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Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

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  • 414 mountains
  • 126 100 Famous

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Mt. Jinba 100 Mountains of Kanto
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 44 minDay tripTrail time 4h 5410.16 km

A grassland viewpoint symbolized by its white horse statue, spreading a grand panorama of Fuji, Tanzawa, and the southern Alps.

Mt. Omuro 100 Mountains of Kanto
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 15Day tripTrail time 7h 4013.14 km

A deep Oku-Tanzawa peak with a fine Buna forest interior and a glimpse of Fuji over the ridge, best experienced on the Inukoshi loop.

Mt. Tsukuba 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 15Day tripTrail time 3h 345.48 km

A twin-peaked sacred mountain celebrated in the Man'yōshū, with a 360-degree view of the Kanto Plain from both Nantai-san and Nyotai-san.

Mt. Mitake 100 Mountains of Flowers
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 25Day tripTrail time 5h 2017 km

A mountain long cherished for its Musashi Mitake Shrine pilgrimage trail, with the Rock Garden gorge and vibrant seasonal scenery.

Mt. Kawanori 100 Mountains of Flowers
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 32Day tripTrail time 7h 5613 km

An Okutama favorite with a celebrated approach past the Hyakujin Falls and through river-carved gorge scenery.

Mt. Oyama 100 Mountains of Flowers
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 1h 42Day tripTrail time 6h 4016 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains near the Afuri Shrine, perennially busy with pilgrims and hikers drawn by its flowers in every season.

Mt. Kogashi 100 Mountains of Kanto
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 43Day tripTrail time 3h 307 km

A local mountain near Utsunomiya with over 100 routes, offering rocky scrambles and Nikko range views year-round.

Mt. Haruna 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 53Day tripTrail time 7h 4013.55 km

A double-crater volcano ringed by peaks including Haruna Fuji and Kadombogadake, steeped in mountain worship history.

Mt. Kinpu 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 2h 04Day tripTrail time 5h 349.33 km

An ancient sacred mountain of the Oku-Chichibu ridge, its iconic Gojōiwa pillar towering above, with views to the southern Alps and Yatsugatake.

Mt. Futago 100 Mountains of Kanto
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 2h 30Day tripTrail time 4h 4513.5 km

A twin-peaked limestone mountain whose high-exposure rocky ridge makes it one of the Kanto region's premier scrambles.

Mt. Nikko-Shirane 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 2h 30Day tripTrail time 4h 307.27 km

The highest peak in the Kanto region, famous for Shirane Aoi flowers, reachable by ropeway to 2,000 m for a 3,000-meter summit.

Mt. Asama-Kakushi 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 3h 09Day tripTrail time 7h 4015.98 km

True to its name, this summit offers a magnificent head-on view of the great Asama volcano.

Mt. Iwabitsu 100 Mountains of Gunma
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 3h 14Day tripTrail time 3h 126.14 km

A low but relentlessly rocky Gunma peak, with fixed chains and multiple approach routes including the famous Mitsuwaiwa Corridor.

Mt. Tanigawa 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 3h 15Day tripTrail time 4h 106.7 km

A twin-peaked mountain offering a 360-degree panorama, stunning in autumn when rock walls and foliage create dramatic contrasts.

Mt. Hotaka 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 3h 28Day tripTrail time 6h 309 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in the Joshu highlands, cloaked in primeval Buna and Dake-Kaнba forest with outstanding autumn color.

Mt. Akagi 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 3h 36Day tripTrail time 3h 315.69 km

A layered caldera volcano and one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, where Joshu's cold winds herald clear-sky summit views.

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