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Mt. Yōtei

Mt. Yōtei (1,898 m) is an independent stratovolcano in southwestern Hokkaido known as Ezo-Fuji or Shiribeshi-yama, counted among the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan. Comprehensive guide covering all four routes (Hirafu, Makkari, Kyōgoku, Kimobetsu), the 9th-station emergency hut, bus timetables from Sapporo and Kutchan, and essential safety notes (no water sources, bear precautions).

Mt. Tokachi

Mt. Tokachi (2,077 m) is the principal peak of the Tokachi range in central Hokkaido, an active volcano with continuous fumarolic plumes, counted among the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan. Full guide to the Bogakudai course (Biei side) and Tokachidake Onsen course (Ryōunkaku) with Kamifurano Town Bus schedules and essential safety notes (volcanic alert, evacuation shelter, hydrogen-sulphide gas, no water sources). Famous for Japan's earliest autumn colours in mid- to late September.

Mt. Teruishi

Mt. Teruishi (晃石山, 419m) is a low peak in Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture, popular for a mini-traverse with the adjoini...

Tochigi(栃木)

Mt. Taro

Mt. Taro (太郎山) is a 2,368m independent peak rising at the center of Oku-Nikko in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. Counted...

Tochigi(栃木)

Mt. Shirasuna

Mt. Shirasuna (白砂山) is a 2,139.7m famous peak rising on the border of Nagano, Niigata, and Gunma Prefectures. Selected a...

Gunma(群馬)Nagano(長野)

Mt. Shari

Mt. Shari (斜里岳, 1,547m) is an independent peak in eastern Hokkaido at the base of the Shiretoko Peninsula, also known by...

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Kanto(関東)

Mt. Teruishi

Mt. Teruishi (晃石山, 419m) is a low peak in Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture, popular for a mini-traverse with the adjoini...

Tochigi(栃木)

Mt. Taro

Mt. Taro (太郎山) is a 2,368m independent peak rising at the center of Oku-Nikko in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. Counted...

Tochigi(栃木)

Mt. Shirasuna

Mt. Shirasuna (白砂山) is a 2,139.7m famous peak rising on the border of Nagano, Niigata, and Gunma Prefectures. Selected a...

Gunma(群馬)Nagano(長野)

Mt. Nokogiri

Mt. Nokogiri (鋸山, 329m) is a low peak on the border of Kyonan Town in Awa District and Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture. Fa...

Kamakura Alps / Tenen

Tenen (天園), also called the Kamakura Alps, is a hiking course of about 4km that circles the outer northern part of Kamak...

Kanagawa(神奈川)

Mt. Jinba

Mt. Jinba (陣馬山) is an 854.8m peak located on the border of Hachioji City in Tokyo and Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanaga...

Kanagawa(神奈川)Tokyo(東京)

Chugoku (中国)

Mt. Daisen

Mt. Daisen (大山) is a 1,729m peak in Tottori Prefecture. One of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, it is also called "Hok...

Tottori (鳥取)

Shikoku(四国)

Mt. Ishizuchi

Mt. Ishizuchi (Tengu-dake 1,982 m, Ehime) is the highest peak in western Japan and a 100 Famous Mountain. Setouchi Bus Nishi-no-kawa Line (4 trips/day, verified) from JR Iyo-Saijo Station to Ropeway-mae, then Ishizuchi Climbing Ropeway to Jōju Station (1,300m). Omote-Sandō trail with famous chain sections, 7h round-trip.

Mt. Tsurugi

Mt. Tsurugi (剣山) is a 1,955m peak in Tokushima Prefecture — the highest peak in the prefecture. One of the 100 Famous Ja...

Tokushima(徳島)

Chubu(中部)

Mt. Shirasuna

Mt. Shirasuna (白砂山) is a 2,139.7m famous peak rising on the border of Nagano, Niigata, and Gunma Prefectures. Selected a...

Gunma(群馬)Nagano(長野)

Mt. Naeba

Mt. Naeba (2,145 m), straddling Niigata-Nagano in Joshinetsu-kogen National Park, is a 100 Famous Mountain of Japan known for Japan's largest high-altitude wetland (~4 km², ~800 tarns). The 'Sky Garden' summit has skunk cabbage, yellow daylily and autumn grass colours. Taxi (~¥4,000) from Echigo-Yuzawa Station to Haraigawa trailhead, via Wada-goya (5th station, kenchin udon), intermediate 7 hours, summit-hut overnight recommended.

Niigata(新潟)

Mt. Myoko

Mt. Myoko (2,454 m, Echigo Fuji) is an active stratovolcano in Niigata's Joshinetsu-kogen National Park, principal peak of the Kubiki Sanzan, a 100 Famous Mountain of Japan. Three accesses: Hokuriku Shinkansen + Echigo Tokimeki + Keinan Bus to Tsubame Onsen (year round), Sasagamine (summer), or Akakura Sky Cable. The Mt. Hiuchi traverse from Sasagamine bags both peaks in one trip. Kōyaike Hut reservation required. Volcanic alert Level 1.

Niigata(新潟)

Mt. Kasagatake

Mt. Kasagatake (かさがたけ, 2,898m) is in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, within Chubu Sangaku National Park, an independent ...

Mt. Hōō

Mt. Hōō (Hōō Sanzan: Jizō-ga-take, Kannon-dake 2,840 m, Yakushi-dake) is in Yamanashi Prefecture, counted among the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan. The white-granite ridge and the obelisk of Jizō-ga-take are iconic. Access via Yamanashi Kōtsū bus from Kofu Station to Yashajin-tōge, or via Kayagatake Tourist Bus (reservation-based) from Nirasaki Station to Aoki-kōsen or Gozaishi-onsen. 2-day overnight traverse recommended.

Yamanashi(山梨)

Mt. Hanamagari

Mt. Hanamagari (鼻曲山) is a 1,655m peak on the border of Gunma and Nagano Prefectures.The name derives from the mountain's...

Gunma(群馬)Nagano(長野)

Kinki(近畿)

Mt. Rokko

Mt. Rokko (六甲山) is a 931m peak in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.Counted among the 300 Famous Japanese Mountains and 100 Fa...

Mt. Ponpon

Mount Ponponぽんぽんやま (ポンポン山) is a 678.7-meter peak straddling the border between Nishi-kyo Ward, Kyoto City (Kyoto Pref.) ...

KyotoOsaka(大阪)

Mt. Ōmine

Mt. Ōmine (Sanjō-ga-take, 1,719 m) in Tenkawa, Nara is among the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan — the spiritual home of Shugendō, opened by En no Gyōja over 1,300 years ago. The summit hosts Ōminesan-ji Temple (open 3 May – 23 Sep, Important Cultural Property), the start of the UNESCO Ōmine Okugake-michi pilgrimage. Known for the women's-prohibition tradition (still in force). Access via Kintetsu Shimoichiguchi Station + Nara Kōtsū Dorogawa Line to Dorogawa Onsen, then 30 min on foot to Seijō Ōhashi trailhead.

Mt. Odaigahara

Mt. Odaigahara (大台ケ原) is a 1,695m peak on the border of Nara and Mie Prefectures. One of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountai...

MieNara(奈良)

Mt. Kuroso

Mt. Kuroso (倶留尊山) is a 1,037m peak on the border of Nara and Mie Prefectures.It is counted among the 300 Famous Japanese...

MieNara(奈良)

Mt. Kongo

Mt. Kongo (金剛山) is a 1,125m peak located on the border of Osaka and Nara Prefectures.Containing the highest point in Osa...

Nara(奈良)Osaka(大阪)

Tohoku(東北)

Mt. Iwate

Mt. Iwate (2,038 m, Nanbu Fuji) is the iconic mountain of Iwate Prefecture, a 100 Famous Mountain of Japan. Volcanic alert raised to Level 2 on 2 Oct 2024; all 7 trails closed, but the eastern 4 trailheads (Mikamizaka, Umagaeshi, Yakehashiri, Kanboto) will reopen on 1 Jul 2026. Western trails remain closed. Full coverage of Morioka Station access, the 8th-station emergency hut, and Komakusa flower fields.

Mt. Hayachine

Mt. Hayachine (1,917 m), the highest peak in Iwate's Kitakami mountains, a 100 Famous Mountain of Japan and 100 Famous Flower Mountains peak. Famous for the endemic Hayachine-usuyukisō (late July). The Kawaranobō course remains closed after the May 2016 landslide; only the Odagoe course is open. Iwate Kenkō Bus from Shin-Hanamaki Station, shuttle on car-restriction days (weekends/holidays 14 Jun–2 Aug), serpentinite slippery in rain.

Hachimantai

Hachimantai (1,613 m, Iwate) is the most beginner-friendly hyakumeizan. Direct seasonal bus from JR Morioka Station via Iwate Kenpoku Bus 'Hachimantai Nature Stroll Bus' (effective April 1, 2026). Access guide with verified timetable for the Dragon Eye phenomenon and highland wetland walks.

Mt. Gassan

Mt. Gassan (1,984 m, Yamagata) is the principal peak of Dewa Sanzan and one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. Access guide with verified 2026 timetables for Shonai Kotsu bus from Tsuruoka Station to Gassan Hachigome, and Yamako Bus + Nishikawa Town Bus connection from Yamagata Station to Ubasawa.

Yamagata(山形)

Mt. Adatara

Mt. Adatara (安達太良山) is a 1,700m peak in central Fukushima Prefecture, counted among the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.Th...

Fukushima(福島)

Mt. Zaō

Mt. Zaō (Mt. Kumano 1,841 m, Yamagata/Miyagi) is an active volcano famous for the Okama crater lake and winter Juhyō snow monsters, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. Yamakō Bus Z90 from Yamagata Station to Zaō Onsen (45 min, hourly), then Zaō Ropeway to Jizō Sancho Station. Mt. Kumano round-trip approx. 3 hours. Summer Z91 direct service to Karita Sanchō just below Okama.

Yamagata(山形)