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Fujisan Hotel (mountain hut): Yoshida Trail 3,400 meters 

*Fujisan Hotel Mountain hut reservation can be made below
Fujisan Hotel is located at 3,400 meters at the original 8th station on the Yoshida trail. This mountain hut is located at just over an hour from the summit of Mt. Fuji and marks the final crux on the trail to Japan's highest point. 
Mountain huts on Mt. Fuji, including Fujisan Hotel, were originally built as emergency shelters and exist to this day as shelters from harsh mountain conditions. The concept followed on Mt. Fuji, is to provide shelter to as many climbers as possible. In turn, expect simple lodging and simple food which will protect and ready you for your pursuit of Mt. Fuji's summit. 

All mountain huts on Mt. Fuji offer very, very basic accommodation. "Dorm style accommodation" is a generous term for the huts on Fuji; expect very little space, no privacy and during busy times you'll be sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers. And no, Fujisan Hotel will not give you extra space even if you offer to pay more.

Mountain huts on Fuji are a unique cultural experience but come with their own set of implied etiquette which foreigners can stomp all over unknowingly if they're not careful. We highly recommend you familiarize yourself with general mountain hut etiquette here and review the information specific to Fujisan Hotel below. This will go a long way in preparing for your mountain hut stay. 

A photo guide to the Fujisan Hotel Mountain Hut: Yoshida Trail 3,400 meters

*Fujisan Hotel Mountain Hut reservation can be made below

Fujisan Hotel Location and Yoshida Trail Information

With so many online resources to choose from, it is difficult to know where to start when researching your Mt. Fuji climb. We've compiled the best resources for the Yoshida trail including access, trail maps and miscellaneous information. 

Access: The Yoshida trail is most commonly used via the Subaru Line 5th station and information including access from Tokyo can be found at the above link. 

Trail Map:
Yoshida Trail map: Fujisan Hotel located at the Original 8th station
Map of all 4 Mt. Fuji Trails

Trail Guide: Here is a step by step guide to climbing the Yoshida trail along with pictures of trail junctions and mountain huts along the trail. 

Miscellaneous: The Reiho Fuji climbing edition will include all the information you need to make your climb up Mt. Fuji via the Yoshida trail. This edition is from the 2015 climbing season, so bus times are not up to date. Visit the link above under 'Access' to find up to date bus times. 

History of Fujisan Hotel

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​Facilities

  • Western style toilets 
  • Dinner is served inside a large room with tables and benches for seating (picture below)
  • No trash bins: all personal trash must be packed out and disposed of off the mountain.  

Fujisan Conservation Fund

Climbers are encouraged to donate an optional climbing fee of ¥1,000, which is collected at the Subaru line 5th station. A donation to this fund supports continuing trash clean up (including left over trash that keeps on popping to the surface from 50+ years ago), trail maintenance and upkeep.

​This fund donates to "The council for the Promotion of the Proper Use of Mt. Fuji" which is part of the local government Ministry of the Environment for Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures. 

Fujisan Hotel Pricing

Lodging with dinner and breakfast included plan (per person)
  • Monday-Thursday: ¥8,350
  • Friday: ¥9,500
  • ​Saturday: ¥10,000
  • Sunday: ¥8,900

Lodging with dinner included plan (per person)
  • Monday-Thursday: ¥7,200
  • Friday: ¥8,350
  • ​Saturday: ¥8,850
  • Sunday: ¥7,750

Lodging without any meals included (per person)
  • Monday-Thursday: ¥5,950
  • Friday: ¥7,100
  • ​Saturday: ¥7,600
  • Sunday: ¥6,500

*Credit card payments with VISA and MasterCard are accepted at Fujisan Hotel. This is not true of most other mountain huts as the standard method of payment on Mt. Fuji is cash. 

Food

For dinner, Fujisan Hotel prepares Japanese curry rice, served along with a bottle of water.
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Breakfast comes in the form of a lunch box, which includes rice, packaged meat and pickled vegetable as well as a bottle of water. This is prepackaged and handed out following dinner so as to have the ability to eat during the climb to the summit. 

Sleeping Quarters

  • Futon with sleeping bags and pillows are provided by the mountain hut. (see picture below)
  • Most sleeping quarters form 2-3 levels of 'dorm style' bedding each fitting 20-30 people per level. 
  • Getting out to go to the toilets can be a challenge involving stepping over a number of climbers and possibly climbing down one or two levels of ladders. 
  • During peak season, the sleeping quarters can be crowded, with no more than one sleeping bags worth of space allotted per climber. 

General Mountain Hut Manners

  • Be mindful of fellow climbers and keep your voices down while inside the hut and especially your sleeping quarters. 
  • Do your best to arrive at a decent hour (5:00-8:00 p.m.) and avoid that awkward moment of having to step over five other people, in order to get into your sleeping bag. ​
  • We highly recommend you familiarize yourself with more general mountain hut etiquette here

Additional Mountain Hut Info

  • Credit card payments with VISA and MasterCard are accepted at Fujisan Hotel. This is not true of most other mountain huts as the standard method of payment on Mt. Fuji is cash. 
  • Fujisan Hotel does not accept any personal trash. Whether you are paying for lodging or just a traveling climber, the simple pack it in and pack it out method is observed at all mountain huts. 
*Fujisan Hotel Mountain Hut reservation can be made below

Fujisan Hotel Mountain Hut Reservation 

IMPORTANT
This is a mountain hut reservation service with a ¥1000 JPY per person service fee. This is NOT payment for your mountain hut accommodation which will be due upon arrival at Fujisan Hotel.

Note that Fuji Mountain Guides does not endorse, represent, nor is affiliated with the management of Fujisan Hotel (Yoshida trail 3,400m) in any way and is not responsible for how they treat you or any issues that may arise between your party and them. FMG will not mediate or take any responsibility for any conflict which may result from either party's actions. We solely provide a service in English for booking your mountain hut accommodation and providing further information regarding details of your mountain hut stay. We highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the mountain hut etiquette here which will go a long way in preparing for your mountain hut stay. ​

Our 2 most commonly asked questions:

 I am trying to book a hut but the reservation page says that my preferred date is fully booked. Is this true and is there any way that we can make it work so we can stay in a hut?

The dates displayed on our website as available for a mountain hut reservation, are strictly for Fujisan Hotel, Taishikan and Kamaiwakan mountain huts. If the date you're interested is showing up as "full" this doesn't necessarily mean that all huts on Fuji are full, just that the ones we offer reservations at are full. To see what other huts on Mt. Fuji might have availability, check out this list of mountain huts for all four trails and call around to search for availability at different huts. Currently we are only affiliated with Fujisan Hotel, Taishikan and Kamaiwakan, and unfortunately are unable to help with reserving any other mountain hut on Mt. Fuji.
Will I be able to store baggage anywhere before climbing Fuji?

There are coin lockers at the Subaru line 5th station, but the number of lockers available is extremely limited. The best option for sorting out extra luggage, is sending by 'takkyubin' (postal service) to your next destination. The postal service in Japan is extremely cheap and efficient--it will cost about $18 per bag for next day shipping to most places in Japan, which is a small price to pay for not having to lug your bags around. Good information on Takkyubin service here. ​

Book Fujisan Hotel Mountain Hut here

​Terms and Conditions: Before making a mountain hut reservation request read up on our terms and conditions here.
Mountain Hut Etiquette: Be sure to familiarize yourself with the mountain hut etiquette here. ​