Entry to Fuji-Q Highland is free.
Buying a pass for everyone is the most expensive mistake you can make.
The main coasters carry a minimum height of 110–125 cm and an upper age limit of 54 or 64. Which means who is in the thrill-ride group is settled before you leave home, not on arrival.
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Admission to Fuji-Q Highland.
People who are not riding do not need a ticket at all.
Entry is free. Only the people who ride buy tickets
There is no admission charge. You only need a ticket when you board an attraction. The age bands are adult 18–64 / junior and senior high school / elementary school / infant, from age 1 to pre-school / senior 65 and over.
| Ticket | Adult | Jr/Sr high | Elementary | Infant / senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Day Pass | 6,000–7,900 yen | 5,500–7,400 yen | 4,400–5,100 yen | 2,100–2,600 yen |
| Afternoon Pass (from 13:00) | 4,100–6,000 yen | 3,800–5,700 yen | 3,500–4,200 yen | 1,700–2,100 yen |
| Thomas Land Pass | 3,000–3,500 yen | 3,000–3,500 yen | 2,500–2,800 yen | 2,000–2,300 yen |
- Infant tickets are bought as QR tickets or at the ticket window on the day, and expectant mothers buy at the admission window on the day
- The One Day Pass for expectant mothers is 2,100–2,600 yen, but only five attractions are covered
- For visitors with a disability certificate, the One Day Pass is 3,000–4,000 yen for adults and 2,800–3,800 yen for junior and senior high school students. The discount extends to one accompanying person of junior high school age or above
Height and age decide who cannot ride
The main coasters have not only a minimum height but an upper age limit. Buying a senior-priced pass without knowing this is the most wasteful purchase you can make at this park.
Three conditions do not appear in the diagram. On FUJIYAMA, riders from 110 to under 130 cm need an accompanying person of junior high school age or above; on Eejanaika, pre-school children need an accompanying person of junior high school age or above. Most Thomas Land attractions have no height or age limit, but pre-school children need an accompanying person of junior high school age or above (official display as of August 2026).
The upper age limit on Eejanaika and Takabisha.
Buying grandparents a One Day Pass will not get them onto the main coasters.
The total for six swings by about 10,000 yen on the same day
The swing comes from two things: which day you go, and who you buy which ticket for. The party here is two adults + one junior/senior high + one elementary + one infant + one senior, six in all.
| How you buy | Quiet day | Busy day |
|---|---|---|
| A. One Day Pass for all six | 26,100 yen | 33,500 yen |
| B. One Day Pass for the three thrill riders + Thomas Land Pass for the other three | 24,000 yen | 30,600 yen |
B is about 2,100 yen cheaper on a quiet day, and it also means not paying for tickets nobody can use. One more thing: all 12 Thomas Land attractions cost a flat 500 yen per ride (the monument alone is free). Anyone who will ride only a few times is better off not buying a pass at all.
| Rides | 500 yen × rides | Thomas Land Pass |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1,000 yen | 2,000–2,300 yen |
| 4 | 2,000 yen | 2,000–2,300 yen |
| 5 | 2,500 yen | 2,000–2,300 yen |
| 6 | 3,000 yen | 2,000–2,300 yen |
Up to four rides, paying per ride is cheaper. A grandparent who is only there to accompany a grandchild, or a younger child who tires after two or three goes, does not need a pass.
See the 12 attractions covered by the 500 yen per-ride price
Thomas & Percy’s Fun Ride / Treasure Hunt Adventure / Doki Doki Playground / Nia and the Animal Coaster / Harold’s Sky Patrol / Happy Smile / Hopping Winston / Dancing Party / Naughty Cranky / Bubbly Splash / GO! GO! Bulstrode / Thomas Circus 3D Maze (official display as of September 2026).
There is a system so that non-riders do not make everyone wait Official source
Fuji-Q Highland runs a scheme called "Child Switch Plus". The official description is that where your party includes an "infant", "dog", "elderly person" or "person with a disability" who cannot ride, the accompanying adults may take turns to ride within the waiting time registered at application. In other words, even with a baby or a grandparent in tow, the accompanying adults do not have to queue twice. Register at the first and second entrance gates or at park information. It pays off most for large families, so go there first when you arrive.
The 2,100–2,600 yen for an infant or a senior will not pay for itself if they ride only a handful of times. Before buying for everybody, count how many times each person will actually ride.
Buy in advance, but only for the people who will ride
The One Day Pass uses dynamic pricing and costs more on busy days. Check the price for your date, then buy only for the thrill-ride group. Entry is free, so nobody else needs a ticket.
*Packages that include the return coach from Shinjuku, Ueno and Ginza are available on the same product page. Anyone under 125 cm or over 55 cannot ride the main coasters, so decide who is riding before you buy.
Dress for standing still for 30 minutes, not for walking
January at Lake Kawaguchi means around 5 °C even in the daytime and below freezing morning and night. Turn up dressed for Tokyo and you will not last the day. The Japan Meteorological Agency normals (1991–2020) read as follows.
| Month | Mean | Mean daily max | Mean daily min |
|---|---|---|---|
| December | 2.3 °C | 8.5 °C | -2.9 °C |
| January | -0.4 °C | 5.5 °C | -5.7 °C |
| February | 0.6 °C | 6.6 °C | -4.8 °C |
A theme park is a place where queuing means standing still for long stretches. Disposable heat pads, gloves, a hat that covers the ears. It is the people who are not riding who give in to the cold first.
The key to a winter planThere is almost no indoor bolt-hole for toddlers in the park
Among the park’s indoor attractions, the Haunted Hospital and Fortress of Despair are for elementary school age and above, and the VR attractions are 100 cm and 7 years and above. There is almost nowhere indoors a pre-school child can go.
The answer is the Yamanashi Prefectural Mount Fuji World Heritage Centre Official source
6663-1 Funatsu, Fujikawaguchiko. Admission is free (special exhibitions too), and toddlers may enter. Open 9:00–17:00, and 9:00–16:30 from December to February (last admission 15 minutes before closing). The south wing closes on the fourth Tuesday of each month (the following day if that is a public holiday); the north wing is open year-round.
Plan on splitting up in the afternoon
"Thrill riders stay in the park, the toddler group goes to the World Heritage Centre" — deciding the time you split up in advance is the shape least likely to fall apart on a winter trip for six. Fix the time and place where you will meet again before you go.
It works for grandparents too
The main coasters cut off at 54 and 64. Do not let an adult who cannot ride buy a One Day Pass. Entry is free, so they can wait inside the park or step out to the free facility nearby.
How much earlier Thomas Land closes than the main park.
Do the thrill rides first and the younger child never gets their turn.
In winter it closes at 17:00, and Thomas Land at 16:00
In winter Fuji-Q Highland runs roughly 10:00–17:00. Plan to "get serious from late afternoon" as you might in summer and you will run out of park before you run out of day.
| Day | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|
| Winter weekdays | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Weekends in December | 9:00 | 18:00 |
| Year end (26–30 Dec) | 9:00 | 19:00 |
| New Year’s Eve | 9:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 1–2 January | 9:00 | 19:00 |
| 3 January | 9:00 | 18:00 |
| Thomas Land | 10:00 | one hour before the main park (16:00 on weekdays) |
And this is where families with toddlers most often come unstuck. Run the day as "the older child does the coasters, then we take the little one to Thomas Land" and you will arrive to find it shut. Thomas Land first for the small child, thrill rides afterwards — this is the one part of the order you should not change.
One more thing: the park closes on certain days in winter. In January 2027 it is closed on the 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th (Wednesdays and Thursdays), and in December 2026 it was closed on the 10th. Opening hours and closing days are published day by day on the monthly calendar, so check that your date is an open day before you lock in accommodation and transport.
The effective hire charge for one pushchair.
You leave 1,000 yen and get 500 back on return (cash only).
Pushchairs cost an effective 500 yen to hire (cash only)
The park hires out pushchairs. The official wording is "we take 1,000 yen including a deposit at the time of hire and return 500 yen when the pushchair is returned" — an effective 500 yen. Once you return it, hiring again costs again.
| Facility | Where / conditions |
|---|---|
| Pushchair hire | Effectively 500 yen, cash only / first and second entrance gates / type B (from 7 months, no recline) |
| Nursing rooms | Four (Thomas Restaurant / Thomas Doki Doki Playground / near Food Stadium / beside Lisa and Gaspard’s Sky Travel Diary). Only the latter two have a formula-water dispenser |
| Nappy-changing tables | In all 14 toilet blocks in the park, and in the first aid room |
| Buying nappies | Natural Choice / Station Shop (M, L, BIG). A vending machine in the toilets in front of Tekkotsu Banchou (M and L, packs of 2 at 300 yen each / 70 wipes at 240 yen) |
| Coin lockers | About 700 (cash: small 400 yen, medium 500, large 700, extra large 800 / cashless: small 400 to extra large 1,500 yen) |
For a very young baby, bring your own pushchair with a recline. If you want to stash a large family’s coats and souvenirs in one place, the extra-large locker is the realistic choice.
Getting around locallyThe sightseeing bus, for the lake without a car
A one-day pass for the Lake Kawaguchi sightseeing bus costs 1,500 yen for adults and 750 yen for children; the two-day pass is 2,000 yen and 1,000 yen (as of August 2026). You can buy at the bus counter at Kawaguchiko Station, on board (one-day only) or online, and also at Mount Fuji Station and the Yamanakako Asahigaoka bus terminal.
As a rule, a pushchair does not have to be folded on a local bus. (The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s "pushchair mark" shows where this applies.) However, the sightseeing bus’s official pages say nothing specific about it, so assume you may be asked to fold it when the bus is busy. Highway buses are the exception: there, you fold it and stow it in the hold (our pushchair travel guide).
The sightseeing bus will not necessarily drop you at your door
There are separate properties with very similar names around the lake. "Hotori no Hotel Ban" (Kawaguchi 3086, seven rooms), which appears as a sightseeing bus stop name, is a different property from the family-sized whole-house rental "Kawaguchiko Country Cottage Ban & Glamping Resort" (Kawaguchi 2092). The latter’s official access reads "about 10 minutes by car from Kawaguchiko Station", and no sightseeing bus route is given (free pick-up from the station for parties of ten or more, on reservation). Do not judge a property by a bus stop name; read the official access page of the place you booked. How to choose is set out in one whole house for a large family at Lake Kawaguchi.
An honest note: what we left out
Where we could not confirm something, we say so rather than filling the gap with a guess.
Opening hours differ by the day. The winter figures here are indicative
Winter is roughly 10:00–17:00, but the New Year period and weekends shift either way. In January there are closing days, mostly Wednesdays and Thursdays (in January 2027: the 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th), and on those days you simply cannot get in. Always check the monthly calendar for your date.
The One Day Pass uses dynamic pricing
The ranges given here are the official display as of August 2026, and what you actually pay depends on the date. The 500 yen per-ride price in Thomas Land is fixed, but check the pass price for your date on the official site.
There is no specific statement about pushchairs on the sightseeing bus
Under the ministry’s common rule, a pushchair may be used unfolded in a vehicle space marked with the pushchair mark, but we could not find a statement from Fujikyu specifically about its sightseeing bus. It is safer to assume you may need to fold it when busy. To be certain, have a word with the driver before boarding.
We cannot predict queue times on busy days
Height and age limits and prices can be confirmed officially, but waiting times on the day move a great deal. This one-day model exists to settle "who can ride and who cannot" in advance; do not turn it into a minute-by-minute plan that assumes queue lengths.
Fuji-Q Highland with a large family: FAQ
What are the opening hours in winter?
Winter is roughly 10:00–17:00, and Thomas Land closes an hour earlier, at 16:00. January also has closing days, mostly Wednesdays and Thursdays, so check your date on the monthly calendar (the opening hours section).
For Thomas Land, is the pass or paying per ride better value?
All 12 attractions cost a flat 500 yen per ride, so anyone riding fewer than five times is better off paying per ride (the Thomas Land Pass is 2,000–2,300 yen for infants and seniors). It suits a grandparent who is only accompanying a grandchild, or a younger child who tires after two or three goes.
Can we hire a pushchair? Are there nursing rooms?
Yes. An effective 500 yen (you leave 1,000 yen including the deposit and get 500 back; cash only). There are four nursing rooms, and nappy-changing tables in all 14 toilet blocks (the section on kit for babies).
What should grandparents do?
The main coasters cut off at 54 and 64, so do not buy them a One Day Pass. To accompany a grandchild, pay the 500 yen per ride; outside the park, the Mount Fuji World Heritage Centre is free. With "Child Switch Plus", the accompanying adults can take turns without queuing twice even when someone cannot ride.
Is there anything all six of us can ride together?
With a minimum height of 110–125 cm and upper age limits, the time when everyone can ride the same thing is limited. Rather than "going round together", deciding in advance when to split up and where to meet tends to leave everyone happier.
Is there somewhere near the park that sleeps six?
In our survey, Fuji-Q Highland’s official hotel took up to six adults but returned zero on all 14 dates for eight in one room. Whole-house rentals by the lake take 6 to 12 people (one whole house for a large family at Lake Kawaguchi).
How do we get there from Tokyo?
About 1 hour 45 minutes by highway bus from Shinjuku, or 1 hour 53 minutes at best on the Fuji Excursion limited express, which also stops at Fuji-Q Highland Station. How to get six seats is in our guide to travelling from Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi.
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