Between 6 to 9 buses are coming and going between the Lake Motosu entrance (on Route 139) and Kawaguchiko station in a day.
It is 5 km from Lake Motosu entrance to Kouan. There is no way to walk or hitchhike.
Access to Kawaguchiko station is from Tokyo / Shinjuku station JR Chuo Line → Otsuki station, transfer Fujikyuko Line → Kawaguchiko station.
Or from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kawaguchiko Station by highway bus.
Highway bus is cheap and easy recommended.
Although it is very few occasionally, there is a highway bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Lake Motosu entrance.
It is 5 km from Lake Motosu entrance to Koan. There is no way to walk or hitchhike.
Chuo Expressway
(Kawaguchiko IC)
Route 139 on Route: About 25 minutes
Kouan
Meishin (between Nagoya and Kobe)・Tomei(Tokyo-Nagoya)
Expressway (Fuji IC)
Route 139 on Route : About 45 minutes
Kouan
Chuo Expressway
(Kofu South IC)
Route 358 → Route 300 Route
: About 50 minutes
Kouan
Fujikyuko Line
"Kawaguchiko station"
Route 139 on Route: About 25 minutes
Kouan
JR Tokaido Shinkansen
"Shin Fuji Station"
Route 139 on Route: About 60 minutes
Kouan
Email:kouan@mx6.nns.ne.jp