I Looked Into Hoshinoya Fuji

Besides campsites, I've been continuing to research places where you can leave the bedding and temperature control to someone else, for those days when you think 'let's skip camping and go for a hotel-cation instead.' I've honestly lost count of how many places this makes now, but my list of these little detours keeps growing bit by bit.

This time I looked into Hoshinoya Fuji. I came across a photo somewhere showing terraces and cabins arranged as if floating along a slope, and that made me think even I, as an indoor type, wanted this on my list of imaginary trips at least once. I haven't actually been there myself, so this is just a summary based on what I found on the official website and elsewhere, but I'd like to share at least a sense of the atmosphere.

Looking Into the "Terraces and Cabins Floating on a Slope" Concept

Hoshinoya Fuji is located in the Fujikawaguchiko area of Yamanashi Prefecture, with a total of 40 rooms accommodating 1 to 3 guests each, apparently. The room style is described as "terraces and cabins floating on a slope," with cabin-style rooms featuring terrace living spaces arranged along the slope of a hill. Rather than a typical hotel room, it gave me the impression of a glamping-leaning layout where the outdoor terrace space itself becomes part of the room.

Check-in is at 15:00 and check-out at 12:00, and it seems children under 12 can share a bed with parents up to the room's capacity limit. As for room rates, I couldn't find a specific price table in the main text of the official website, so it looks like you'd need to check the actual vacancy search and booking page. I did come across a reference figure suggesting somewhere in the range of roughly 80,000 to 170,000 yen per room per night, but I'd treat that as a number I couldn't verify officially.

Checking the Facilities and Dining That Caught My Eye as an Indoor Type

Wi-Fi is apparently free in all rooms and common areas, which is a reassuring point right off the bat for someone like me who's more of an indoor type. The facility icon list on the official website included items like a restaurant, cafe/lounge, spa/massage, kids' room, pool, hot spring, bathing facilities, and meeting rooms, but I couldn't find any text explaining the specific location of the "hot spring" or "bathing facilities" items, or whether there's a large communal bath. I also came across information suggesting there's no large communal bath at all, so I think it's best not to draw a firm conclusion on this point for now.

As for dining, in addition to dinner and breakfast at the main dining venue, it looks like there's in-room dining on the guest room terrace, along with menu options like red wine sukiyaki, shabu-shabu hot pot, and a yuba and vegetable soy milk shabu-shabu hot pot (with a vegetarian option). At an area on top of the hill called the Cloud Terrace, you can apparently also try things like grilled natural ice and making pizza in a stone oven.

• Activities: early morning canoeing on the lake, a morning tour of the sea of trees, a lava field hike through the sea of trees, private cycling around the foot of Mt. Fuji, a digital detox stay, in-room spa, and more (all apparently require reservations)
• Pets: apparently allowed, though I couldn't confirm details such as additional fees or which areas pets can accompany you in
• EV charging: available 24 hours a day, and you can apparently apply for it after making your room reservation
• Water server: appears to be set up in the guest rooms

Komorin

Honestly, I was a bit surprised that even after digging this much, I still couldn't tell for sure whether there's a hot spring or not. The slope terraces look really appealing though, so if I ever go, that's something I'd want to check on site.

Looking Into Access and the Surrounding Area

The nearest station is Kawaguchiko Station, and from Shinjuku it apparently takes about 120 minutes by transferring from the Limited Express Kaiji to the Fujikyu Railway line. By car, the official website noted a route via the Chuo Expressway and Otsuki Junction, then the Higashi-Fuji-Goko Road, taking about 20 minutes from the Kawaguchiko Interchange, or about 70 minutes from the Shin-Fuji Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway. The parking lot is outdoors and apparently free to use with no reservation needed.

As for getting there from Kawaguchiko Station, the official website only says "please use a taxi or local bus," and I couldn't find any mention of specific travel times or a dedicated shuttle bus. I did come across information suggesting it's a bit under 20 minutes by taxi, but I couldn't verify that officially either. The surrounding area seems to have sightseeing spots like Oishi Park, the Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, and Oshino Hakkai, along with restaurants serving hoto noodles, but I'm treating this too as information not listed on the official website's access page.

Rakuten Mobile Signal Conditions

When I entered the area corresponding to this facility's location into the official "My Area Connectivity Simulation" tool, the overall rating came back as C. Given the location along a slope with terraces and cabins, the surrounding environment might have some influence on that.

Since the result came back as a C rating, it seems like a good idea to check in advance if you're planning to use your phone a lot during your stay. How you feel about this probably depends on how you plan to spend your time there, but it seems best to assume you should check the signal conditions yourself as well.

Komorin

Seeing that C rating, I felt like it would probably be better to just give up on waiting for work messages and instead embrace the day as one for enjoying the scenery and food.

Wrapping Up

To sum up, Hoshinoya Fuji gave me the impression of an extraordinary, glamping-style resort with terraces and cabins arranged as if floating along the slopes at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Researching the dining and activity options was interesting, but there were still a few things I couldn't figure out from the official website alone, like whether there's a hot spring or the finer details of access.

As for the Rakuten Mobile signal conditions, the official tool's rating came back as a C, so this seems like a facility where it's worth checking in advance if you're planning to use your phone during your stay. If you're curious, try checking the official Rakuten Mobile tool for your own planned location too.

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