Big Family Japan

Mount Fuji & Lake Kawaguchi | Trip plan for large families

Search for "one room for six" in Tokyo and nine in ten options disappear; around Lake Kawaguchi, about two hours from Shinjuku, seven in ten remain. Sleep together in a whole house, plan six seats and the luggage, and split up around a winter theme park. Where to stay, how to travel, what to do and what to know.

① Stay② Transport③ Things to do④ Know before you go

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Stay

Whole houses that take 6 to 12 people

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Transport

About 1 h 45 min by highway bus from Shinjuku

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Things to do

Entry to Fuji-Q Highland is free

Trip plan

Your Mount Fuji & Lake Kawaguchi trip plan

Where everyone stays, how you get around, what you do, and what to know. Follow them in order and you’ll have one complete Fuji plan.

A table set for eight in a whole-house cottage, the lake and Mount Fuji beyond the window (AI-generated image)

One whole house for a large family at Lake Kawaguchi

In Tokyo’s 23 wards, one room for six adults falls to 12%; around Lake Kawaguchi 72% survive. With the real price per house.

Suitcases and a pushchair lined up in front of a highway bus’s underfloor luggage hold (AI-generated image)

Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi for a large family

Only eight minutes apart. What decides it is frequency (49 a day vs 4 return trips) and how many bags fit.

A family in winter coats standing at a fork in the path at a theme park (AI-generated image)

③ Things to do

One day at Fuji-Q Highland and Lake Kawaguchi

Entry is free. Buying a pass for everyone is the most expensive mistake you can make. With the total for six.

A pushchair in the wheelchair and pushchair space of a train, with the floor marking (AI-generated image)

④ Know before you go

Taking a pushchair on trains and buses

On Japanese trains you do not have to fold it. There are just two symbols to learn.

Turn other destinations into a full plan, too.

Stay, get around, play, and know before you go — each destination becomes one complete plan.

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