Tokyo to Osaka with stop at Mount Fuji?

Hi everyone,

I�fll be visiting Japan for 10 days from April 28th-May 8th. I plan to allocate the trip as follows:

Tokyo: 5 days
Mount Fuji: 1 day
Osaka: 2 days
Kyoto: 2 days

1. What do you think about my allocation of time? Are the amount of days adequate to explore the key attractions in each city?

2. We were told to see Mount Fuji during our trip from Tokyo to Osaka.

a) Is Mount Fuji worth taking a day trip to, given the time of year, weather, and ease of travel?

b) Where should we go to see Mount Fuji, and how would the transportation work between Tokyo, Mount Fuji, and Osaka?

What do you think about my allocation of time? Are the amount of days adequate to explore the key attractions in each city?

It depends on your interests. If you are interested in tradition, culture, history and temples, you should spend more time in Kyoto. If not, then it seems like a fair allocation of days.

a) Is Mount Fuji worth taking a day trip to, given the time of year, weather, and ease of travel?

It depends on your interest. Do you want to see it? Or is there something else that you rather want to do? The season is good.

Where should we go to see Mount Fuji

I find the Fuji Five Lake area to have the best views:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6900.html

and how would the transportation work between Tokyo, Mount Fuji, and Osaka?

Tokyo-Fuji:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6905.html

Osaka-Fuji:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6905.html?aFROM=2157_6900

Tokyo-Osaka:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4006.html

I think views of Mt Fuji is 90% luck, not location. We spent 14 days in Tokyo last year, and the best view was not at Hakone but from Tokyo when we went to the World Trade Centre observation deck.

The day we went to Hakone we got rain. Still had a great day, probably my favourite trip, did the whole loop and the onsen/hotel was so relaxing.

So try to plan something additional on the day to see Mt Fuji so you don't get disappointed if you get a cloudy day.

1. What do you think about my allocation of time? Are the amount of days adequate to explore the key attractions in each city?

I would prefer to spend one more day in Kyoto as opposed to Tokyo. Tokyo didn't have as much for me. I spent 3 days at each place.