Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

The hardest peak on a standard route in Japan, with its Kani-no-Yokobai and Tatebai fixed chains delivering a supremely rewarding summit.

The fourth-highest peak in the southern Alps, a massive mountain that embodies the name of the Akaishi range.

A high tri-prefecture-border peak on the ridge to Sukurodake, sweeping Yari, Hotaka, and the Kurobe headwaters in one view.

The crowning peak of the Yatsugatake range, rewarding climbers with a rocky ridge and a sweeping 360-degree panorama.

A route up Japan's highest peak via the Gotenba and須走口trailheads, celebrated for the exhilarating sand-run descent.

A 3,000-meter peak deep in the southern Alps, captivating climbers with untouched primeval forest and majestic mountain scenery.

A graceful twin-peaked mountain in the Ushiro-Tateyama range that holds Japan's only confirmed glaciers, with superb summer wildflowers.

The northernmost Hotaka summit, home to Japan's highest mountain hut, with an overwhelming close-up view of Ō-Kiretto and Yarigatake.

A key peak on the Ura-Ginza route, holding one of the northern Alps' most beautiful glacial cirques and alpine flower gardens.

A gently sandy central summit on the Tateyama traverse, flanked by the Kuranosuke snowfield and commanding mountain views.

The southern end of the Shirane trio, with a 3,000-meter ridge descending from Ainodake to a close-up view of Fuji.

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains standing alone in the central southern Alps, a deep-mountain panorama that rewards the long approach over Sanbutu Pass.

The Spear of the Northern Alps, whose thrusting summit silhouette is the symbol of Japan's high mountains and the aspiration of countless climbers.

A remote peak in the innermost northern Alps, with a reddish-brown slope and a primal panorama of the Kurobe headwaters.

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains at the heart of the Ura-Ginza, with a singular panorama of Yarigatake, Hotaka, and Kurobegoro.

The centerpiece of the Ura-Ginza traverse, where the Washiba-ike pond just below the summit with Yarigatake behind it is the route's finest scene.