What's the price of tickets needed to get to Shin-Fuji Station or Fujinomiya Station?

by Adriel

Hey Gary,

I'm looking to climb up Fuji, chose the Fujinomiya route, after reading about your experience. I was confused about the tickets/price needed to get to Shin-Fuji Station or Fujinomiya Station.

This site indicates Y4500 but doesnt really tell me where to buy the ticket from or if i need to book it?
http://touristpass.jp/en/

But then I was using this ticket calculator, and got Y31,140!
http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=TOKYO&arv_node=SHIN-FUJI(HOKKAIDO)&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2016&month=07&day=28
&hour=05&minute=00&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0
&max_route=5&faretype=0&airplane=off&ship=off&slputr=off&slpexprs=off
&bus=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7


I dont know if im doing something wrong with the second one, or if ive missed something. Is it just because if you don't use a pass, single tickets are very expensive?

How did you get to fuji when you walked Fujinomiya? What were the costs?

Many thanks