Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

A sharp rocky peak marking the start of the Ura-Ginza traverse, striking for its ridge-top bog pools and northern Alps panorama.

A perfectly symmetrical pyramid famed throughout the Alps, with a full panorama of Yarigatake and the Hotaka massif from the summit.

A granite ridge walk in the quiet southern Central Alps, tracing deep mountain terrain over Kosumoyama and Sengairei to Utsugi-dake.

A great mountain cluster of three summits in the central southern Alps, crowned by the panoramic Waru-sawadake.

A serene high peak deep in the southern Alps, with alpine flower meadows on the ridge and views reaching all the way to Fuji.

A remote high peak deep in the southern Alps, waiting beyond Shiomidake in the silence of the Senko Ridge.

A secluded transit summit on the Ura-Ginza Takemura new route, made special by the steep climb and narrow ridge leading to it.

A secluded southern-Alps ridge summit with views of Shiomidake and Fuji, memorable for its alpine flower gardens.

A fearsome spire in the southern Central Alps, notorious for its crumbling narrow ridge and relentless chains.

A quiet ridge summit just beyond the Jonen saddle, with an intimate view of Yarigatake and the Azumino farmland below.