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
🗺️ Decide your next mountain
Filter by area, days, fitness and access. Compare on the map and list.
A table-top mountain shaped like an upturned ship, dominated by the 200-meter cliff face of Tomosohiwa.
One of Japan's three celebrated landscapes, a serrated cluster of rock towers dramatic for autumn foliage and the circuit of stone gates.
True to its name, this summit offers a magnificent head-on view of the great Asama volcano.
A double-crater volcano ringed by peaks including Haruna Fuji and Kadombogadake, steeped in mountain worship history.
One of the Okutama Sanzan peaks with outstanding Kanto Plain views from the summit, colorful in autumn foliage and winter rime ice.
A border peak starting from Lake Nozori with views of Naebasan and Saburyuyama, rewarding for summer flowers and Joshinetsu panoramas.
One of Japan's 200 Famous Mountains with an unusual silhouette carved by limestone quarrying, a beloved symbol of Chichibu.
One of the Nikko Sanzan sacred mountains, a well-formed stratovolcano with the Futarasan inner shrine and a full traverse from Kirifuri Plateau.
The highest peak of the Tanigawa range, where a flower-filled ridge from Taira-hyōtan leads to a sweeping border-ridge panorama.
🔥 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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