefecture. There's no need for a guidebook or a tour guide here — just drive, and the pavem... -
Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Okumiya: Japan’s Highest Shrine, Standing Atop Mount Fuji
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Okumiya, the inner shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha (富士山本宮浅間大社), perched right at the summit of Mount Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Pre... -
Mt. Fuji Summit Post Office: Mailing a Letter from Japan’s Highest Point
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Fujisan-chojo Yubinkyoku, or Mt. Fuji Summit Post Office, in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Perched at 3,776 meters on the Fujinomiya Trail side of Mt. Fuji's crater... -
Saijo Inari: Inside Japan’s Rare Shrine-Temple Where You Can Pray to Both Break and Make a Bond
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Saijo Inari, in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan. Ranked alongside Kyoto's Fushimi Inari and Aichi's Toyokawa Inari as one of Japan's "Three Great Inari" sites (a claim that v... -
Kumamoto Castle | The “Edible Castle” and the Long Road to Full Restoration by 2052
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Kumamoto Castle, one of Japan's three great castles and a fortress that has outlasted samurai armies, devastating earthquakes, and the fires of civil war. More than 400 years o...
