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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2022 ✓
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2023 ✓
Mount Ishizuchi石鎚山2023 ✓
Kyushu
Mount Kujū九重山
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

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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.

RegionPrefectureHighest pointStatus
HokkaidoHokkaidoAsahi-dake2015 ✓
TohokuAomoriMt. Iwaki2007 ✓
IwateMt. Iwate
MiyagiMt. Byōbu
AkitaMt. Chokai2007 ✓
YamagataMt. Chokai2007 ✓
FukushimaMt. Hiuchigatake
KantoIbarakiMt. Yamizo
TochigiMt. Nikko-Shirane
GunmaMt. Nikko-Shirane
SaitamaMt. Sanpo2022 ✓
ChibaMt. Atago2023 ✓
TokyoMt. Kumotori2022 ✓
KanagawaMt. Hiru
ChubuNiigataMt. Korenge
ToyamaMt. Tate
IshikawaMt. Haku
FukuiMt. Sannomine
YamanashiMt. Fuji2008 ✓
NaganoMt. Hotakadake
GifuMt. Hotakadake
ShizuokaMt. Fuji2008 ✓
AichiMt. Chausu
KansaiMieMt. Odaigahara
ShigaMt. Ibuki
KyotoMt. Minago
OsakaMt. Kongo
HyogoMt. Hyono
NaraMt. Hakkyo
WakayamaMt. Ryujin
ChugokuTottoriMt. Daisen2020 ✓
ShimaneMt. Osorakan2020 ✓
OkayamaMt. Ushiro
HiroshimaMt. Osorakan2020 ✓
YamaguchiMt. Jakuchi
ShikokuTokushimaMt. Tsurugi2023 ✓
KagawaMt. Ryuo2023 ✓
EhimeMt. Ishizuchi2023 ✓
KochiMt. Miune2023 ✓
KyushuFukuokaMt. Shakagatake
SagaMt. Kyogatake
NagasakiMt. Unzen
KumamotoMt. Kunimi
OitaMt. Kuju
MiyazakiMt. Sobo
KagoshimaMt. Miyanoura
OkinawaMt. Omoto