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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... -
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... -
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... -
Climbing Mount Fuji via the Yoshida Trail: The Complete 2026 Beginner’s Guide to Permits, Huts & Packing
Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Yoshida Trail, the most popular route up Mount Fuji. Japan's highest mountain has four main climbing routes, and the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side is the one more tha... -
Kusasenrigahama: Where an Ancient Volcano Meets an Endless Sea of Grass
Travel information brought to you by a professional tour conductor. This time, we turn our attention to Kusasenrigahama (草千里ヶ浜), one of the most iconic natural landscapes in all of Japan — a sweeping highland meadow in the Aso regio...
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