Private Tour: Chartered Car to Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchiko or Hakone and Lake Ashi

Our trip to the Fuji five lakes area with Takashi was truly memorable. Takashi is a consummate professional and went truly above and beyond to make our trip a great experience for the entire family. While the weather was not quite optimal and Mount Fuji was barely visible, Takashi managed our expectations and figured out ways to make our trip interesting. He was extremely flexible and customized the itinerary to meet our objectives. Takashi’s suggestion to go to Iyashi Na Sato ( healing village) was a great one, and we go to experience life in rural Japan. I personally enjoyed conversing with Takashi on a range of topics regarding Japanese culture, customs and life Japan in general. Takashi also provided good suggestions for other places to visit during our stay in Japan. Our driver was also extremely professional and did a great job of navigating difficult traffic conditions to bring us back on time. A truly memorable trip! Thanks for the wonderful memories!

We traveled to Japan in the beginning of the rainy season and our tour guide, Mr Takashi Koizumi, emailed us back and forth and provided several detailed itineraries based on our needs. Because the season is not great for viewing Mt Fuji, on the day of the trip, he also made some adjustments according to the clouds to ensure that we maximized our opportunity to view the majestic mountain. We have an 80 year old grandmother with us so he also had to take into consideration of her needs. It was a lot to consider! However, we had a fantastic experience! The fifth station was cloudy, but as the day moved on, the clouds dispersed a lot and we were able to see Mt Fuji from the Lake Kawaguchiko, Oishi Park, Oisno Hakkai, and a beautiful flower park Hananomiyako Kouen. It was a perfect day! Mr Takashi speaks perfect English. He explained many cultural and historical references to us to enrich our trip. He also made recommendations for us for the next few days, and wrote down notes for us in detail. At the end of the day, he not only dropped us off near our dinner place but also came with us until we found the restaurant. He is not only a professional tour guide, but a genuinely nice and thoughtful person. This trip is definitely the highlight of our tour of Japan! We highly recommend Mr Takashi as a tour guide!

Upon confirmation of this private tour, I received an email instructing to contact the tour operator directly. So I called and was happily assisted by Taiji Endo. I found out that there was no available English speaking guide on our selected day but Endo-san promised to try his best to find an English guide for us within the day. True to his words, by afternoon I received an email from him saying he was able to find us one of the best guide in the region. On the day of the tour, we were picked up from our hotel by the best driver Higashi-san, he was very patient with us especially since we were a group of 9 people traveling with 3 kids and 2 senior citizens and so we have to stop for at least 2 toilet breaks and 1 snack break. He also introduced to us some on the popular places we passed by along the way to the meeting place with our local tour guide. We met with the best tour guide Yuko-san.at Fujisan World Heritage Center and she guided us to each of the place in our itinerary. She was quite knowledgeable with the places we visited and brought us to each of the highlights of the place. She even gave us options and alternatives since that day was quite rainy and foggy and so we decided against sightseeing by boat since we wouldn't be able to see Mt. Fuji from the fog anyway. Even though we weren't able to see Mt. Fuji (considering the rainy weather), we all enjoyed the Lava Tunnel, Ninja Village, Music Forest, and strolling around Lake Kawaguchiko.... She also brought us to have lunch to try the local noodles in Mt. Fuji- the hoto noodles and also the fried smelt pond fish. They were quite yummy and the serving was huge. She even brought us some gift of mochi which we really enjoyed eating. We parted with Yuko-san our guide at Kawaguchiko Natural Loving Center around 5:30 pm and our driver Higashi-san drove us back to our hotel. Even though we exceeded our alloted time for the tour, not once did he complain or hurry us up, he even agreed to stop for a toilet break along the way since the drive back was quite long. Overall, the whole family enjoyed this tour. We would definitely get their services again in the future.

We enjoyed our tour the Mt. Fuji Five Lakes Region a great deal! Our guide Taija was very personable and a highly knowledgeable guide, both about the region as well as Japan's broader history and culture. He tailored the trip to that day's weather to ensure the best view of Mt. Fuji. He also brought us to several lovely places away from the guide bus crowds. What a wonderful day!

This was the best tour ever ! Mr.Taiji Endo our amazing guide made it even better ! We visited some secret spots to take the best Fuji photography shoots Make sure your guide is Mr.Taiji Endo He speaks English fluently شكرا لك يا سيد تايجي لقد كانت رحلة رائعه

We took a private tour to Mt.Fuji and hakone lake aishi. We were very fortunate to have Taiji as our guide. He is fantastic guide and very fluently in English. We communicate so well. He arranged our tour very well organized. We really enjoyed our tour, especially my kids. Taiji has prepared vcd movie for watching during our trip. Everything was just too perfect. We highly recommend Taiji as guide for this tour

Our tour to 5 lakes of Mt Fuji started early at 7.30am as we wanted to send early. Taiji, our fantastic guide customized the route according to our preferences. He was punctual and well organized. Everything went smoothly on the day of, even with a toddler traveling with us. It was a long day trip but every minute was a delight with Taiji very attentive to our needs. We highly recommend this private tour with Taiji!

We took the private tour via chartered car to Mt. Fuji and Hakone Lake Ashi on October 16, 2018. We were very fortunate to have Tom Harada as our tour guide and Toshi-san as our driver. The day we spent with Tom and Toshi-san was unbelievable and greatly exceeded our highest hopes. Tom was the perfect tour guide and Toshi-san was the perfect driver and assistant. Everything good that others have said about them in their reviews is very true. They were attentive to us through out and provided accommodation and gentle assistance to my wife who needed some help at times.We felt so fortunate to achieve our main objective early – a great view of Mt. Fuji. In fact, we were able to see Mt. Fuji from multiple locations and angles during the day. Moreover, the first snow of the season occurred the night before so Mt. Fuji was blanketed in white and provided us with iconic, spectacular views.I won’t go into all the details of the rest of the day as your tour might be quite different. Tom is so accommodating and helpful in designing visits and activities customized to your desires and makes adjustments as the day goes on. It seems as if we did what might take two or three days to do and we experienced it in an unhurried manner and felt immersed in the culture. The expansive knowledge that Tom conveyed to us of the many aspects of Japan greatly enhanced our experiences during our entire visit to Japan. We cannot praise him highly enough.

So let us tell you about our guy Tom! He showed up right on time to take us on one of the most amazing days we have ever had the pleasure to experience. Our day was almost ruined by the Typhoon that hit south of Tokyo while we were there but Tom (we found out later) actually called around to a bunch of places to make sure they would be open when we got there. He was super easy to talk to and told us about his family and life as we shared stories on the way to the sights he had in store for us. First he took us to an ancient castle and we toured around and he gave us time to explore and see what we wanted to. Next up we went to a natural hot spring and dipped our feet in the water as he explained the magical healing properties it had. Then we went to this amazing lake in front of Mt. Fuji where we had lunch at this amazing local restaurant. We had the most delicious lunch and we even took a picture with the lady who ran the restaurant and she gave us a hug as we left. Then Tom took us up a cable car that lead to a mountain view spot where we got some breathtaking views of Mt. Fuji!! Tom made sure we had lots of time at each location so we could shop for gifts for our kids. As a special treat Tom took us to an ice cave underneath Mt. Fuji so we could experience the natural ice caves there!! We finished up the day at the Mt. Fuji museum and then Tom and his amazing driver (who was with us all day and made sure he picked the best routes to capture the most amazing views) took us back to Tokyo and dropped us off at our hotel. Tom went out of his way so many times to make sure that we had a memorable experience. This job is truly his passion and he enjoyed himself so much making sure that we had a good time. Don't even bother going on this tour if you can't get Tom as your guide. You rock Tom!!!

We had the most wonderful day in April touring Mt Fuji with our guide, Tom Harada. We were incredibly lucky that the weather was clear and sunny, giving us breathtaking views of the mountain all day. We visited the World Heritage Centre travelled on the Mt Fuji Panoramic Ropeway KachiKachi, for spectacular views of Mt Fuji and Lake Kawaguchiko relaxed and enjoyed the scenery and ice cream! at Oishi Park and visited the tradition Japanese village - Iyashino sato, where our daughter enjoyed dressing in a Kimono and having photos taken with Mt Fuji in the background. Tom was friendly, and knowledgeable. He showed interest in our family, and enjoyed sharing some information about his. It was such a memorable experience. Tom was kind enough to ensure we had 'family photos' taken regularly throughout our trip - which was greatly appreciated. If we're lucky enough to return to Japan one day, we'd love to have Tom as our guide to explore even more of this area, such as Lake Ashi and Hakone.

My family booked a private tour to Mt Fuji and Hakone Lake Ashi. Our tour guide was Mr. Tom Harada. Tom arrived on time and throughout the trip, he was professional and went out of his way to take great care of us. He made sure that we get the best view of Mt Fuji and was also our photographers. It was great to find out that Tom had worked in Singapore before and he shared some of his fond memories of Singapore. In return, we were able to update him on the transformation that has taken place since he left our country. His service exceeded our expectation. We will definitely recommend him to anyone who is looking for a professional and caring guide on their trip in Tokyo and beyond. We will definitely engage him again if we are back in Tokyo. Huge Thanks Tom for a job well done. The Gan Family!