100 Famous Yamanashi Mountains
The Yamanashi 100 Famous Mountains were designated by Yamanashi Prefecture in 1997 through a public nomination process followed by a selection committee. The list gathers 100 peaks cherished by local residents and steeped in history and legend — encompassing Mt. Fuji, the Southern Alps (Akaishi Mountains), the Yatsugatake, and the Oku-Chichibu range, all quintessentially Yamanashi.
This page covers the 47 peaks on the list that can be reached without a private car. Most trailheads are served by bus from the nearest train station; for those that aren't, a shared taxi or regular taxi will get you there. Featured peaks include Mt. Aino, Mt. Aka, Mt. Daibosatsu and Mt. Fuji - Gotemba & Subashiri Trailheads. Each guide spells out the exact route from the station to the trailhead — bus and taxi timetables, fares, and frequencies verified against official schedules. Use the map and list below to compare access ease and fitness demand, whether you're planning a day hike or a multi-day traverse with an overnight stay beforehand.
100 Famous Yamanashi Mountains
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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.
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.
One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with a superb Fuji vista, popular also for the traverse to neighboring Momokurayama.
One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with an especially close Fuji vista, popular also for a traverse to neighboring Ōgurasazan.
An ancient sacred mountain of the Oku-Chichibu ridge, its iconic Gojōiwa pillar towering above, with views to the southern Alps and Yatsugatake.
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.
The highest point of the Amago range, the best westward viewpoint for an unobstructed face-on view of Mt. Fuji.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains where an open ridge above Daibosatsu Pass reveals a grand panorama of Fuji and the southern Alps.
A peak that shifts from forest to meadow to rocky ridge, capped by the chain-fixed Otori-iwa just below the summit.
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.
A mountain of extraordinary granite pillars and monoliths, vivid with Shakunage in early summer against views of Yatsugatake and the southern Alps.
A Yamanashi viewpoint overlooking Yatsugatake and the southern Alps, known also as the place where mountaineer Fukada Kyuya died.
The highest peak of the Dōshi range, cloaked in primeval Buna forest with a view of Fuji opening near the summit.
The northern sentinel of the southern Alps, nicknamed the Southern Alps Prince for its striking white granite ridgeline.
The Queen of the Southern Alps, a triple-cirque mountain carpeted with alpine flowers and known for its gentle, welcoming profile.