Originally Posted by
jib71
Lateral thinking - Skip Fuji entirely and go a day earlier to Hiroshima. Spend a day/night enjoying the scenery at Miyajima.
I considered this, but intend to arrive to Hiroshima in the late afternoon/early evening and will have the next day, plus most of the day after before travelling up to Kyoto so thought 2 days in Hiroshima was sufficient plus the possibility of hitting Miyajima on the day of arrival.