Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

The most popular route up Japan's highest mountain, ascending via the well-equipped Yoshida trailhead.

Japan's third-highest summit, offering sweeping ridge views alongside Kitadake in the southern Alps.

Japan's second-highest peak and the southern Alps champion, stunning for its mix of snowfields, flower gardens, and sheer rock walls.

A southern Yatsugatake rocky-ridge treasure of alpine flora, with a chain-fixed crest continuing the traverse to Akadake and Iogadake.

A Yatsugatake summit guarding the traverse to Akadake and Tengudake, dramatic for the massive cliff formations on its north face.

A sharp rock peak at the southern end of Yatsugatake, with a spectacular panorama from Akadake to Fuji and the southern Alps.

A celebrated peak in the Ushiro-Tateyama range rewarding climbers with rocky ridges, alpine flower meadows, and wide-open views.

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

A pyramid-shaped peak holding one of Japan's three great snowfields, where summer visitors still crunch across Harinoki Daisekkei.

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

An elegant isolated peak shaped like a wide-brimmed hat, known above all for the unforgettable sunset Yari-Hotaka view from the mountain hut.

A secluded high peak off the main ridge that serves as the finest viewpoint for Kitadake and the southern Alps peaks.

A sharp triangle seen from Kamikochi, with the relentless Jūtarō new route leading to a grand Yari-Hotaka panorama at the top.

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