Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

The highest peak of the Shiga Highlands, with an exhilarating ridge walk through bog pools and Dake-Kaнba forest rich in flowers and views.

A border peak starting from Lake Nozori with views of Naebasan and Saburyuyama, rewarding for summer flowers and Joshinetsu panoramas.

An active volcano straddling the Nagano-Gunma border, with a spectacular crater-rim view from Kurofuyama on the outer caldera.

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains with a gentle summit and 360-degree views, linked to Nekodake by a wildflower-laden ridge.

A pyramid-shaped peak holding one of Japan's three great snowfields, where summer visitors still crunch across Harinoki Daisekkei.

A three-summited mountain in the Ushiro-Tateyama range whose south-facing slopes erupt with Komaкusa and Hakusan Furo in early summer.

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 northernmost peak of the Kiso range, a forest-clad sacred mountain with stone Buddhas and buried-sutra traditions.

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.