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Chubu(中部)

Chubu(中部) has 192 mountains you can reach using only public transport — trains and buses. 51 of them are among Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. 2 can be climbed on foot straight from the station. Popular choices include Kirigamine, Mt. Aino, Mt. Aka and Mt. Akaishi. Each guide shows the route from the nearest station to the trailhead, with up-to-date bus timetables.

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Mountains in Chubu(中部) — Map

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Mt. Nyukasa 300 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 2h 309.2 km

A ropeway viewpoint plateau with a Suzuran lily wetland and a sweeping panorama of Yatsugatake and the northern Alps.

Mt. Amagi 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 2h 32Day tripTrail time 4h 178.17 km

One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains rich in primeval Buna and Himeshara forest, Amagi Rhododendrons, and vibrant seasonal color.

Mt. Ashitaka 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 1h 58Day tripTrail time 4h 308 km

The highest point of the Ashitaka range with close-up views of Mt. Fuji, and home to the endemic Ashitaka Rhododendron.

Mt. Hachimori 300 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 5h 008 km

A solitary peak with a refuge hut near the top, commanding fine views of the northern Alps centered on Hotaka and Yarigatake.

Mt. Iizuna 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 4h 30

A sacred mountain lined with stone Buddhas, offering panoramic views of the northern Alps and the Zenkoji Plain.

Mt. Kaya 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 3h 23Day tripTrail time 4h 007 km

A Yamanashi viewpoint overlooking Yatsugatake and the southern Alps, known also as the place where mountaineer Fukada Kyuya died.

Mt. Kisokoma-ga-take 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 2h 423.64 km

The crowning peak of the Central Alps, reached by ropeway to the flower-filled Senjōshiki Kar and spectacular in all four seasons.

Mt. Neko 100 Mountains of Flowers
BeginnerEasyDay tripTrail time 3h 30

A gentle Sugadaira peak selected as a flower 100 Famous Mountain, prized for its wildflower meadows and airy ridge walk to Azumayasan.

Mt. Norikura 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasyDay tripTrail time 3h 005 km

A multi-summit volcano with 23 peaks and seven lakes, the most accessible 3,000-meter mountain in Japan.

Mt. Ogura 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasyDay tripTrail time 5h 007 km

A quiet Shinshu peak with a rocky summit overlooking Yatsugatake, also famed for its Shakunage rhododendron display.

Mt. Tateshina 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 4h 46Day tripTrail time 5h 009 km

A perfectly conical Suwa Fuji summit with a sweeping northern panorama of the Yatsugatake range and the northern Alps.

Mt. Tate 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 5h 007 km

A sacred northern-Alps mountain where ptarmigan roam and snowmelt triggers a sea of alpine flowers, one of Japan's great religious peaks.

Utsukushigahara 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 4h 54Day tripTrail time 2h 00

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

Mt. Yake 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 6h 008 km

The only active volcano in the northern Alps, with fumarolic vents reachable at the summit and a history of eruption that shaped Lake Taishō-ike.

Mt. Ena 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerPlan aheadDay tripTrail time 7h 00

A sacred mountain steeped in Amaterasu legend at the southern tip of the Central Alps, with views north and south to distant ranges.

Mt. Karamatsu 300 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 5h 5710.46 km

A popular Ushiro-Tateyama peak reached by the Alpine Line, where the Hakuba trio and the treacherous Kaeri-no-Ken ridge steal the show.

Mt. Kenashi 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerEasy🚃Tokyo 2h 18Day tripTrail time 5h 307 km

The highest point of the Amago range, the best westward viewpoint for an unobstructed face-on view of Mt. Fuji.

Mt. Kinpu 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 2h 04Day tripTrail time 5h 349.33 km

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

Kirigamine 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 4h 06Day tripTrail time 3h 00

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

Mt. Mishotai 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 3h 41Day tripTrail time 6h 3014 km

The highest peak of the Dōshi range, cloaked in primeval Buna forest with a view of Fuji opening near the summit.

Mt. Naeba 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerPlan ahead🚃Tokyo 3h 48Day tripTrail time 7h 00

A mountain whose broad high alpine wetland and countless bog pools are hailed as a sky-high paradise, magical for summer flowers and autumn grass.

Mt. Ontakesan 100 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerateDay tripTrail time 7h 0010 km

A great isolated sacred mountain with the mystical Ni-no-ike crater lake, its sweeping summit view simply described as unrivaled.

Mt. Tengu 200 Famous Mountains
BeginnerModerate🚃Tokyo 4h 43Day tripTrail time 6h 149.92 km

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