Yamanashi(山梨)
Yamanashi(山梨) has 48 mountains you can reach using only public transport — trains and buses. 11 of them are among Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. 1 can be climbed on foot straight from the station. Popular choices include Mt. Aino, Mt. Daibosatsu, Mt. Fuji - Gotemba & Subashiri Trailheads and Mt. Fuji - Yoshida Trailhead. Each guide shows the route from the nearest station to the trailhead, with up-to-date bus timetables.
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Bordering prefectures include Nagano(長野), Tokyo(東京), Kanagawa(神奈川), Saitama(埼玉) and Shizuoka(静岡).
Mountains in Yamanashi(山梨) — Map
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The highest summit in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, the very spot that inspired the old 500-yen Fuji photograph.
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.
A high peak reached by a grassy ridge walk from the Ōdarumi Pass, welcoming arrivals with a sweeping panorama from Fuji to the southern Alps.
A ten-minute stroll from Yunosawa Pass leads to an alpine flower garden and a sweeping view of Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake.
A Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views peak sheltering a thousand-year-old Yatate cedar on its approach, with a summit view of Fuji and the southern Alps.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains where an open ridge above Daibosatsu Pass reveals a grand panorama of Fuji and the southern Alps.
The highest peak in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, a keystone of the Daibosatsu range with a 360-degree view of Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake.
A peak in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with views of Fuji, tied to the legend of Momotarō.
The main peak of Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views site 9, celebrated for its particularly fine view of Fuji from above Ōtsuki.
The highest point of the Misaka range, surveying Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes with changing backdrops of fresh green, autumn leaves, and sea of clouds.
A revered sport-climbing destination of granite cliffs, with an unobstructed Fuji view from the Kaiun summit.
One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with an especially close Fuji vista, popular also for a traverse to neighboring Ōgurasazan.
One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with a superb Fuji vista, popular also for the traverse to neighboring Momokurayama.
A sub-1,000-meter peak that punches far above its height with a full 360-degree panorama of Fuji and the southern Alps.