Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

A revered Shugendo mountain in the southern Ōmine range, graced by a bronze Shakyamuni statue, sweeping Ōmine views, and spring Shiroyashio.

A solitary peak with a refuge hut near the top, commanding fine views of the northern Alps centered on Hotaka and Yarigatake.

A Tohoku classic with Japan's finest wetland-and-foliage scenery at Kenashinotai, and a soak in Sukayu Onsen waiting at the descent.

The highest peak in the Kitakami Mountains, a flower mountain with over 200 alpine species including the endemic Hayachine Edelweiss.

The crowning peak of the Central Alps, reached by ropeway to the flower-filled Senjōshiki Kar and spectacular in all four seasons.

A Kansai favorite with a deep culture of daily hiking, drawing a steady stream of climbers year-round to this long-revered sacred mountain.

A Tohoku mountain incomparable in autumn, when its slopes transform into three layers of color in late September, earning the title of the divine carpet.

The highest point of the Misaka range, surveying Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes with changing backdrops of fresh green, autumn leaves, and sea of clouds.

A sacred northern-Alps mountain where ptarmigan roam and snowmelt triggers a sea of alpine flowers, one of Japan's great religious peaks.