Fujikawaguchiko
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Fujikawaguchiko is the town around Lake Kawaguchi, one of the Fuji Five Lakes at the northern foot of Mt Fuji. My nephew and I came on July 24, 2026, on a one-day bus tour from Tokyo Station, in Chiyoda City. The first stop was Oishi Park, a garden on the lake shore with a field of lavender and rose bushes, where I had a green-and-lavender soft-serve cone on the terrace. Mt Fuji should have been right across the water, but the clouds sat low over the far shore and it never came out. Around midday, the bus stopped at the Lawson that went viral for photographs of Mt Fuji appearing to sit on its roof. The guide said that on a good day, the mountain is framed right behind it. Ours was not a good day. The town put up a black screen in May 2024 to block the view and keep the crowds away, and took it down that August. From there, we went on to Oshino and Fujiyoshida.
Photos from Fujikawaguchiko
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A green-and-lavender soft-serve cone on the terrace above the garden, at the first stop of the tour.
The garden from the terrace, with visitors under parasols and the lake beyond.
A rose beside the lake, with clouds over the far shore where Mt Fuji should be.