Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

The highest point on Asama's outer caldera, looking down into the eruption zone and scanning from Yatsugatake to the northern Alps.

A low-mountain traverse linking Kenchōji to Zuisenji, blending the historic atmosphere of ancient Kamakura with ridge-top walking.

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

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

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

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.

A low quarry mountain and pilgrimage site where the Jigoku-nozoki cliff and monumental cliff Buddhas blur the line between sightseeing and hiking.

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

A Gunma–Nagano border peak offering views as far as Asama and the northern Alps, alive with Rengeツツジ in early summer.