Halal-Friendly Food around Mount Fuji: Where to Eat in Fujiyoshida, Kawaguchiko and Gotemba

Halal Gourmet Japan lists ten restaurants around Mount Fuji (as of October 2026). Seven are on the Yamanashi side, in Fujiyoshida, Fujikawaguchiko and Narusawa, and three are on the Shizuoka side, in Gotemba and Oyama.

The towns around Mount Fuji are spread out, so deciding in advance where you will stop to eat makes it easier to plan your route. This guide covers the nine restaurants whose listing pages describe their halal arrangements, in this order: Fujiyoshida, then Kawaguchiko, Saiko and Narusawa, and finally Gotemba and Ashigara on the Shizuoka side. The descriptions are based on what each restaurant says on its listing page.

Fujiyoshida

T&T Fujiyama Halal Restaurant in Koasumi, Fujiyoshida, is a Muslim-owned Japanese restaurant. Its listing page shows that it has halal certification, serves halal meat, uses halal seasonings, is pork-free, has halal options, serves no alcoholic drinks, and has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, vegetarian options and a prayer space. We tried its hoto and ramen, and you can read about it in our visit report.

Also in Fujiyoshida, Uoyoshikaikan in Asahi serves Japanese food, and its listing page says it is close to Mount Fuji, the Fuji Five Lakes, Oshino Hakkai, Arakurayama Sengen Park and other sights. It only accepts Muslim guests visiting as a group. There is a Japanese-style room where you can pray, and takeaway bento is also available. It is pork-free, uses halal seasonings, and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.

Kawaguchiko, Saiko and Narusawa

For hoto, there is HOUTO　LABO in Fujikawaguchiko. According to its listing page, it uses halal meat and halal seasonings and no pork, and it offers halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.

ALLADIN India restaurant, in Funatsu, Fujikawaguchiko, is a Muslim-owned Indian restaurant. It has halal certification, serves halal meat, uses halal seasonings, is pork-free, has halal options and serves no alcoholic drinks.

If you are heading out to Lake Saiko, you can eat at MOMOYA in Saikonishi, Fujikawaguchiko, which has a prayer room. According to its listing page, it serves halal meat, uses halal seasonings, and has halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.

At Fujiten Snow Resort in Narusawa, Fujiten Snow Resort　Restaurant Yodel is on the second floor of the center house. For Muslim and vegetarian guests, it offers vegetable curry and pasta made without meat or alcohol, and it can serve them on disposable tableware if you ask. Its listing page shows halal options, vegetarian options and a prayer space.

Gotemba and Ashigara on the Shizuoka side

Kintokitei in Gotemba serves Japanese food made with seasonal ingredients, centered on its specialty kamameshi (rice, meat and vegetables cooked in a small pot). It also offers a roast beef bowl made with halal-certified beef, either on its own or as a set with soba noodles. On the halal side, it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has halal options, vegetarian options and a prayer space.

In Hagiwara, Gotemba, Wakan Kissa Sakura is inside the Sakuramichi Futon Shop. It serves a dish it calls “Vegan & Halal Massaman Curry”, made without animal-derived ingredients or alcohol and built on coconut milk and spices, and you can choose from 21 herbal teas. Its listing page shows that it uses halal seasonings and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.

If you are driving from Tokyo on the Tomei Expressway, you can stop at Tomei Expressway Ashigara SA (Nagoya-bound) on the way. According to its listing page, it is a large service area on the Nagoya-bound side, close to Tokyo and convenient, and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji. It uses halal meat and halal seasonings, offers halal options and does not serve alcoholic drinks. There is also a prayer space.

Prayer spaces and mosques

We list eight mosques and prayer spaces around Mount Fuji.

• Mosques: FujiKawaguchiko Masjid (Funatsu, Fujikawaguchiko) and Fuji Masjid (Fuji City).
• Prayer spaces: Saiko Mushola (Saiko, Fujikawaguchiko), Fujiten Snow Resort (Narusawa), Fuji Q Highland (Fujiyoshida), Gotemba Premium Outlets (Gotemba), E1 Tomei Expressway　Ashigara SA (Nagoya-bound), and Kintoki-tei (Gotemba)

Of the restaurants in this guide, six have a prayer space on site: T&T Fujiyama Halal Restaurant, Uoyoshikaikan, MOMOYA, Fujiten Snow Resort　Restaurant Yodel, Kintokitei and Tomei Expressway Ashigara SA (Nagoya-bound).

Other ways to search

If you are visiting from Tokyo, see our guide to halal-friendly food in Tokyo. For mosques and prayer spaces elsewhere in Japan, see our guide to finding a mosque or prayer room in Japan. You can find all our Yamanashi and Shizuoka listings, including those in Kofu, Shizuoka City and Hamamatsu, on these pages.

• Restaurants in Yamanashi
• Restaurants in Yamanashi with a prayer space
• Mosques and prayer spaces in Yamanashi
• Restaurants in Shizuoka
• Restaurants in Shizuoka with a prayer space
• Mosques and prayer spaces in Shizuoka

Before you go

Information on our listings may change at the restaurant’s discretion. Please check menus and arrangements on the linked pages and with the restaurant on site.

Each listing page describes the restaurant’s halal arrangements (certification, ingredients, kitchen, and so on). Please read the listing and decide whether it meets your own standards. If you want to let staff know that you avoid pork and alcohol, you can show them our note in Japanese.

To wrap up

From Japanese food in Fujiyoshida to hoto and Indian food around Kawaguchiko, vegetable curry at a ski resort, and kamameshi and massaman curry in Gotemba, the area around Mount Fuji has places to suit what you want to eat. Note that Uoyoshikaikan only accepts groups, and that Ashigara SA is on the Nagoya-bound side of the expressway. Once you know where you are going, open the listing pages for places nearby and check their halal arrangements.

Image credits

• Featured image (Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi): Marion & Christoph Aistleitner / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons

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This article was written by the Halal Gourmet Japan team. On Halal Gourmet Japan, you can search for halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces all over Japan. The service is also available as an app (iOS / Android).