Japan - Mt Fuji & Around Tokyo (PDF Chapter)

This is the Mt Fuji & Around Tokyo chapter from Lonely Planet’s Japan guide-book.

Once you’ve succumbed to Tokyo’s manifold pleasures, there’s a whole other world out there, where spiritual sanctuaries, invigorating hot springs and idyllic natural scenery awaits; and most of it is less than two hours away from the city.

• watch the sunrise from the majestic summit of Mt Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain and na-tional symbol
• maps
• take in the grandeur of old Edo at dazzling Nikk?, a shrine complex amid pristine na-ture
• transport
• reset your senses in the Zen temples of Japan’s medieval capital, Kamakura
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Mt Fuji, Fuji Five Lakes, Yokohama, Kamakura, Ha-kone, Hakone-Yumoto, Miyanoshita & Kowakidani, Chokoku-no-Mori & Gora, Soun-zan & Sen-gokuhara, Hakone-machi & Moto-Hakone, Izu Peninsula, Atami, Ito, Shimoda, Shirahama, Kis-ami, D?gashima, Shuzen-ji Onsen, Izu Islands, O-shima, Nii-jima, Shikine-jima, Hachijo-jima, Chichibu & Oku-Tama, Takao-san, Oku-Tama, Nikko & Around, Chozen-ji Onsen, Yumoto On-sen, Narita, Ogasawara Archipelago, Chichi-jima, Haha-jima.