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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The highest of the Okutama Sanzan, traversing fine Buna forest past Mittō-no-Ōtaki falls to a view of Fuji from the west summit.
A revered sport-climbing destination of granite cliffs, with an unobstructed Fuji view from the Kaiun summit.
A sub-1,000-meter peak that punches far above its height with a full 360-degree panorama of Fuji and the southern Alps.
A Yamanashi viewpoint overlooking Yatsugatake and the southern Alps, known also as the place where mountaineer Fukada Kyuya died.
One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with a superb Fuji vista, popular also for the traverse to neighboring Momokurayama.
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 peak in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with views of Fuji, tied to the legend of Momotarō.
A mountain of extraordinary granite pillars and monoliths, vivid with Shakunage in early summer against views of Yatsugatake and the southern Alps.
A quiet viewpoint on the Abe East Ridge, sweeping the eye over Fuji and the southern southern Alps from a grassy 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.
An ancient sacred mountain of the Oku-Chichibu ridge, its iconic Gojōiwa pillar towering above, with views to the southern Alps and Yatsugatake.
One of the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views with an especially close Fuji vista, popular also for a traverse to neighboring Ōgurasazan.
The highest peak of the Dōshi range, cloaked in primeval Buna forest with a view of Fuji opening near the summit.
A peak that shifts from forest to meadow to rocky ridge, capped by the chain-fixed Otori-iwa just below the summit.
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.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains in the Oku-Chichibu, its primeval forest cradling the headwaters of three river systems, vivid with Shakunage in season.
Japan's second-highest peak and the southern Alps champion, stunning for its mix of snowfields, flower gardens, and sheer rock walls.
A twin-peaked summit on the Shirane South Ridge, offering a peaceful view of the southern southern-Alps skyline from its Haіmаtsu top.
The most popular route up Japan's highest mountain, ascending via the well-equipped Yoshida trailhead.
A route up Japan's highest peak via the Gotenba and須走口trailheads, celebrated for the exhilarating sand-run descent.
Japan's third-highest summit, offering sweeping ridge views alongside Kitadake in the southern Alps.
The crowning peak of the Yatsugatake range, rewarding climbers with a rocky ridge and a sweeping 360-degree panorama.
A summit listed twelfth among the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, framing Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake in a 360-degree sweep.
The main peak of Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views site 9, celebrated for its particularly fine view of Fuji from above Ōtsuki.
Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views site 5, popular for the traverse to Tsurune-yama and the descent to Kosuge-no-yu hot spring.
The jagged saw-tooth ridge at the northern tip of the southern Alps, one of Japan's hardest routes reserved for experienced mountaineers.
A low Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views peak blanketed with about 3,000 cherry trees in spring, a rare combination of flower viewing and Fuji panorama.
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.
A 360-degree viewpoint listed twelfth in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, framing Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake.
A Shūrei Fugaku peak offering a Fuji view from the twin-summit traverse with Kuradake-yama, also tied to the Momotarō legend.
The fourth-ranked Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views summit, a fine viewpoint for Fuji and the southern Alps with Mitsutōge as its foreground.