Will I definitely see Mt. Fuji?

Nobody can promise that, and we won't either. The summit is often in cloud in the afternoon and through the humid summer; autumn and winter mornings are the clearest. A flight is only cancelled when the weather is unsafe — cloud on the peak is not a cancellation reason, and in that case the flight still covers Hakone, the lakes and the foot of the mountain as planned.

What are the seat and weight limits?

Each seat takes up to 120 kg; total passenger weight is capped at 220 kg on a three-seat helicopter and 330 kg on a five-seat one. The pilot balances the aircraft with exactly these numbers, so we ask for every passenger's real weight at booking. A few kilos understated and the flight is cancelled at the pad.

What happens if the weather is bad?

The weather decides the flight, and the decision reaches your inbox at a fixed hour: departures between 09:00 and 12:00 are settled by 18:00 the evening before; from 12:30 by 10:00 on the day; from 16:30 by 15:00 on the day. If weather cancels the flight you choose a full refund or a free move to another date.

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Helicopter tours in Japan

Mt. Fuji helicopter tours

4 flights · from ¥184,500

By road, Tokyo to the foot of Mt. Fuji takes two to three hours each way. By helicopter the same distance is a 30–40 minute flight, and the flight itself is the best part: Tokyo Bay falls away behind you, the Hakone range rises, then the mountain stands alone above the plain. The 75-minute circuit reaches Hakone and returns; 90 minutes adds Kamakura; 120 minutes goes all the way round the mountain and the Five Lakes. If you want to stay a while, take the direct hop to Oshino or Gotemba, or the golf-and-winery package — fly out, spend the day, fly back.

30–35 minutes airborne· 5 seats

Private helicopter Tokyo → Mt. Fuji (AS350, up to 5 passengers), Alphard waiting at the pad

¥184,500/ per person

Lift off from Tokyo Heliport in Shin-Kiba and set down at Oshino Heliport right under Mt. Fuji: 30 to 35 minutes in the air instead of two and a half hours on the expressway, with the bay, the city and the mountains beneath you. A seven-seat Alphard and driver are waiting beside the pad for Oshino Hakkai, a ryokan lunch by Lake Yamanaka and the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi. Two ways home: the Alphard drives you back to Tokyo (from ¥830,000), or you fly both ways (from ¥1,550,000). The aircraft is the Airbus AS350, five seats and big panoramic windows; the six-seat Agusta A109 and the three-seat Robinson R44 are quoted on request.

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Mt. Fuji and Hakone from the air · 75 minutes

Loop flight, lands where it took off

75 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Mt. Fuji and Hakone from the air · 75 minutes

¥641,900/ per person

You lift off from Tokyo Heliport in Shin-Kiba, cross the bay and the Miura peninsula, then follow the Sagami coast west until the Hakone caldera opens below you — Lake Ashi, the ridges, the steam of Owakudani. Fuji stands beyond it, and on a clear day it holds the windows for several minutes before the turn back over Shonan. Seventy-five minutes, and you land where you started. Whether Fuji shows at all is decided by that morning's weather, not by the booking.

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Mt. Fuji Deluxe: Hakone and Kamakura · 90 minutes

Loop flight, lands where it took off

90 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Mt. Fuji Deluxe: Hakone and Kamakura · 90 minutes

¥768,600/ per person

Ninety minutes takes the 75-minute loop and adds the coast to it. You leave Shin-Kiba, run down past Kamakura's temple valleys and the Enoshima causeway, follow the Shonan surf line west, then cross into Hakone for Lake Ashi and the caldera rim before Fuji closes the circuit. No landing anywhere: you return to the pad you left. Three or four seats depending on the aircraft assigned that day, and the extra quarter hour is spent over water rather than in transit.

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The full circuit of Mt. Fuji · 120 minutes

Loop flight, lands where it took off

120 minutes airborne· 5 seats

The full circuit of Mt. Fuji · 120 minutes

¥1,377,600/ per person

Two hours, and the whole point of them is the mountain from every side. The route runs out past Hakone and the Sagami coast, up to the Five Lakes, then all the way around Fuji itself — Kawaguchi below the nose, the crater rim turning through the windows, the lava fields and forest on the northern flank that no road tour reaches. Then back to Shin-Kiba. Four or five seats depending on the aircraft. A clear day makes this flight.

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Frequently asked questions

Will I definitely see Mt. Fuji?: Nobody can promise that, and we won't either. The summit is often in cloud in the afternoon and through the humid summer; autumn and winter mornings are the clearest. A flight is only cancelled when the weather is unsafe — cloud on the peak is not a cancellation reason, and in that case the flight still covers Hakone, the lakes and the foot of the mountain as planned.
What are the seat and weight limits?: Each seat takes up to 120 kg; total passenger weight is capped at 220 kg on a three-seat helicopter and 330 kg on a five-seat one. The pilot balances the aircraft with exactly these numbers, so we ask for every passenger's real weight at booking. A few kilos understated and the flight is cancelled at the pad.
What happens if the weather is bad?: The weather decides the flight, and the decision reaches your inbox at a fixed hour: departures between 09:00 and 12:00 are settled by 18:00 the evening before; from 12:30 by 10:00 on the day; from 16:30 by 15:00 on the day. If weather cancels the flight you choose a full refund or a free move to another date.

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