Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

A ropeway viewpoint plateau with a Suzuran lily wetland and a sweeping panorama of Yatsugatake and the northern Alps.

The sacred headquarters of all Atago shrines nationwide, a spiritual mountain in Kyoto where the Sennichi-mairi pilgrimage marks summer.

A solitary peak with a refuge hut near the top, commanding fine views of the northern Alps centered on Hotaka and Yarigatake.

A beloved hill for Sendai residents, with well-maintained trails and pleasant views of the Sendai Plain and the Funakata range.

A famous viewpoint linked to the Kintoki legend, spreading a grand panorama of Fuji and the Hakone outer caldera from the summit.

The highest point of the Misaka range, surveying Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes with changing backdrops of fresh green, autumn leaves, and sea of clouds.

The highest of the Okutama Sanzan, traversing fine Buna forest past Mittō-no-Ōtaki falls to a view of Fuji from the west summit.

A popular Ushiro-Tateyama peak reached by the Alpine Line, where the Hakuba trio and the treacherous Kaeri-no-Ken ridge steal the show.

The finest peak in southern Hokkaido, celebrated for its imposing seaside silhouette rising from the Japan Sea and its summit flower meadows.

A peak approached through the famous Sōni Plateau pampas fields, with rewarding views beyond the Nihon-boso saddle.

A Kansai classic with a rewarding traverse from the Rock Garden to the highest summit, famous also for Kobe's glittering night views.

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

The northernmost peak of the Kiso range, a forest-clad sacred mountain with stone Buddhas and buried-sutra traditions.

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

An isolated peak that forms one of the Nikko Sanzan trio, with a majestic panorama over Senjōgahara wetland and Lake Chūzenji.

A celebrated peak along Tanigawa's jagged ridge, colored by autumn foliage and early-summer wildflowers.