Hiking in Japan
2020-04-01
I like to hike, and it's fun to have checklists for goal setting.
100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Kyūya Fukada wrote a book called 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. I'm not particularly hoping to climb them all, but it's fun to keep track of the list. If I have free time in the non-winter months, finding a new peak is a good way to get outdoors.
Hokkaido
- Akan Volcanic Complex (阿寒岳) 2011 ✓
- Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group (大雪山) 2015 ✓
- Mount Poroshiri (幌尻岳)
- Mount Rausu (羅臼岳) 2011 ✓
- Mount Rishiri (利尻岳) 2009 ✓
- Mount Shari (斜里岳)
- Mount Tokachi (十勝岳)
- Mount Tomuraushi (トムラウシ山)
- Mount Yōtei (羊蹄山) 2009 ✓
Tohoku
- Mount Adatara (安達太良山)
- Mount Aizu-Komagatake (会津駒ヶ岳)
- Mount Asahi (朝日岳)
- Mount Azuma (吾妻山)
- Mount Bandai (磐梯山)
- Mount Chōkai (鳥海山) 2007 ✓
- Mount Gassan (月山) 2008 ✓
- Mount Hachimantai (八幡平)
- Hakkōda (八甲田山)
- Mount Hayachine (早池峰山)
- Mount Iide (飯豊山)
- Mount Iwaki (岩木山) 2007 ✓
- Mount Iwate (岩手山)
- Mount Zaō (蔵王山) 2013 ✓
North Kanto & Oze & Nikko
- Mount Nasu (那須岳) 2016 ✓
- Mount Tsukuba (筑波山) 2020 ✓
- Mount Hiuchigatake (燧ヶ岳)
- Mount Shibutsu (至仏山) 2021 ✓
- Mount Hotaka (武尊山)
- Mount Akagi (赤城山) 2014 ✓
- Mount Nantai (男体山) 2021 ✓
- Mount Nikkō-Shirane (日光白根山)
- Mount Sukai (皇海山)
Joshin'etsu
- Mount Echigo-Komagatake (越後駒ヶ岳)
- Mount Makihata (巻機山)
- Mount Hiragatake (平ヶ岳)
- Mount Tanigawa (谷川岳)
- Mount Naeba (苗場山)
- Mount Amakazari (雨飾山)
- Mount Myōkō (妙高山)
- Mount Hiuchi (火打山)
- Mount Takatsuma (高妻山)
- Mount Kusatsu-Shirane (草津白根山) 2015 ✓
- Mount Azumaya (四阿山)
- Mount Asama (浅間山)
Chichibu & Tama & South Kanto
- Mount Ryōkami (両神山)
- Mount Kobushi (甲武信ヶ岳) 2022 ✓
- Mount Kinpu (金峰山) 2022 ✓
- Mount Mizugaki (瑞牆山) 2022 ✓
- Mount Kumotori (雲取山) 2022 ✓
- Mount Daibosatsu (大菩薩岳)
- Mount Tanzawa (丹沢山) 2021 ✓
- Mount Fuji (富士山) 2008 ✓
- Mount Amagi (天城山)
Kita Alps
- Mount Shirouma (白馬岳)
- Mount Goryū (五竜岳)
- Mount Kashima Yarigatake (鹿島槍ヶ岳)
- Mount Tsurugi (剱岳)
- Mount Tate (立山)
- Mount Yakushi (薬師岳)
- Mount Kurobegorō (黒部五郎岳)
- Mount Suisho (水晶岳)
- Mount Washiba (鷲羽岳)
- Mount Yari (槍ヶ岳)
- Mount Hotaka (穂高岳)
- Mount Jōnen (常念岳)
- Mount Kasa (笠ヶ岳)
- Mount Yake (焼岳)
- Mount Norikura (乗鞍岳)
Utsukushigahara & Yatsugatake & Central Alps
- Utsukushigahara Highland (美ヶ原)
- Mount Kirigamine (霧ヶ峰) 2014 ✓
- Mount Tateshina (蓼科山)
- Yatsugatake (八ヶ岳)
- Mount Ontake (御嶽山)
- Mount Kisokoma (木曾駒ヶ岳)
- Mount Utsugi (空木岳)
- Mount Ena (恵那山)
Southern Alps
- Mount Kaikoma (甲斐駒ヶ岳)
- Mount Senjō (仙丈ヶ岳)
- Mount Hōō (鳳凰山)
- Mount Kita (北岳)
- Mount Aino (間ノ岳)
- Mount Shiomi (塩見岳)
- Mount Warusawa (悪沢岳)
- Mount Akaishi (赤石岳)
- Mount Hijiri (聖岳)
- Mount Tekari (光岳)
Hokuriku & Kinki & Chugoku
- Mount Haku (白山)
- Mount Arashima (荒島岳)
- Mount Ibuki (伊吹山)
- Mount Ōdaigahara (大台ヶ原山)
- Mount Ōmine (大峰山)
- Daisen (大山) 2020 ✓
Shikoku
- Mount Tsurugi (剣山)
- Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山)
Kyushu
- Mount Kujū (九重山) or Kokonoe
- Mount Sobo (祖母山)
- Mount Aso (阿蘇山)
- Mount Kirishima (霧島山)
- Mount Kaimon (開聞岳)
- Mount Miyanoura (宮之浦岳)
The Highest Point in Each Prefecture
Another way of finding destinations is to list the highest point in each prefecture. Some of the highest points are in the above 100-mountain list, and others are not.
| Region | Prefecture | Highest point | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | Hokkaido | Asahi-dake | 2015 ✓ |
| Tohoku | Aomori | Mt. Iwaki | 2007 ✓ |
| Iwate | Mt. Iwate | ||
| Miyagi | Mt. Byōbu | ||
| Akita | Mt. Chokai | 2007 ✓ | |
| Yamagata | Mt. Chokai | 2007 ✓ | |
| Fukushima | Mt. Hiuchigatake | ||
| Kanto | Ibaraki | Mt. Yamizo | |
| Tochigi | Mt. Nikko-Shirane | ||
| Gunma | Mt. Nikko-Shirane | ||
| Saitama | Mt. Sanpo | 2022 ✓ | |
| Chiba | Mt. Atago | ||
| Tokyo | Mt. Kumotori | 2022 ✓ | |
| Kanagawa | Mt. Hiru | ||
| Chubu | Niigata | Mt. Korenge | |
| Toyama | Mt. Tate | ||
| Ishikawa | Mt. Haku | ||
| Fukui | Mt. Sannomine | ||
| Yamanashi | Mt. Fuji | 2008 ✓ | |
| Nagano | Mt. Hotakadake | ||
| Gifu | Mt. Hotakadake | ||
| Shizuoka | Mt. Fuji | 2008 ✓ | |
| Aichi | Mt. Chausu | ||
| Kansai | Mie | Mt. Odaigahara | |
| Shiga | Mt. Ibuki | ||
| Kyoto | Mt. Minago | ||
| Osaka | Mt. Kongo | ||
| Hyogo | Mt. Hyono | ||
| Nara | Mt. Hakkyo | ||
| Wakayama | Mt. Ryujin | ||
| Chugoku | Tottori | Mt. Daisen | 2020 ✓ |
| Shimane | Mt. Osorakan | 2020 ✓ | |
| Okayama | Mt. Ushiro | ||
| Hiroshima | Mt. Osorakan | 2020 ✓ | |
| Yamaguchi | Mt. Jakuchi | ||
| Shikoku | Tokushima | Mt. Tsurugi | |
| Kagawa | Mt. Ryuo | ||
| Ehime | Mt. Ishizuchi | ||
| Kochi | Mt. Miune | ||
| Kyushu | Fukuoka | Mt. Shakagatake | |
| Saga | Mt. Kyogatake | ||
| Nagasaki | Mt. Unzen | ||
| Kumamoto | Mt. Kunimi | ||
| Oita | Mt. Kuju | ||
| Miyazaki | Mt. Sobo | ||
| Kagoshima | Mt. Miyanoura | ||
| Okinawa | Mt. Omoto |