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Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

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  • 126 100 Famous

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Mt. Kisokoma-ga-take 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 2h 423.64 km

The crowning peak of the Central Alps, reached by ropeway to the flower-filled Senjōshiki Kar and spectacular in all four seasons.

Mt. Norikura 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasyDay tripTrail time 3h 005 km

A multi-summit volcano with 23 peaks and seven lakes, the most accessible 3,000-meter mountain in Japan.

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. Tsurugi 100 Famous Mountains
EasyModerateDay tripTrail time 3h 285.62 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in Shikoku, with a broad grassy summit of Miyama Kumazasa that gives an open, sky-high sense of freedom.

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. Gassan 100 Famous Mountains
EasyPlan aheadDay tripTrail time 4h 307 km

The main summit of the Dewa Sanzan, a sacred mountain crowned by Gassan Shrine, with vast alpine wetlands and wildflowers.

Mt. Issaikyō 300 Famous Mountains
IntermediatePlan aheadDay tripTrail time 4h 007 km

An active volcano captivating for its mysterious blue crater lake Majo-no-hitomi, the Jodō-daira wetland, and the Azuma Koфuji cone.

Mt. Tate 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 5h 007 km

A sacred northern-Alps mountain where ptarmigan roam and snowmelt triggers a sea of alpine flowers, one of Japan's great religious peaks.

Mt. Kaikomagatake 100 Famous Mountains
IntermediateEasy🚃Tokyo 3h 46Day tripTrail time 6h 427.22 km

The northern sentinel of the southern Alps, nicknamed the Southern Alps Prince for its striking white granite ridgeline.

Mt. Akita-Komagatake 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasyDay tripTrail time 3h 227.27 km

One of Tohoku's finest alpine flora treasuries, ablaze with Komaкusa and Chinguruma in summer.

Mt. Odaigahara 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerPlan aheadDay tripTrail time 3h 067.35 km

A deeply forested plateau receiving 4,000 mm of rain per year, mystical for the standing-dead-tree grove of Masaki-ga-hara and the Ōjagura cliff.

Mt. Nantai 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasyDay tripTrail time 6h 487.9 km

A Nikko sacred mountain requiring a relentless 1,200-meter ascent from Lake Chūzenji, crowned by Futarasan Shrine's inner sanctum.

Mt. Arafune 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerPlan aheadDay tripTrail time 4h 308 km

A table-top mountain shaped like an upturned ship, dominated by the 200-meter cliff face of Tomosohiwa.

Mt. Bandai 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 5h 308 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains known as the Aizu Fuji, whose great eruption created the mystical Goshiki-numa lakes.

Mt. Kurikoma 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 4h 008 km

A Tohoku mountain incomparable in autumn, when its slopes transform into three layers of color in late September, earning the title of the divine carpet.

Mt. Zaō 100 Famous Mountains
EasyModerateDay tripTrail time 4h 008 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains and an active volcano world-famous for its emerald crater lake Okama and winter snow monsters.

Mt. Amagi 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 2h 32Day tripTrail time 4h 178.17 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains rich in primeval Buna and Himeshara forest, Amagi Rhododendrons, and vibrant seasonal color.

Mt. Adatara 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 3h 338.28 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in Fukushima, where a gondola lifts you effortlessly into flowering alpine terrain.

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