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RegionAllHokkaidoTohokuKantoChubuKinkiChugokuShikokuKyushu
ListAll100 Famous Mountains200 Famous Mountains300 Famous MountainsNew 100 Famous Mountains100 Mountains of FlowersNew 100 Mountains of Flowers100 Highest Mountains100 First-order Triangulation Points100 Mountains of Yamanashi100 Mountains of Shinshu100 Mountains of Kanto100 Mountains of Gunma
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Mt. Senjōgatake 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateEasy🚃Tokyo 3h 46Day tripTrail time 7h 00

The Queen of the Southern Alps, a triple-cirque mountain carpeted with alpine flowers and known for its gentle, welcoming profile.

Mt. Asama 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateModerateOvernightTrail time 8h 0613.43 km

An active volcano straddling the Nagano-Gunma border, with a spectacular crater-rim view from Kurofuyama on the outer caldera.

Mt. Haku 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateModerateOvernightTrail time 9h 4214.11 km

One of Japan's three sacred mountains, a spiritual peak carpeted with alpine flowers beginning with the Hakusan Ichige that bears its name.

Mt. Hiuchi 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateEasyOvernightTrail time 9h 00

One of the Kубики Sanzan trio, celebrated for the high alpine wetland garden at Tengu-no-niwa below the summit and its massed Hakusan Kozakura.

Mt. Jii-ga-take 300 Famous Mountains
IntermediateModerateOvernightTrail time 8h 0012 km

A three-summited mountain in the Ushiro-Tateyama range whose south-facing slopes erupt with Komaкusa and Hakusan Furo in early summer.

Mt. Shirouma 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateModerateOvernightTrail time 9h 5112.98 km

A northern-Alps classic combining Japan's greatest snowfield, sweeping flower meadows, and the optional Hakuba Yari hot spring on a traverse.

Mt. Yakushi 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateModerateOvernightTrail time 14h 0022 km

A majestic Ura-Ginza peak with sweeping glacial cirques and wide-open views, one of the northern Alps' grandest profiles.

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