I’ve read the info on their website but honestly it’s still a little confusing haha
What’s the best way to get there without a car? I can’t drive, don’t have a driving license
I’ve been to Fujikawaguchiko before many years ago, and from what I understand there’s an infrequent local bus from there to Lake Motosu “entrance”, which I imagine to be the small town to the South East of the lake? From there the Koan Camping site website says it’s not possible to walk or hitchhike, and from double checking the walking route on google maps streetview, the path towards the camping site stops about a third of the way along the road, which would result in walking about 30-40 minutes directly on the road (which I assume is neither safe not legal). But why would they offer a route to Lake Motosu by bus if you couldn’t walk from that point? Do people really rent a car for the last 10 minute drive?
The other option is the direct bus from Shinjuku that runs once a day, but does this drop off directly next to the campsite or also at the Lake Motosu entrance? On the Koan website it says that is \*is\* possible to walk or hitchhike from here, but it seems to drop off in the same location as the other bus? Also struggling to find the info on where to get this one
Maybe I’m just being dumb and the info is really obvious but really confused about it all haha
Thanks for any help!
Side question, anyone been here in February? Is it slightly less busy than usual in the Winter period? I love camping but I also don’t like it being super crowded, obviously don’t mind a few fellow campers but also some chill campsite vibes haha
edit: changing West to South East, my mistake
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Interesting.I see no signs at the entrances to the tunnel ( Nakanokura) / 中之倉トンネル ) from the West side on rt 300 saying that it is off limits for walking, and there is a sidewalk and some websites say it is 10 minutes to get through the tunnel. That is the only place I can think where a car could go that they might not allow walking.
It does not mention that about walking and hitchhiking on the Japanese site, but the English site says both
“There is no way to walk or hitchhike.”
and
“There is only way to walk or hitchhike.”
Either they just want to make sure that people are not bothering other guests by trying to hitchhike so they are trying to discourage it, or they have had people try by walking and complain after expecting it to be closer, or often times Japanese people will say something is impossible or super difficult, but it just means they would not want to do it.
Or, they simply made a mistake with the English in one place. It seems to be only 5 km from the last stop on one of the 6 to 9 busses per day from Kawaguchiko Station.