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
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The highest peak in the Kitakami Mountains, a flower mountain with over 200 alpine species including the endemic Hayachine Edelweiss.
A paradise of alpine flora with sky-high wetlands and bog pools, one of Tohoku's finest flower mountains.
A graceful isolated peak called the Dewa Fuji, home to over 330 alpine plant species including several found nowhere else.
Hokkaido's highest peak, called the Garden of the Gods, with Japan's earliest autumn foliage and vast alpine terrain.
Tohoku's highest peak, representing Oze with wild volcanic terrain and vast wetland vistas, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains.
The northern sentinel of the southern Alps, nicknamed the Southern Alps Prince for its striking white granite ridgeline.
A peak that shifts from forest to meadow to rocky ridge, capped by the chain-fixed Otori-iwa just below the summit.
The Queen of the Southern Alps, a triple-cirque mountain carpeted with alpine flowers and known for its gentle, welcoming profile.
A Hokkaido isolated peak where the classic approach passes more than ten waterfalls, followed by open ridge views at the top.
The highest peak of the Mashike range facing the Sea of Japan, home to the endemic Mashike milk vetch and a sweeping coastal panorama.
One of Japan's three sacred mountains, a spiritual peak carpeted with alpine flowers beginning with the Hakusan Ichige that bears its name.
A pyramid-shaped peak holding one of Japan's three great snowfields, where summer visitors still crunch across Harinoki Daisekkei.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in the Oku-Chichibu, its primeval forest cradling the headwaters of three river systems, vivid with Shakunage in season.
The main peak of UNESCO World Heritage Shiretoko, a primeval volcanic landscape of alpine flora and ancient forest.
An Ushiro-Tateyama peak famous for its Komaкusa colony, where the approach from Ōzawa opens to a full northern-Alps panorama.
A northern-Alps classic combining Japan's greatest snowfield, sweeping flower meadows, and the optional Hakuba Yari hot spring on a traverse.
A serpentine-rock peak home to the Yūbari Kozakura and other rare endemic plants, with a distinctive flower-lined ridge.
A three-peaked range of white sand ridges, towering boulders, cascades, and the iconic Obelisk, with commanding views of Kitadake and Fuji.
🔥 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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