Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus

An ancient sacred mountain of the Oku-Chichibu ridge, its iconic Gojōiwa pillar towering above, with views to the southern Alps and Yatsugatake.

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 fourth-highest peak in the southern Alps, a massive mountain that embodies the name of the Akaishi range.

An accessible one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains with sweeping Nikkō Day-lilies, Rengeツツジ, autumn grasses, and high wetland.

The crowning peak of the Yatsugatake range, rewarding climbers with a rocky ridge and a sweeping 360-degree panorama.

A southern Yatsugatake rocky-ridge treasure of alpine flora, with a chain-fixed crest continuing the traverse to Akadake and Iogadake.

A mountain that dramatically shifts from mossy primeval forest and bog pools to a hard rocky ridge world at the summit.

A vast lava plateau of open grassland and pastures, with a sweeping panorama of the northern Alps and Fuji from the Ōgashira summit.

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