Audio tour · Japan

Fuji

A self-guided audio walking tour of Fuji.

Fuji shapes the landscape long before you arrive. The mountain appears between tree lines and across lake surfaces, always at a remove, always enormous. The villages and hot spring towns around it carry a calm that comes from centuries of living in its shadow, and walking here feels like moving through something much older than any single sight. In the app, 39 stops in Fuji are narrated aloud, about 1h 6m of listening across 5 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 44 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Fuji

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Mount Fuji. You are looking at a mountain that has inspired artists and poets for centuries.
Aokigahara (Sea of Trees). You are standing at the edge of a forest that grew from a disaster.
Lake Ashi (Ashinoko). The water in front of you fills the crater of a volcano.
Fuji-Q Highland. If you can hear screaming over the wind, you are in the right place.
Hakone Open-Air Museum. This was the first museum of its kind in Japan, an outdoor art collection, opened in 1969.
Shiraito Falls. You're standing right near a spot that has been protected since 1936.

All 39 stops in Fuji

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Landmark (29)

Mount Fuji
Aokigahara (Sea of Trees)
Lake Ashi (Ashinoko)
Fuji-Q Highland
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Shiraito Falls
Taiseki-ji
Ōwakudani
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha
Mount Hakone
Hakone Shrine
Lake Sai (Saiko)
Hakone Ropeway
Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
Gotemba Premium Outlets
Lake Motosu (Motosuko)
Fugaku Wind Cave
Lake Shoji (Shojiko)
Pola Museum of Art
Lake Tanuki
Mishima Taisha
Mount Ashitaka
Okada Museum of Art
Otodome Falls
Moto-Hakone Stone Buddhas
Mount Komagatake
Myōjinyama
Narusawa Ice Cave

Park (4)

Arakurayama Sengen Park
Lake Kawaguchiko
Oshino Hakkai
Lake Yamanakako

Museum (2)

Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone
Fuji Visitor Center

Religious (2)

Chureito Pagoda
Fujiyoshida Sengen Shrine

Historic (1)

Sengo ruins

Tower (1)

Kachi Kachi Ropeway

Walking routes in Fuji

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Sacred Mountain and Shrine Town. From the foot of Mount Fuji through the ancient pilgrimage town of Fujiyoshida to the famous Chureito Pagoda viewpoint high above the valley. (6 stops)
Sea of Trees and Lava Caves. A journey through the haunting silence of Aokigahara forest to the frozen underworld of Narusawa Ice Cave and along the quiet western shores of Shoji and Motosu lakes. (4 stops)
Lake Ashi and the Volcanic Heights. A sweeping circuit around the caldera lake of Hakone, up through the steam vents of Owakudani and along the ridge to Hakone Shrine sitting quietly at the water's edge. (8 stops)
Hakone Art and Forest Walk. An afternoon among world-class sculpture gardens and intimate museum galleries tucked into the forested hills above Hakone. (4 stops)
Waterfalls and Ancient Shrines of Shiraito. From the curtain of Shiraito Falls and the rushing Otodome beside it, through ancient ruins and sacred temple grounds at the southern foot of Fuji. (5 stops)