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Mountains

Mountains and hills.
Japanese mountains offer from easy one day hiking to hard time climbing for all season. Mountains have different faces for each season. In the spring, you can enjoy snow and flower blooming. In summer, they become easy hiking course with beautiful trees. In fall, you can see the great autumn colors. In winter, some of the mountains become the hardest mountain to clime. Japanese mountains are also very beautiful to see from far sight. Mt. Fuji is the mountain to watch and feel.

Mt Fuji from Koyodai

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Koyodai (紅葉台) is the best spot of Mt. Fuji located at the small mountain north of Mt. Fuji. There is a 360 degree panorama view tower which you can see Mt. Fuji, Fuji Forest, and all of Fuji Five Lakes. In autumn, entire Fuji Forest become a great autumn colors. Koyodai was chosen the best 150 spot of autumn colors in Japan. You can drive up to the view tower, but its a great mountain for hiking.　
Access:
0. at Kawaguchiko St.
1. Use local bus to Koyo-dai (30 min.)
2. walk toward the north hill (45 min.)

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Koyodai is the best spot of Mt. Fuji located at the small mountain north of Mt. Fuji. There is a 360 degree panorama view tower which you can see Mt. Fuji, Fuji Forest, and all of Fuji Five Lakes. In autumn, entire Fuji Forest become a great autumn colors. Koyodai was chosen the best 150 spot of autumn colors in Japan. You can drive up to the view tower, but its a great mountain for hiking.
There is an observation tower where also you can eat, drink and buy a souvenir. The tower has a parking space, but the road is not good condition and many hikers are walking. There is a parking at lower position, so park there and hike to the tower. It will take 15 min. to get to the tower. There is a stable at the lower parking, so you can ride horse to visit the tower.