Hiking in Japan

2020-04-01

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.

Hokkaidō

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 ✓

Tōhoku

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 Hiuchigatake (燧ヶ岳)
Mount Iide (飯豊山)
Mount Iwaki (岩木山) 2007 ✓
Mount Iwate (岩手山)
Mount Zaō (蔵王山) 2013 ✓

Kantō

Mount Akagi (赤城山) 2014 ✓
Mount Asama (浅間山)
Mount Azumaya (四阿山)
Mount Hiragatake (平ヶ岳)
Mount Hotaka (武尊山)
Mount Kumotori (雲取山)
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane (草津白根山)
Mount Nantai (男体山)
Mount Nasu (那須岳) 2016 ✓
Mount Nikkō-Shirane (日光白根山)
Mount Ryōkami (両神山)
Mount Shibutsu (至仏山)
Mount Sukai (皇海山)
Mount Tanigawa (谷川岳)
Mount Tanzawa (丹沢山) 2021 ✓
Mount Tsukuba (筑波山) 2020 ✓

Chūbu region

Mount Aino (間ノ岳)
Mount Akaishi (赤石岳)
Mount Amagi (天城山)
Mount Amakazari (雨飾山)
Mount Daibosatsu (大菩薩岳)
Mount Ena (恵那山)
Mount Fuji (富士山) 2008 ✓
Mount Goryū (五竜岳)
Mount Haku (白山)
Mount Hijiri (聖岳)
Mount Hiuchi (火打山)
Mount Hōō (鳳凰山)
Mount Hotaka (穂高岳)
Mount Jōnen (常念岳)
Mount Kaikoma (甲斐駒ヶ岳)
Mount Kasa (笠ヶ岳)
Mount Kashima Yarigatake (鹿島槍ヶ岳)
Mount Kinpu (金峰山)
Mount Kirigamine (霧ヶ峰) 2014 ✓
Mount Kisokoma (木曾駒ヶ岳)
Mount Kita (北岳)
Mount Kobushi (甲武信ヶ岳)
Mount Kuro (黒岳)
Mount Kurobegorō (黒部五郎岳)
Mount Makihata (巻機山)
Mount Mizugaki (瑞牆山)
Mount Myōkō (妙高山)
Mount Naeba (苗場山)
Mount Norikura (乗鞍岳)
Mount Ontake (御嶽山)
Mount Senjō (仙丈ヶ岳)
Mount Shiomi (塩見岳)
Mount Shirouma (白馬岳)
Mount Takatsuma (高妻山)
Mount Tateshina (蓼科山)
Mount Tate (立山)
Mount Tekari (光岳)
Mount Tsurugi (剣岳)
Mount Uonuma-Komagatake (魚沼駒ヶ岳)
Mount Utsugi (空木岳)
Mount Warusawa (悪沢岳)
Mount Washiba (鷲羽岳)
Mount Yake (焼岳)
Mount Yakushi (薬師岳)
Mount Yari (槍ヶ岳)
Yatsugatake (八ヶ岳)
Utsukushigahara Highland (美ヶ原)

Western Japan

Mount Arashima (荒島岳)
Mount Aso (阿蘇山)
Daisen (大山) 2020 ✓
Mount Ibuki (伊吹山)
Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山)
Mount Kaimon (開聞岳)
Mount Kirishima (霧島山)
Mount Kujū (九重山) or Kokonoe
Mount Miyanoura (宮之浦岳)
Mount Ōdaigahara (大台ヶ原山)
Mount Ōmine (大峰山)
Mount Sobo (祖母山)
Mount Tsurugi (剣山)