Hotel New Century ★★★

Right on the shore of the scenic Kawaguchiko Lake, Hotel New Century boasts spacious Japanese-style rooms overlooking the lake and Mount Fuji. It features spacious hot spring baths with spectacular nature views, a video games corner and a souvenir shop. Free Wi-Fi is available in the public areas.

The New Century Hotel is just 5 minutes from JR Kawaguchiko Train Station with the complimentary shuttle service. It’s a 15-minute drive from amusement park Fuji-Q HighLand, as well as from the Fuji Omuro Sengen Jinja Shrine, which holds a Hana Matsuri festival in spring. Mount Fuji 5th Station for climbing is a 1-hour bus ride from Kawaguchiko Station.

Comfortable rooms feature a tatami (woven-straw) floor and sliding shoji paper screens to a seating area at a floor-to-ceiling window. Amenities include an LCD TV, a fridge and a personal safe. An attached bathroom and yukata robes are provided. Guests sleep in traditional futon bedding on the tatami floor.

A Japanese breakfast that uses seasonal ingredients. Dinner is a Japanese-style set meal and guests can chose from 4 different main dishes prior to arrival. Guests are asked to chose from the following main dishes: a local specialty noodle hot pot called Hoto Nabe, Sukiyaki beef dish, shabu shabu pork dish or yosenabe, a hot pot with various vegetables and ingredients.

Guests can gaze out over Kawaguchi-ko Lake and the legendary Mount Fuji, while enjoying a soothing public hot spring bath made of fragrant Hinoki wood or lava stone. The New Century offers free private parking and drinks vending machines.