Mt Fuji & Hakone tour prices

How much is a Mt Fuji and Hakone day tour in 2026?

From $78 per person on the budget coach to $161 on JTB's day with lunch and the bullet train. Private cars run $314 to $507 per group.

Every tour on the site, cheapest first. Read the Fuji column before the price: three of the cheaper days never go up to the 5th Station.

What does the tour price include?

On most group tours: the coach, an English-speaking guide, the Hakone Ropeway and the Lake Ashi cruise. Lunch is usually an option you pay for, and the Shinkansen only comes with the bullet train versions.

• Always: the coach from a fixed meeting point in Shinjuku, Ginza or by Tokyo Station, and a guide. Japan Panoramic Tours adds Wi-Fi on board and an audio guide in seven languages.
• Usually: the ropeway and the cruise. Japan Panoramic Tours, JTB, the hotel pickup tour, the train-or-bus day and Local Guide Stars all include both.
• Only on bullet train options: the Shinkansen ticket from Odawara to Tokyo Station.
• Only if you pick it: lunch. Every big operator sells a with-lunch and a no-lunch version of the same day.
• Never: hotel drop-off on the group tours, drinks, snacks and souvenirs. Owakudani's black eggs are an extra few hundred yen.

One guest on the flagship found the day too full, not too thin: “When we went to Hakone, we should have either done the cable car or the pirate cruise ship. Doing both is way too much.” The bundle is the point of the price, though. Bought separately, the two tickets cost 3,700 yen.

What do the cheapest Mt Fuji tours leave out?

The $78 budget tour drops the 5th Station, the Lake Ashi cruise and lunch. The $83 Hakone day drops the 5th Station but keeps both tickets.

Gogoday Travel's budget tour is the lowest price on the site, and the listing is straight about why. The cruise (the Hakone Pirate Ship) and lunch are both excluded. Your Fuji time is a 15-minute stop at Lake Yamanaka and 40 minutes at Oshino Hakkai, seen from below. If the ropeway is suspended for wind or volcanic gas, they refund 1,000 yen per person by email. Add the cruise yourself at Togendai and the real price is $78 plus 1,700 yen.

Local Guide Stars' $83 day is the better cheap deal for most people, provided you don't care about the 5th Station. Cruise and ropeway are included, Lake Ashi gets 80 minutes, and the Fuji stop is 30 minutes at a peace park in Gotemba. One guest wrote: “Even if Mt. Fuji hides behind clouds and mist, the scenery is stunning.”

Gogoday also warns that weekend traffic can push the return past 8 p.m. Don't book a dinner reservation on the same evening.

The cheap day that keeps both tickets: 80 minutes at Lake Ashi with the cruise, the ropeway over Owakudani, and Hakone Shrine.

★ 4.9 · 10 hours · from $83

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How much does a private Mt Fuji tour cost per person?

The $507 private car works out at about $254 each for two, $127 for four and $101 for five, before tickets and the 2,800 yen Fuji toll. Xplor Japan's $314 car is $157 each for two.

Both private tours price the vehicle, not the seat. That flips the maths for families and small groups:

What the private prices don't include: the ropeway and cruise (3,700 yen a head if you do both), lunch, and on the $507 tour a 2,800 yen Fuji toll per group plus 5,000 yen for every hour past ten. Xplor Japan's tour includes fuel, parking and a reserved Shinkansen seat, but leaves you at Tokyo Station. The full comparison is in private or group tour.

Is it cheaper to do Mt Fuji and Hakone on your own?

For Hakone alone, yes: the 2-day Hakone Freepass from Shinjuku is 7,100 yen and covers the ropeway and cruise. Fuji and Hakone in one day by public transport is a different story.

Official 2026 fares for the pieces a tour bundles:

A DIY Hakone loop on the Freepass costs 7,100 yen, plus the Romancecar seat if you want it. A DIY 5th Station day via Kawaguchiko is about 7,800 yen in season (two highway bus legs and the return bus up the mountain). That is cheaper than any tour.

The catch: the 5th Station and Hakone sit on opposite sides of Fuji, and the public link runs through Gotemba with a change of bus. Nobody does both well in one day by bus and train. That join is what you pay a tour for.

Is lunch included on Mt Fuji tours, and what are the options?

Only if you book the with-lunch option. Japan Panoramic Tours serves a buffet, JTB a hotel lunch with a taiko drum show, and the budget tours leave you to buy your own.

• Japan Panoramic Tours (bullet train and bus versions): a buffet with nutrition labels. The listing says halal-certified food is not available, though non-pork options are; gluten-free choices may be limited. With a strict diet, book without lunch and bring your own.
• JTB (drum show tour): 60 minutes at the Fuji Zakura Hotel with a taiko performance. One guest who brought food on the no-lunch option complained of waiting on the bus for an hour.
• Hotel pickup tour: lunch in Gotemba on the with-lunch option. The operator can't do special meals.
• Budget and small operators: no lunch in the price. Guests on the Gogoday day report an add-on lunch, with a vegan choice.
• Private tours: lunch is never included. Drivers pick the place, and guests mention good tips.

Carry some cash. Gogoday's listing warns that some spots around Fuji don't take cards.

How much do children pay on a Mt Fuji day tour?

It depends on the operator. Japan Panoramic Tours has a child band for ages 4 to 11 and JTB for 6 to 11; Gogoday charges the adult price from age 4, and the private tours price the car.

Straight from the booking pages:

The child rate shows once you enter ages at checkout. On the private car, a child costs nothing extra, which is why families of four or more often end up there. On the official side, the ropeway charges children 700 yen one way, and children under 6 ride the cruise free with an adult.

Are there hidden extras: tolls, overtime, tips?

Tips aren't expected. The real extras are the 2,800 yen Fuji toll and 5,000 yen overtime on the private car, the cruise on the budget tour, and a train home if your bus ends at Odawara.

• Tips: listed as “Gratuity (not obligatory)” by Japan Panoramic Tours. Nobody will hold out a hand.
• Fuji toll: the Subaru Line charges 2,800 yen per vehicle, according to japan-guide. Coach tours absorb it; the $507 private car passes it on per group.
• Overtime: 5,000 yen per extra hour after 10 hours hotel to hotel on the private Fuji or Hakone tour. A holiday jam can cost you an hour.
• The weekend Odawara drop: the bus version ends at Odawara on weekends and public holidays. Getting back to Shinjuku costs 910 yen on a local Odakyu train or 1,910 yen on the Romancecar. Details in bullet train or bus.
• Late arrival: no refund on any group tour if you miss the departure. Local Guide Stars leaves at 8:00 sharp.

And one non-extra: if cloud hides Fuji, nobody refunds anything. Read the odds by month before you pick a date.

No toll, no train fare and no ticket queues to pay for on the day: ropeway, cruise and the Shinkansen are in the price.

★ 4.8 · 11 hours · from $159

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