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Fuji, the food, the tea rooms, the sumo mornings, the karts and the temples. The handful of days most trips are planned around, and the best way to book each.

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Bullet-train returns, five-lake loops, Chureito at first light. These three carry the most travellers — the full list splits the rest by what kind of Fuji day you want.

• 1Mt Fuji and Hakone 1-Day Bus Tour Return by Bullet Trainfrom $163
• 2Mt Fuji & Hakone Cruise, Drum Show Bullet Train 1 Day from Tokyofrom $149
• 3Tokyo Mt Fuji 5th St & Hakone Cruise Bus Tour w/Bullet Trainfrom $154

The classic loop

Fifth Station & Hakone in one sweep

10–12h· from $80· Shinkansen back

Up the mountain road before the cloud builds, pirate ship across Lake Ashi, ropeway over the sulphur vents, home for dinner.

The photo day

Chureito, Oshino Hakkai, the lake shore

9–11h· from $95· small group

The pagoda frame you have seen a thousand times, then the spring ponds and Kawaguchiko’s north shore while the reflection holds.

The slow one

Five lakes, an onsen, no schedule

Full day· from $120· private options

Yamanaka’s swans at dawn, soba by the water, an open-air bath with the summit floating over the fence.

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The tours more travellers take than anything else in Japan — and what makes each one worth its day.

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Mt Fuji and Hakone 1-Day Bus Tour Return by Bullet Train

One long day out of Tokyo: Mt Fuji 5th Station, lunch, Hakone Ropeway, Lake Ashi cruise, then Shinkansen back.

From · $163

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2 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 14,250 reviews 1-Day Tokyo Bus Tour from $129 3 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 13,518 reviews PERFECT KYOTO 1-Day Bus Tour from $129 4 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 11,192 reviews TOKYO SKYTREE® Admission ticket from $13 5 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 9,779 reviews teamLab Planets TOKYO Digital Art Museum Entry Ticket from $25 6 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 7,413 reviews Mt Fuji & Hakone Cruise, Drum Show Bullet Train 1 Day from Tokyo from $149 7 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 6,678 reviews Sumo Show Experience with Chicken Hot Pot and a Photo from $103 8 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 6,603 reviews Shinjuku Food Tour (13 Dishes at 4 Local Eateries) from $86

Every tour on the site, sorted by what it actually costs. A great Japan day starts at the price of lunch.

Under $50

255 tours

Market walks, tea rooms, izakaya crawls and entry tickets — the everyday best of Japan.

• 1TOKYO SKYTREE® Admission ticketfrom $13
• 2teamLab Planets TOKYO Digital Art Museum Entry Ticketfrom $25
• 3Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Bus Ticketfrom $30

$50–150

572 tours

The classic day tours: Fuji loops, food nights, cooking classes with lunch included.

• 11-Day Tokyo Bus Tourfrom $129
• 2PERFECT KYOTO 1-Day Bus Tourfrom $129
• 3Mt Fuji & Hakone Cruise, Drum Show Bullet Train 1 Day from Tokyofrom $149

$150 and up

116 tours

Private guides, chartered days and the once-a-trip splurges that earn the price.

• 1Mt Fuji and Hakone 1-Day Bus Tour Return by Bullet Trainfrom $163
• 2Tokyo Mt Fuji 5th St & Hakone Cruise Bus Tour w/Bullet Trainfrom $154
• 3Tokyo 6hr Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guidefrom $155

Temples and food halls you can find across Asia. The street karts, the bathing monkeys and the sumo mornings belong to Japan alone.

Invented in Tokyo

The Street Kart

Tokyo invented dressing as a game character and driving a go-kart through rush-hour traffic, and it is exactly as absurd as it sounds. It is street-legal, it passes Tokyo Tower and the Shibuya crossing, and it books out days ahead. One piece of paperwork rules the day: an International Driving Permit, arranged before you fly.

1. 1Flagship 2-Hours Official Street Go-Kart Tour – Tokyo Bay Shop★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 4,974 reviews
2. 2Official Street Go-Kart in Shibuya★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 3,435 reviews
3. 3Osaka Go Karting Tour with Funny Costume★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,658 reviews

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Living heat

The Bathing Monkeys

In the steam of Jigokudani, an hour above Nagano, live the only monkeys on earth that bathe in hot springs. They learned it in the 1960s by watching people, and never stopped. Winter is the season: red faces, snow on fur, and complete indifference to your camera.

1. 11-Day Snow Monkeys, Zenko-ji Temple & Sake in Nagano★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,020 reviews
2. 2Nagano: Snow Monkeys, Zenkoji Temple & Sake Day Trip★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 833 reviews
3. 3Snow Monkey 1 Day Tour with Beef Sukiyaki Lunch★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 295 reviews

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The oldest ritual

The Sumo Morning

A handful of Tokyo stables open their dawn practice to visitors. There is no commentary and no applause, just the slap of skin and salt on clay from six in the morning. Tournament seats vanish in an hour; keiko runs most mornings of the year.

1. 1Sumo Show Experience with Chicken Hot Pot and a Photo★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 6,678 reviews
2. 2Sumo Show and Dining Experience★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 2,742 reviews
3. 3the SUMO show★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,960 reviews

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