Editing Travel Plans/August 2023 (section)

=== Fujisan Climb ===

Plan is to start in Fujinomiya in a hotel near the station.

;Both Options: 635am get bus Fujinomiya Station → Fujinomiya 5th Station [https://www.japan-guide.com/bus/fuji_season.html] (Mika should verify this information on the bus website)
;Both Options: 755am: arrive at Fujinomiya 5th Station and start climb to the top (should take "up to 5 hours" to make the climb)[ https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/climbing-mount-fuji]
;Option 1: Descend back down the Fujinomiya train (which could take Up to 2 hours and 45 minutes [https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/climbing-mount-fuji]) for a total of 7h45m to make the last bus back at 7pm [https://www.japan-guide.com/bus/fuji_season.html]; one concern is that this route might be congested; we then proceed back in more-or-less the same way (we'd have 11h from arriving to make this)
;Option 2: Descend down the Yoshida Trail (the most popular route with a separate descent route) 8to Fuji Subaru 5th Station (should take "up to 3.5h" for a total of 8.5h to get the last bus at 6:40 [[https://www.japan-guide.com/bus/fuji_season.html]] to Kawaguchiko (we'd have 10h45m from arrival to make this) 
;Option 3: Descent down the Subashiri trail although we'd need to make the last bus at 17:45 (because the 18:45 only runs on Sat/Sun, holidays and 8/14-16); that path down should take "up to 3 hours" though and we'd have 9h50m from when we leave; if we've made good time up to the time we should consider this because it should be the least crowded route down, by far; should be much more in the woods


==== Resources ====

* Japanese Bus schedule: https://bus.fujikyu.co.jp/rosen/fujitozan
* PDF for Fujinomiya schedule: https://bus.fujikyu.co.jp/pdf/rosen/fujitozan/fujinomiyatozan_fare_eng.pdf
* PDF for the Subaru (Yoshida Trail) schedule: https://bus.fujikyu.co.jp/pdf/rosen/fujitozan/subari_line_202307.pdf
* Very nice pamphlet from 2018 with lots of maps and stuff in English. That said, all the timetables are wrong! http://bus-en.fujikyu.co.jp/mtpass/_file/climbersbus_en.pdf
* Very nice train map/PDF https://www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/kjhqgg0000002r95-att/Fujinomiya_info2018_en.pdf
* Comparison of trails: https://www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/trails/index.html
* Toilet map (including a PDF we can download): https://www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/mountain_huts_and_toilets.html