Gunma(群馬)
Gunma(群馬) has 30 mountains you can reach using only public transport — trains and buses. 6 of them are among Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. 1 can be climbed on foot straight from the station. Popular choices include Mt. Akagi, Mt. Hotaka, Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane and Mt. Nikko-Shirane. 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), Tochigi(栃木), Niigata, Fukushima(福島) and Saitama(埼玉).
Mountains in Gunma(群馬) — Map
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The highest point on Asama's outer caldera, looking down into the eruption zone and scanning from Yatsugatake to the northern Alps.
A distinctive volcanic area where crater lakes and the alternate terrain of Yokoteyama and Yosuké-daira wetland offer high-plateau nature.
A layered caldera volcano and one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, where Joshu's cold winds herald clear-sky summit views.
A table-top mountain shaped like an upturned ship, dominated by the 200-meter cliff face of Tomosohiwa.
A Gunma–Nagano border peak offering views as far as Asama and the northern Alps, alive with Rengeツツジ in early summer.
A low but relentlessly rocky Gunma peak, with fixed chains and multiple approach routes including the famous Mitsuwaiwa Corridor.
One of Japan's three celebrated landscapes, a serrated cluster of rock towers dramatic for autumn foliage and the circuit of stone gates.
The highest peak in the Kanto region, famous for Shirane Aoi flowers, reachable by ropeway to 2,000 m for a 3,000-meter summit.
A twin-peaked mountain offering a 360-degree panorama, stunning in autumn when rock walls and foliage create dramatic contrasts.
True to its name, this summit offers a magnificent head-on view of the great Asama volcano.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains with a gentle summit and 360-degree views, linked to Nekodake by a wildflower-laden ridge.
A double-crater volcano ringed by peaks including Haruna Fuji and Kadombogadake, steeped in mountain worship history.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in the Joshu highlands, cloaked in primeval Buna and Dake-Kaнba forest with outstanding autumn color.
An Ashio range peak famous for its Akayashio azalea colony that turns the slopes pink in May, with lingering traces of old mountain faith.
A serpentine-rock Oze mountain welcoming hikers with rare alpine flora including the endemic Ōze-sō found nowhere else.
A border peak starting from Lake Nozori with views of Naebasan and Saburyuyama, rewarding for summer flowers and Joshinetsu panoramas.
The highest peak of the Tanigawa range, where a flower-filled ridge from Taira-hyōtan leads to a sweeping border-ridge panorama.
A solitary sacred peak in the deepest Nishi-Jōshū highlands, prized for its sharp profile, ancient forest, and the Mikasa-yama rock pitch.
A celebrated peak along Tanigawa's jagged ridge, colored by autumn foliage and early-summer wildflowers.