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🚃 Easy public-transport day trips⛰️ 100 Famous Mts by public transport🔰 Beginner day trips
RegionAllHokkaidoTohokuKantoChubuKinkiChugokuShikokuKyushu
ListAll100 Famous Mountains200 Famous Mountains300 Famous MountainsNew 100 Famous Mountains100 Mountains of FlowersNew 100 Mountains of Flowers100 Highest Mountains100 First-order Triangulation Points12 Views of Mt. Fuji100 Mountains of Yamanashi100 Mountains of Kanto100 Mountains of Gunma100 Mountains of Tochigi
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Mt. Omuro 100 Mountains of Kanto
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 15Day tripTrail time 7h 4013.14 km

A deep Oku-Tanzawa peak with a fine Buna forest interior and a glimpse of Fuji over the ridge, best experienced on the Inukoshi loop.

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. 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. 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. Fuji - Gotemba & Subashiri Trailheads 100 Famous Mountains
AdvancedModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 58OvernightTrail time 13h 5520.06 km

A route up Japan's highest peak via the Gotenba and須走口trailheads, celebrated for the exhilarating sand-run descent.

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