Lake Kawaguchi is the most photogenic of the Fuji Five Lakes, the one where a still morning delivers Sakasa Fuji, the mountain doubled on the water. FUFU Kawaguchiko sits in pine forest above the shoreline, one of nine properties in Japan's small-luxury FUFU group and the only hotel in Yamanashi to hold Two MICHELIN Keys two years running. All 32 suites face the mountain and come with their own volcanic-stone hot spring, so nobody's queuing for a soak here. The whole place runs on a "borderless forest" idea: trees felled to make way for the build came back as furniture, the local stone as fittings. Deliberate, unshowy, and entirely 'of the place'.
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FUFU Kawaguchiko can be booked with Timbuktu as part of a tailor-made Japan trip, rather than as a standalone room reservation. Start online, customising one of our recommended Japan trips featuring FUFU Kawaguchiko or get advice and suggestions from one of our Japan specialists who will design the trip around your dates, check availability and handle every booking for you.
Stays at FUFU Kawaguchiko start from around $760, or US$760, per person per night as part of a tailor-made trip. The exact price depends on your travel dates, room type and the shape of the rest of your itinerary. A Timbuktu travel specialist can give you an accurate quote for your dates.
Mount Fuji cuts a striking figure beyond the soothing hot springs of Hakone.
