Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

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

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.

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in Chichibu with a jagged rocky ridge and Shugendo history, lit by Akayashio in spring and foliage in autumn.

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

A revered sport-climbing destination of granite cliffs, with an unobstructed Fuji view from the Kaiun summit.

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

An active volcano with one of the world's largest calderas, offering dramatic views of the Nakadake crater and Kusasenri grassland.

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

A broad plateau of vast alpine wetlands and bog pools, also celebrated for the dragon-eye snowmelt mirror of Kagami-numa.

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.

A flower mountain home to over 1,300 plant species and steeped in Yamato Takeru legend, with panoramic Lake Biwa views.

A mountain studded with wetland, unusual rocks, and cascades, celebrated as a Hokuriku foliage destination enjoyable in every season.

The highest peak in western Japan, a spiritual mountain famous for fixed-chain cliff faces and, in clear weather, views across the Seto Inland Sea.

The Satsuma Fuji rising sharply from the sea, whose spiral trail delivers views stretching to Sakurajima and Yakushima.