Ryokan in Kawaguchiko

河口湖

The main town of the Fuji Five Lakes, on the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi with Mount Fuji across the water. Direct buses from Shinjuku take just under two hours, and the Fujikyu Railway runs from Otsuki on the Chuo Line. Mount Fuji's 5th Station, where the climb starts, is an hour away by bus.

Kawaguchiko through the year

Spring春
March to May
From mid-April to late May the Fuji Shibazakura Festival carpets the slopes by Lake Motosu with pink moss phlox.
Summer夏
June to August
Mount Fuji is open for climbing in July and August.
Autumn秋
September to November
In November the Fujikawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival lights up the Momiji Corridor on the north shore of the lake in the evening.
Winter冬
December to February
The mountain is clearest in the colder months, and most of all early in the morning.

The ryokan

Fuji Onsenji Yumedono 河口湖温泉寺夢殿
Thirteen rooms by Lake Kawaguchi, at the foot of Mount Fuji, each with its own open-air hot-spring bath. Dinner and breakfast are served in private dining rooms.
Onsen
YesIn every room's open-air bath
Bath in your room
Every roomOpen-air hot-spring bath
Tattoos
Not stated
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Hoshinoya Fuji 星のや富士
Forty cabins above Lake Kawaguchi, each with a terrace that works as its living room. It is a glamping resort, and dinner is either a course in the dining room or sukiyaki or shabu-shabu cooked on your own terrace.
Onsen
Not stated
Bath in your room
Not stated
Tattoos
AllowedStaff may still refuse bath entry
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Kozantei Ubuya うぶや
Every room faces Mount Fuji across Lake Kawaguchi. Most room types have an open-air bath on the balcony; the hot-spring water is in the shared bath, Fuji no Yu.
Onsen
In some bathsIn the Fuji-no-yu bath only
Bath in your room
Most room typesOpen-air; not hot-spring water
Tattoos
With limitsOnly if cover stickers hide them
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