Overview
Experience the art, food, and faith that have been cultivated around Mt. Fuji, and learn about the World Heritage Site of Mt. Fuji, the spiritual home of the Japanese people! Visit the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center for a fun and in-depth look at Mt. Fuji. Enjoy the Ukiyoe print art of Fuji and try your hand at multicolor printmaking as if you were an Ukiyo-e artist! The main shrine of Sengen Taisha, the heart of the Mt. Fuji faith, will give you sacred power! The tour also includes visiting local gourmet spots and tasting regional sakes made from Fuji spring water. Free gift of hand towel and tea. (As the free gift is limited, it will end as soon as it is out of stock.)
Why travelers book this
What's Included
- Admission fees
What's Not Included
- Lunch
Meeting & Pickup
Meeting point, pickup options and start time are confirmed on Viator before checkout.
Itinerary
Stop 1
Ukiyoe Exhibitions and Experience creating woodblock prints. This is the first museum in Japan named after Hiroshige Utagawa, a very famous Ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period. At the Ukiyo-e polychrome printmaking experience, visitors can experience how colorful prints are created by applying one color at a time.
Stop 2
This center is designed to ensure the protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of world heritage. Mt. Fuji was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in June 2013 as "Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration". This center offers visitors a great opportunity to get to know Mt. Fuji better.
Stop 3
Fujisan Hongu Sengentaisha Shrine is the main shrine of the Sengen Shrines, which have about 1,300 shrines throughout Japan, and is a symbol of the faith in Mt. Fuji. It is also known as a 'dragon hole spot', filled with the spirit of the earth!! The Wakutama pond inside the shrine, made of spring water from Mt. Fuji, is another power spot and designated as a special natural treasure.
Stop 4
Takasago Sake Brewery is a historic sake brewery operating since 1830. After the brewery tour, you will taste the sakes, which have a smooth taste created with the infiltrated water of Mt. Fuji.
Stop 5
For lunch, you will visit Omiya Yokocho near Sengen Taisha Shrine, where you can enjoy budget-friendly local delicacies such as Fujinomiya Yakisoba Noodles! (Lunch is not included, please take lunch by your own)
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Travel time in total is about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- If the tour starts from Shimizu port and start time will be delayed, order of the itinerary will be changed.
- If the cruise ship is delayed, there is a possibility that fewer places will be visited.