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.
A route up Japan's highest peak via the Gotenba and須走口trailheads, celebrated for the exhilarating sand-run descent.
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 most popular route up Japan's highest mountain, ascending via the well-equipped Yoshida trailhead.
The highest point of the Amago range, the best westward viewpoint for an unobstructed face-on view of Mt. Fuji.
Tokyo's highest peak at the eastern end of the Oku-Chichibu, a one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains reward after a long walk through primeval forest.
One of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains where an open ridge above Daibosatsu Pass reveals a grand panorama of Fuji and the southern Alps.
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 third-highest summit, offering sweeping ridge views alongside Kitadake in the southern Alps.
A three-peaked range of white sand ridges, towering boulders, cascades, and the iconic Obelisk, with commanding views of Kitadake and Fuji.
Japan's second-highest peak and the southern Alps champion, stunning for its mix of snowfields, flower gardens, and sheer rock walls.
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.
The crowning peak of the Yatsugatake range, rewarding climbers with a rocky ridge and a sweeping 360-degree panorama.
A Nichiren sacred mountain celebrated for the Fuji sunrise seen from Keishin-in, reached by a reverent approach of 50 stone-marked stages.
The highest point of the Hayakawa Ridge, a rocky summit with a sweeping view from Kitadake to Fuji.
The highest summit in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, the very spot that inspired the old 500-yen Fuji photograph.
A grassland summit listed third among the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, sweeping in Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake in one glance.
A summit listed twelfth among the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, framing Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake in a 360-degree sweep.
A quiet viewpoint on the Abe East Ridge, sweeping the eye over Fuji and the southern southern Alps from a grassy summit.
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.
A twin-peaked summit on the Shirane South Ridge, offering a peaceful view of the southern southern-Alps skyline from its Haіmаtsu top.
The highest of the Okutama Sanzan, traversing fine Buna forest past Mittō-no-Ōtaki falls to a view of Fuji from the west summit.
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 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.
A 360-degree viewpoint listed twelfth in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, framing Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake.
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 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.
A hidden gem above Ōtsuki selected as number one in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views, with a unique rocky summit perfectly framing Fuji.
The highest peak in the Shūrei Fugaku Twelve Views along the Daibosatsu South Ridge, combining Fuji, the southern Alps, and Yatsugatake in one panorama.
The highest peak of the Abe-oku range, alive with Yanagi-ran meadows in August and framing a panorama of the southern Alps and Fuji.