Kusushidake
久須志岳
Yamanashi / Shizuoka · Elevation 3,725 m
Kusushidake (also Yakushigatake) is a 3,725 m peak on Mount Fuji's crater rim. It sits at the summit reached by the Yoshida and Subashiri trails, where Kusushi Shrine stands, and serves as a starting point of a circuit of the crater rim within Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
Kusushidake at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Fri, November 6: clear, gusts up to 10 m/s.
- Route: The shortest is Mount Fuji Yoshida Descent: Summit to Sixth Station: about 3 h 20 min, 6.4 km, about 10 m of climbing.
Kusushidake weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:08, sunset 16:50
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| Precipitation | mm | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 25 | 35 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kusushidake hiking routes
- Mount Fuji Yoshida Descent: Summit to Sixth Station 6.4 km · Ascent 9 m Tokyo-ya → Kyougatake temple
- Mount Fuji, Kengamine and Mount Hōei Circuit via the Fujinomiya, Ohachi and Prince Routes 13.9 km · Ascent 1,526 m parking
- Mount Fuji and Kengamine via the Yoshida Trail and Ohachi Crater Circuit 16.7 km · Ascent 1,629 m Mt. Fuji 5th Station General Management Center, Mt Fuji 5th station (Bus stop), スパルライン5合目駐車場
- Mount Fuji, Kengamine and Crater Rim via Subashiri 15.7 km · Ascent 1,879 m Shuttle Bus stop (Bus stop) (parking)
- Mount Fuji, Kengamine and Crater Rim Circuit via the Gotemba Trail 20.8 km · Ascent 2,403 m Gotemba New 5th Station (Bus stop) (parking)
- Mount Fuji Yoshida Trail: Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine to Kengamine and Fifth Station 28.1 km · Ascent 3,052 m P4, 北口本宮冨士浅間神社 (Bus stop), 浅間神社前バス停 (Bus stop), 浅間神社前 (Bus stop), P2 → Mt. Fuji 5th Station General Management Center, Mt Fuji 5th station (Bus stop), スパルライン5合目駐車場
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Huts, campsites and lodging near Kusushidake
Mountain huts
- Tokyo-ya
- Goraikou-kan 2026: open July 1–September 10 · reservation required · sleeps 90
- Munatsuki-Edoya 2025: open July 1–September 10 · reservation required · sleeps 150
- Original 8th Station Tomoe-kan 2026: open July 1–September 10 · reservation required
- Chojo Fuji Kan 2026: open July 10–September 9 · reservation required · sleeps 100
Lodging
- 富士急雲上閣
Kusushidake facts
- Also known as
- 薬師ヶ岳
- Elevation
- 3,725 m
- Location
- Yamanashi / Shizuoka
35.365785, 138.732278 - National Park
- 富士箱根伊豆国立公園
- Volcano
- Active volcano (富士山)
- Website
- www.fujisan-climb.jp
- Trail Map
- www.fujisan-climb.jp (PDF)
- Access Information
- www.fujisan-climb.jp