Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

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

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.

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.

An Ushiro-Tateyama peak famous for its Komaкusa colony, where the approach from Ōzawa opens to a full northern-Alps panorama.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The second-highest peak in the Central Alps after Kisokoma, a demanding granite ridge with views of the southern Alps and Ontake.