Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus
Find your next hike — no car needed. Trailhead access, down to the timetable.
- 414 mountains
- 126 100 Famous
🌿 In season this month
Good hikes for the current season, sorted by public-transport access.
ⓘ Access = how easy the trailhead is to reach by public transport (based on first-bus timing, transfers, direct/seasonal buses and whether a taxi is needed)
- Mt. Akita-KomagatakeIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:26 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. NekoIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:03 / No transfers
- Mt. Nikko-ShiraneIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:12 / No transfers
- Mt. TanigawaIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:45 / No transfers
- Mt. TateshinaIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. AmakazariIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:30 / No transfers
- Mt. TogakushiIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:55 / No transfers
- Mt. Echigo-KomagatakeIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:35 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. HiuchiIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:00 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. MyokoIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:00 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. SennokuraIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:09 / No transfers
- Mt. TakatsumaIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:47 / No transfers
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Mt. Fuji - Gotemba & Subashiri Trailheads 100 Famous Mountains
A route up Japan's highest peak via the Gotenba and須走口trailheads, celebrated for the exhilarating sand-run descent.
Mt. Fuji - Yoshida Trailhead 100 Famous Mountains
The most popular route up Japan's highest mountain, ascending via the well-equipped Yoshida trailhead.
Mt. Aino 100 Famous Mountains
Japan's third-highest summit, offering sweeping ridge views alongside Kitadake in the southern Alps.
Mt. Kita 100 Famous Mountains
Japan's second-highest peak and the southern Alps champion, stunning for its mix of snowfields, flower gardens, and sheer rock walls.
Mt. Akaishi 100 Famous Mountains
The fourth-highest peak in the southern Alps, a massive mountain that embodies the name of the Akaishi range.
Mt. Arakawa 100 Famous Mountains
A great mountain cluster of three summits in the central southern Alps, crowned by the panoramic Waru-sawadake.
Mt. Kaikomagatake 100 Famous Mountains
The northern sentinel of the southern Alps, nicknamed the Southern Alps Prince for its striking white granite ridgeline.
Mt. Senjōgatake 100 Famous Mountains
The Queen of the Southern Alps, a triple-cirque mountain carpeted with alpine flowers and known for its gentle, welcoming profile.
🔥 Popular this week
Mountains gaining attention right now, by region.
ⓘ Access = how easy the trailhead is to reach by public transport (based on first-bus timing, transfers, direct/seasonal buses and whether a taxi is needed)
- Mt. Amakazari🔥 Trending🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:30 / No transfers
- Mount Kinpoku🔥 Trending🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Bandai🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Ibuki🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Daisen🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Yōtei⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:17 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Takao🟢 Access: Easy
- Mt. Asama🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Aso🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Haku🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Senjōgatake🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:35 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Tanigawa🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:45 / No transfers
- Mt. Tate🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Arafune⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Tsurugi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Poroshiri🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 4:50 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Akagi🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus
- Mt. Takachihonomine🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:29 / No transfers
- Mt. Cho🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 5:40 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Kamuiekuuchikaushi🟡 Access: Moderate
Popular in Hokkaidō this week
- Mt. Yōtei⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:17 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Poroshiri🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 4:50 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Kamuiekuuchikaushi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Daisetsuzan / Asahi-dake🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:54 / No transfers
- Niseko Annupuri⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Rishiri🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Tokachi🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:33 / No transfers
- Mt. Ashibetsu🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Nipesotsu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Rausu⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:26 / 1 transfer(s) / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Shokanbetsu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Ishikari⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
Popular in Tōhoku this week
- Mt. Bandai🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Hiuchi🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Hakkōda🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Akita-Komagatake🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:26 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Iwaki🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Izumigatake🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Issaikyō⚠️ Access: Plan aheadDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Himekami⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Gassan⚠️ Access: Plan aheadSeasonal bus
- Hachimantai🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Moriyoshi⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Chōkai🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
Popular in Kantō this week
- Mt. Takao🟢 Access: Easy
- Mt. Tanigawa🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:45 / No transfers
- Mt. Arafune⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Akagi🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus
- Mt. Kinunuma🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Haruna🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Tsukuba🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Mitake🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:36 / 1 transfer(s)
- Mt. Jinba🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:23 / No transfers
- Mt. Bonoore🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Sennokura🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:09 / No transfers
- Mt. Nantai🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:02 / No transfers
Popular in Chūbu this week
- Mt. Amakazari🔥 Trending🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:30 / No transfers
- Mount Kinpoku🔥 Trending🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Asama🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Haku🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Senjōgatake🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:35 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Tate🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Tsurugi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Cho🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 5:40 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Neko🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:03 / No transfers
- Mt. Fuji - Yoshida Trailhead🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus
- Mt. Mitsutoge🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Karamatsu🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
Popular in Kansai this week
- Mt. Ibuki🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Kongo🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus
- Mt. Hiei⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Gozaisho🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Rokko🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Iwawaki🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Ponpon🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Ōmine🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Kuroso🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Atago🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Odaigahara⚠️ Access: Plan aheadSeasonal bus
- Mt. Gomadan🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 10:50 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
Popular in Chūgoku this week
- Mt. Daisen🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Sanbe🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:00 / No transfers
- Mt. Kamihiruzen🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:27 / No transfers
- Mt. Nagi⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
Popular in Kyūshū this week
- Mt. Aso🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Takachihonomine🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:29 / No transfers
- Mt. Kaimon🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Fukuchi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Miyanoura🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mount Tachu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Kujū🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:14 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mount Taisen⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mount Katamuki⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Waita🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Tara⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Kirishima🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:56 / No transfers
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