Fujinomiya Attractions and Guided Visits
Fujinomiya Attractions and Guided Visits
Fujinomiya does not have a local sightseeing-tour industry. There is no daily city bus tour, no shrine-run guided walk sold to visitors, and no company running scheduled heritage tours of the town. What it does have is a handful of excellent attractions you can visit on your own, a few timed sessions with staff, and one genuinely guided activity on the river. This page groups them so you can build your own tour. Prices are in Japanese yen.
Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka
The prefecture’s visitor centre for the Fujisan World Heritage site sits beside the main shrine at Miyacho 5-12. The exhibition building is an inverted cone wrapped in a lattice of local Fuji cypress, and its reflection in the spring-fed pool in front completes the outline of the mountain. Inside, a spiral slope climbs from the first floor to the fifth, with exhibits arranged like stages of a climb, and the top-floor hall frames Mount Fuji through glass.
Adult entry to the permanent exhibition is 500 yen. Children aged 15 and under, visitors aged 70 and over, junior high, high school and university students, and disabled visitors with one helper go free (bring ID). Hours are 09:00 to 17:00, extended to 18:00 in July and August, with last entry 30 minutes before closing. The centre closes on the third Tuesday of each month (the next day if that Tuesday is a holiday) and from 27 to 31 December. See the centre’s hours and fees page .
Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha
The head shrine of about 1,300 Sengen shrines across Japan is free to enter and open from early morning to evening, with longer hours in summer. Its main hall was built in 1604 with a donation from Tokugawa Ieyasu and is an Important Cultural Property. Walk the grounds yourself, rinse your hands at the purification basin, and finish at Wakutama Pond, the clear spring where Fuji pilgrims once purified themselves before climbing. It is a working shrine, so keep voices low and do not step into the pond.
Makaino Farm sessions
Makaino Farm on the Asagiri Plateau runs timed activities with staff. Cow milking is free at 11:30 and 13:30 if you queue at the start time, and sheep herding is shown at 10:00 (11:00 in winter). Led horse rides cost 700 yen for the short loop and 1,000 yen for the longer one. Workshops include butter making (about 20 minutes, 550 yen) and sausage making (about 60 minutes, 1,600 yen), booked on the day. Day admission for adults is 1,200 yen from March to November. The farm’s activity page lists the current schedule.
Asagiri Food Park
Six producers share one site at the Asagiri Kogen roadside station: a green-tea maker, a confectioner, a sweet-potato kitchen, the Fujimasa sake brewery, the Asagiri dairy and a buffet restaurant. Shops open 09:30 to 16:30 (16:00 in winter) and close on Thursdays from December to February. Details are on the Asagiri Food Park site .
A guided trip: Fuji River rafting
For a guide at your side, book rafting with NATURAL ACTION. A certified guide steers every boat on the roughly 6 km half-day run, from 7,300 yen, with a kids’ option from 6,800 yen.
Shiraito Falls
There is no guide here either, but a tourist information centre sits by the car park (500 yen per car), and the falls themselves are free. Shiraito is about 20 m high and 150 m wide, fed by Fuji groundwater, and it is part of the World Heritage listing.
Read more: Fujinomiya activities and Fujinomiya bus tours .
Mount Fuji area tours from Tokyo are listed on GetYourGuide .