Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

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

A graceful isolated peak called the Dewa Fuji, home to over 330 alpine plant species including several found nowhere else.

One of the Okutama Sanzan trio, cloaked in natural Buna forest and carpeted with spectacular Katakuri blooms in spring.

One of the Okutama Sanzan peaks with outstanding Kanto Plain views from the summit, colorful in autumn foliage and winter rime ice.

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

One of Japan's 200 Famous Mountains with an unusual silhouette carved by limestone quarrying, a beloved symbol of Chichibu.

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

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

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

A serpentine-rock peak home to the Yūbari Kozakura and other rare endemic plants, with a distinctive flower-lined ridge.

The western anchor of the Hotaka range, accessible by ropeway to 2,000 m, with tense rocky scrambling beyond the Doppyo notch.

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