Fujiyoshida
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Fujiyoshida is the city at the northern foot of Mt Fuji. It was the last stop on July 24, 2026, when my nephew and I took a one-day bus tour from Tokyo Station, in Chiyoda City, to the Mt Fuji area, after Fujikawaguchiko and Oshino. From the bus we walked up through a red torii to the Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine, and on up the steps of Arakurayama Sengen Park. On the way up, a notice tied to a tree said that bears have been appearing, and reported a sighting at about one in the afternoon on June 9. From the viewing deck at the top, I photographed the five-story Chureito Pagoda, which was built in 1963 as a peace memorial for the people of Fujiyoshida who died in wars and is reached by 398 steps from the shrine, over a city under cloud. On the way back, near Shimoyoshida Station, a rainbow-colored train covered in Thomas and Friends was parked behind a fence. I didn’t see Mt Fuji all day.
Photos from Fujiyoshida
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The shrine hall at the foot of the climb to the pagoda, with tied paper fortunes beside it.
A red torii at the foot of the steps, seen on the way back down, with the town below.
The rainbow Thomas and Friends train, parked near Shimoyoshida Station at the end of the visit.