Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

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.

Japan's second-highest peak and the southern Alps champion, stunning for its mix of snowfields, flower gardens, and sheer rock walls.

A peak that shifts from forest to meadow to rocky ridge, capped by the chain-fixed Otori-iwa just below the summit.

Tohoku's highest peak, representing Oze with wild volcanic terrain and vast wetland vistas, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains.

A graceful isolated peak called the Dewa Fuji, home to over 330 alpine plant species including several found nowhere else.

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.

The highest peak in the Kitakami Mountains, a flower mountain with over 200 alpine species including the endemic Hayachine Edelweiss.

An elegant isolated peak shaped like a wide-brimmed hat, known above all for the unforgettable sunset Yari-Hotaka view from the mountain hut.

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