Chubu, Japan · Mountain, Town / small city
The Shizuoka-prefecture side of Mt. Fuji: the 20-meter Shiraito Falls, part of Mt. Fuji's UNESCO World Heritage listing, and the great Fujinomiya Sengen Shrine, the traditional starting point of the mountain's climbing route.
Train — From Tokyo: Tokaido Shinkansen to Shin-Fuji (only Kodama trains stop here, ~60-75min, ¥5,490 unreserved) + local bus to Fujinomiya (~35min, ¥570); total ¥6,060. The Shinkansen leg is JR Central, covered by the Japan Rail Pass; the final bus is run by a local operator, not covered by any pass. Alternative from Kawaguchiko (the other side of Mt. Fuji): direct bus, ~90min, ¥2,420, unrelated to JR.
A 20-meter waterfall formed by dozens of threads of water seeping straight out of porous volcanic rock, included in Mt. Fuji's UNESCO World Heritage listing since 2013.
The shortest route to the summit, and the only one starting on the Shizuoka side. Since 2025 the three Shizuoka routes charge 4,000 yen per person and require prior registration, though unlike Yamanashi they do not cap daily numbers. A very short season, July to early September.
The head shrine of all Sengen shrines in Japan, dedicated to the goddess of Mt. Fuji, and the traditional starting point of the Fujinomiya climbing route.
A Shigeru Ban building with an inverted wooden lattice cone reflected in a pond to draw the silhouette of Mount Fuji; inside, a spiral ramp simulates the ascent and explains the mountain's history as an object of worship.
An enormous meadow at the foot of Mount Fuji, with no marked pitches, where you set up the tent facing the mountain directly; very popular since it appeared in the camping series Yuru Camp.
In late April and early August the sun rises exactly over the summit of Mount Fuji and the whole scene is doubled in the lake water; the rest of the year the lake remains a quiet viewpoint.
The huge crater opened by the 1707 eruption on the southern slope, reached from the Fujinomiya fifth station without entering the paid section or the summit route; a landscape of black scoria with views to the sea.
The oldest centre of Mount Fuji shugendo, where mountain ascetics began the ascent from the 12th century; it keeps thousand-year-old cedars and a silent atmosphere very different from that of the main shrine.
The Asagiri plateau is one of the best places in Japan to fly a paraglider, with tandem flights for beginners and the whole of Mount Fuji in the background.
A spring of Mount Fuji meltwater inside the grounds of Sengen Taisha, designated a special natural monument; pilgrims purified themselves here before setting off up the mountain.
A cluster of local producers open to visitors in Asagiri: a sake brewery, a green tea factory, a dairy and a coffee roaster, each with tastings and a shop.
In early November the neighbourhoods bring out their floats with drums and flutes and challenge each other in front of the shrine in what are called float 'fights'.
A local variant of yakisoba with firmer noodles and a dash of sardine powder, popular enough that the city holds its own festival dedicated to the dish.
A lava tube regarded as the dwelling of the deity of Mount Fuji and the founding site of the popular Fuji-ko cult; more than 200 stelae left by Edo-era pilgrim confraternities survive around it.
An open farm on the flank of Mount Fuji with animals, its own ice cream and cheese, workshops and grass slides; an easy stop when travelling with children.
A food stall alley next to the entrance of Sengen Taisha, the most direct place to try Fujinomiya yakisoba and other local products.
A municipal bath up on high ground with a rotenburo facing Mount Fuji; simple, cheap and used above all by locals.
A large Buddhist complex founded in 1290 at the foot of Mount Fuji, the head seat of its school; the grounds are enormous and heavily used by the faithful, especially in spring for the cherry trees.
Every May the shrine holds a horseback archery festival whose origin is attributed to an offering by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the 12th century.
Fujinomiya is the main setting of the camping series Yuru Camp and the city runs an official stamp rally around the places that appear in the work, from neighbourhood shops to viewpoints.
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