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🚃 Easy public-transport day trips⛰️ 100 Famous Mts by public transport🔰 Beginner day trips
RegionAllHokkaidoTohokuKantoChubuKinkiChugokuShikokuKyushu
ListAll100 Famous Mountains300 Famous MountainsNew 100 Famous Mountains100 Mountains of FlowersNew 100 Mountains of Flowers100 First-order Triangulation Points12 Views of Mt. Fuji100 Mountains of Yamanashi100 Mountains of Shinshu100 Mountains of Kanto100 Mountains of Kansai100 Mountains of Kyushu100 Mountains of Yamagata100 Mountains of Gunma
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Mt. Gangaharasuriyama 12 Views of Mt. Fuji
EasyPlan ahead

The highest summit in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, the very spot that inspired the old 500-yen Fuji photograph.

Mt. Iwadono 12 Views of Mt. Fuji
EasyModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 25Day tripTrail time 4h 087.5 km

A rocky fortress with a Sengoku-era hilltop castle site, offering one of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views over the Katsura River valley and Fuji.

Mt. Okuratakamaru 12 Views of Mt. Fuji
EasyPlan ahead

A ten-minute stroll from Yunosawa Pass leads to an alpine flower garden and a sweeping view of Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake.

Mt. Kukiyama New 100 Mountains of Flowers
EasyModerateDay tripTrail time 4h 107 km

A peak in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with views of Fuji, tied to the legend of Momotarō.

Mt. Momokura 12 Views of Mt. Fuji
EasyModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 45Day tripTrail time 6h 0513 km

One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with an especially close Fuji vista, popular also for a traverse to neighboring Ōgurasazan.

Mt. Ōgi 12 Views of Mt. Fuji
EasyModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 33Day tripTrail time 4h 059.5 km

One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with a superb Fuji vista, popular also for the traverse to neighboring Momokurayama.

Mt. Takagawayama 12 Views of Mt. Fuji
EasyModerateDay tripTrail time 3h 307.2 km

A sub-1,000-meter peak that punches far above its height with a full 360-degree panorama of Fuji and the southern Alps.

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