Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine vs Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine
Two temples in Fujiyoshida. Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine has 1 ticket or tour to book; Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine has no online ticket listed. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine is free to enter at any hour, and the climb to its famous five-storey pagoda costs nothing either. No ticket for the shrine alone is sold, and none is needed.
What travellers do book is a day trip from Tokyo to the Mount Fuji area in which the shrine and its pagoda viewpoint are one stop among several. These tours normally include a coach or minibus from central Tokyo, an English-speaking guide or driver-guide, and a route that adds Lake Kawaguchi, the spring-fed ponds of Oshino Hakkai and sometimes a cable car, a lakeside lunch stop or the Fuji Fifth Station when the road is open.
No ticket for this shrine is sold online, and none is needed. The grounds are free and open to everyone, and the only things on sale are the usual charms, amulets and shrine stamps at the office near the main hall. The shrine stands at the southern edge of Fujiyoshida, on the road towards Mount Fuji, about 20 minutes on foot from Fujisan Station on the Fujikyu line or a short local bus ride; Kawaguchiko, the main tourist base of the area, is a few minutes away by bus or taxi.
Most visitors come in one of two ways. Independent travellers take the train or the highway bus from Shinjuku to Fujisan or Kawaguchiko, then walk or ride the last stretch, often combining the shrine with the Chureito Pagoda and the old streets of Fujiyoshida.
