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Wholeheartedly recommend this tour . Tour guide - Take, was very good - informative and entertaining. Both Bus trip (pick-up from hotel), and Shinkansen return all went well. Japanese st<x>yle lunch was great, and overall a very pleasant day (and lucky enough to have a clear day for Fuji!)
Greg - Sydney, Australia

Le guide était attentif à tous, extrêmement compétent et soucieux que notre retour dans la ville de Tokyo se fasse sans difficulté.
Très belle journée!

One of the best tours i have ever done. Our tour guide was fabulous and taught us very interesting Japanese facts! Thanks so much for a great day!

Great tour, especially our tour guide Katy who was very informative, accommodating and pleasant to everyone. I just wish we could have stayed longer in Mt. Fuji. Overall, it was a highly recommended and worth the travel experience!

Great tour! A definite must do in Tokyo--- breathtaking view of Mt. Fuji and a relaxing half a day at Hakone. Seeing the Shinkansen from the platform is amazing, and knowing that you get to ride in one gives you a very satisfying feeling that you'll get to experience it. Our tour guide Katy was really great--- very informative, engaging, and accomodating. Lunch that comes with the tour was great, too-- authentic bento box and already laid down the tables and prepared to be savoured as soon as we got to the restaurant.

Excelent guide, well organised and efficient

The whole package is worth to avail. we're lucky on our date as the volcano's summit is showing her beauty as we near the area. The lake cruise is as expected, more of the nature beauty sorrounding the huge lake. The cable ride up is the most thrilling of them all.

Unfortunately we had a cloudy day at Mt Fuji and only saw a little bit of the mountain but the whole tour was great. We had a great lunch, cruise on the lake and took some great photos from the top of the cable car.

it was a very nice tour..well organized!!!

Fantastic day. Only had 1 day available to see Mt Fuji and this tour was a great way to see it. The guide was excellent and very knowledgeable and helpful. Due to snowfall we could only reach the 4th station but the view was spectacular. The whole day was about Mt Fuji and we were given plenty of opportunities to take photos. It is a long day but I would highly recommend it.

For myself, the only highlights were the Japenese lunch and the Shinkansen.

Mt Fuji was rather disappointing and on the return journey to Odawara station to board the Shinkansen, we hit allot of traffic which delayed us around 1hr 30mins.

Good view of Mount Fuji

It was a good tour but a little bitty too long trip by bus.
After the ropeway we didn't take time at Mount Komagatake because it was too much tailback. It was a little bitty situation.
The guide was very friendly and busy.
Thank you for her.

Great Tour, the tour guide was very informative as were the tour guide on the other 3 discovery tours that we did. Would recommend this tour.

Guide was fantastic and we got to expereince everything the area had to offer- from the 5th station, to cable car, boat ride. Having the bus to take us following one leg of these trips made us able to pack more in. Bullet train was amazing- wouldn't have gotten a chance since my stay in Tokyo was short, without this tour.

Great guide.... Emi San who was very knowledgeable about Tokyo and the areas around mt Fuji & hakone.
Good that the cable car was included to the top of a neighbouring mountain range otherwise I wouldn't have seen the top of mount Fuji -too cloudy.
Nice lunch.

Excellent trip - well organised. We may have been lucky with the weather as the skies were clear, the monutain was open to station 4 and the views magnificent

It was okay. We did not get to see Mt. Fuji because there was a record number of people who climbed Mt. Fuji and our tourist guide decided to bring us to a Shinto temple near Mt. Fuji instead. The food was not good as well. The only good thing about it is the 15 minute cruise ride and the Shinkansen.

slightly rushed, should have gone to the top of mt fuji, rather thans topping half way and go down. Train ride was very good.

Tour guide woman was so sweet! 5 Stars just for her. She went out of her way to be helpful and informative. She even went around asking if she could take a photo for people. She showed us magic tricks on the Bus and everything. Outstanding!! It was the woman with the little red flower by the way.

gave all that it promised and more.We did have difficulty getting to our hotel as we had to do it by subway and came out in the biggest station I've ever seen.

Great tour - well-paced but covered a lot. Very well organised - things worked like clockwork. The guide was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour, adding extra enjoyment to the stunning scenery.

This was nice trip. Well organized and not too rushed because of taking the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. You might want to send a post card (70 Yen) back home from Mt. Fuji's 5th station. Tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Don't forget a light jacket for Hakone.

Unfortunately it was raining. The trip is a full day. You get a range of methods of travel including bus, boat, cable car (rope way to the Japanese)and train. Quite a range of scenery and locations.
We were a bit surprised that information supplied as you travelled along was entirely supplied by your guide so if they are not talking then no information was made available. I thought we could have got more commentary. Considering Japan is technologically advanced I felt some automated electronic system would be available. The bus has screens and dvd.
In saying that the guide shared his personal experiences and views which was probably better than a dvd. Personal photos and hand drawn diagrams were used on the trip, certainly different and amusing at times. The commentary included insights into some aspects of Japanese culture, religion and education.
Not many breaks but they were long enough.
The lunch was a good introduction to a selection of Japanese cuisine.
A bit disconcerting at the end where they simply point you in the direction of the train platform you need to get back near your hotel. One couple we spoke to got lost in Tokyo station for 20 minutes and we can see how you could. We were ok back at our station but as much by good luck than anything else.
Even with the rain we felt the trip was worth it.

Day was a bit rushed due to amazingly high traffic. But the tour guide was wonderful. I heard during the trip that we could have taken the bullet train there and back , that would have been preferred, maybe offer this option in the future. Thank you,

Very good guide, interesting and very helpful to conduct us to the best itineraries when the trip was over.

We had a clear day and great views! Lunch was superb.

Very informative. Great views of Mt Fuji. Excellent lunch!