Japan’s Mountains by Train & Bus
Find your next hike — no car needed. Trailhead access, down to the timetable.
- 335 mountains
- 125 100 Famous
🌿 In season this month
Good hikes for the current season, sorted by public-transport access.
ⓘ Access = how easy the trailhead is to reach by public transport (based on first-bus timing, transfers, direct/seasonal buses and whether a taxi is needed)
- Mt. Akita-KomagatakeIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:26 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. NekoIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:03 / No transfers
- Mt. Nikko-ShiraneIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:12 / No transfers
- Mt. TanigawaIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:45 / No transfers
- Mt. TateshinaIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. AmakazariIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:30 / No transfers
- Mt. TogakushiIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:55 / No transfers
- Mt. Echigo-KomagatakeIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:35 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. HiuchiIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:00 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. MyokoIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:00 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. SennokuraIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:09 / No transfers
- Mt. TakatsumaIn season🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:47 / No transfers
🗺️ Decide your next mountain
Filter by area, days, fitness and access. Compare on the map and list.
🔥 Popular this week
Mountains gaining attention right now, by region.
ⓘ Access = how easy the trailhead is to reach by public transport (based on first-bus timing, transfers, direct/seasonal buses and whether a taxi is needed)
- Mt. Bandai🔥 Trending🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mount Kinpoku🔥 Trending🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Yōtei⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:17 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Ibuki🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Aka🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Tanigawa🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:45 / No transfers
- Mt. Takao🟢 Access: Easy
- Mt. Aso🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Asama🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Amakazari🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:30 / No transfers
- Mt. Haku🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Nokogiri🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Hiei⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Kobushigatake🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:30 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Iwadono🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Akagi🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus
- Mt. Tate🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Tsurugi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Takachihonomine🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:29 / No transfers
- Mt. Kurikoma🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 10:34 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
Popular in Hokkaidō this week
- Mt. Yōtei⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:17 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Daisetsuzan / Asahi-dake🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:54 / No transfers
- Mt. Kamuiekuuchikaushi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Niseko Annupuri⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Tokachi🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:33 / No transfers
- Mt. Rishiri🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Shokanbetsu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Ashibetsu🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Rausu⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:26 / 1 transfer(s) / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Nipesotsu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Ishikari⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Yubari🟡 Access: Moderate
Popular in Tōhoku this week
- Mt. Bandai🔥 Trending🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Kurikoma🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 10:34 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Hakkōda🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Hiuchi🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Iwaki🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Aizu-Komagatake⚠️ Access: Plan aheadFirst bus reaches trailhead by 11:30 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Izumigatake🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Moriyoshi⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Himekami⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Oasahidake⚠️ Access: Plan aheadDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Gassan⚠️ Access: Plan aheadSeasonal bus
- Mt. Issaikyō⚠️ Access: Plan aheadDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
Popular in Kantō this week
- Mt. Tanigawa🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:45 / No transfers
- Mt. Takao🟢 Access: Easy
- Mt. Nokogiri🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Akagi🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers / Direct hiking bus
- Mt. Haruna🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Tsukuba🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Jinba🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:23 / No transfers
- Mt. Arafune⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Mitake🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 7:36 / 1 transfer(s)
- Mt. Nyoho🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:24 / No transfers
- Mt. Hirugatake🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Ryokami🟡 Access: Moderate
Popular in Chūbu this week
- Mount Kinpoku🔥 Trending🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Aka🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Asama🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Amakazari🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:30 / No transfers
- Mt. Haku🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Kobushigatake🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:30 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Iwadono🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Tate🟡 Access: ModerateSeasonal bus
- Mt. Tsurugi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Hakkai⚠️ Access: Plan aheadDirect hiking bus
- Mt. Kaya🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:05 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Senjōgatake🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 6:35 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
Popular in Kansai this week
- Mt. Ibuki🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Hiei⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Kongo🟡 Access: ModerateDirect hiking bus
- Mt. Rokko🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Atago🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Ponpon🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Kuroso🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Iwawaki🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Gomadan🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 10:50 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mt. Ōmine🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Takami🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:53 / No transfers
- Mt. Odaigahara⚠️ Access: Plan aheadSeasonal bus
Popular in Chūgoku this week
- Mt. Sanbe🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:00 / No transfers
- Mt. Daisen🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Nagi⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Kamihiruzen🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:27 / No transfers
Popular in Kyūshū this week
- Mt. Aso🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Takachihonomine🟡 Access: ModerateFirst bus reaches trailhead by 9:29 / No transfers
- Mt. Fukuchi🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Kaimon🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Miyanoura🟡 Access: Moderate
- Mt. Kirishima🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:56 / No transfers
- Mt. Kujū🟢 Access: EasyFirst bus reaches trailhead by 8:14 / No transfers / Seasonal bus
- Mount Taisen⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mount Tachu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mount Katamuki⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Tara⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
- Mt. Osuzu⚠️ Access: Plan ahead
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- Chubu (139)Yamanashi(山梨) / Nagano(長野) / Toyama(富山) / Niigata / Ishikawa(石川) / Shizuoka(静岡) / Gifu(岐阜) / Fukui / Aichi
- Kinki (20)Nara(奈良) / Shiga(滋賀) / Osaka(大阪) / Kyoto / Hyogo
- Chugoku (6)"Tottori (鳥取)"
- Shikoku (5)Tokushima(徳島) / Ehime(愛媛)
- Kyushu (21)Kagoshima(鹿児島) / Oita(大分) / Fukuoka / Kumamoto(熊本)
