Hyakumeizan (百名山): Japan's 100 Famous Mountains

Back in 1964, one author decided to write about his 100 favorite mountains, and the crown prince liked his book, and then the 百名山 (Hyakumeizan/Hundred Famous Mountains) list was born. The criteria? The mountains he liked. Either way, the list has become somewhat of a, well, a checklist for those hiking in Japan, and now I want to jump into the wagon and try to do as much as I can of those, and hopefully help others too. 

Big shout out to the hiking in Japan blog, as it is the primary reference that kickstarted my Japan Hiking adventures. Here’s my rather sad attempt to summit all of the mountains on that list, and the current status on my end. But let's bring in my rather OCD-ish tendencies. I have created a mountain database: A summary of the 100 famous mountains and their respective mountain huts, access, etc. A work in progress for sure, but I'm slowly updating it.  

To see where all the mountains are, you can look at this pin of all 100 of them in google maps: 



Below is the table of all 100 of them. See my google sheets for the updated Access/Difficulty etc. 

NoNameJapaneseLocationDifficulty
1Mt. Rishiri利尻岳Hokkaido5
2Mt. Rausu羅臼岳Hokkaido4
3Mt. Shari斜里岳Hokkaido4
4Mt. Meakan雌阿寒岳Hokkaido3
5Mt. Asahi旭岳Hokkaido3
6Mt. Tomuraushiトムラウシ山Hokkaido4
7Mt. Tokachi十勝岳Hokkaido3
8Mt. Poroshiri幌尻岳Hokkaido5
9Mt. Yotei羊蹄山Hokkaido5
10Mt. Iwaki岩木山Aomori2
11Hakkoda八甲田山Aomori2
12Hachimantai八幡平Iwate0
13Mt. Iwate岩手山Iwate5
14Mt. Hayachine早池峰Iwate2
15Mt. Chokai鳥海山Akita4
16Gassan月山Yamagata2
17Mt. Asahi朝日岳Niigata4
18Mt. Zao蔵王山Yamagata1
19Mt. Iide飯豊山Yamagata4
20Mt. Azuma吾妻山Yamagata1
21Mt. Adatara安達太良山Fukushima4
22Mt. Bandai磐梯山Fukushima3
23Mt. Aizu-komagatake会津駒ヶ岳Fukushima3
24Mt. Nasu那須岳Tochigi3
25Echigo-komagatake越後駒ヶ岳Niigata4
26Mt. Hira平ヶ岳Niigata5
27Mt. Makihata巻機山Niigata4
28Mt. Hiuchi燧岳Fukushima5
29Mt. Shibutsu至仏岳Gunma3
30Mt. Tanigawa谷川岳Gunma4
31Mt. Amakazari雨飾山Niigata5
32Mt. Naeba苗場山Niigata3
33Mt. Myoko妙高山Niigata3
34Mt. Hiuchi火打山Niigata3
35Mt. Takazuma高妻山Niigata4
36Mt. Nantai男体山Tochigi3
37Mt. Nikko-shirane日光白根山Tochigi4
38Mt. Sukai皇海山Tochigi5
39Mt. Hotaka武尊山Gunma4
40Mt. Akagi赤城山Gunma2
41Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane草津白根山Gunma1
42Mt. Azumaya四阿山Nagano2
43Mt. Asama浅間山Gunma3
44Mt. Tsukuba筑波山Ibaraki2
45Mt. Shirouma白馬岳Nagano5
46Mt. Goryu五竜岳Toyama5
47Mt. Kashimayari鹿島槍岳Toyama5
48Mt. Tsurugi剣岳Toyama5
49Tateyama立岳Toyama3
50Mt. Yakushi薬師岳Takayama4
51Mt. Kurobegoro黒部五郎岳Toyama4
52Mt. Suisho水晶岳Toyama5
53Mt. Washiba鷲羽岳Toyama5
54Mt. Yari槍ヶ岳Gifu4
55Mt. Hotaka穂高岳Gifu5
56Mt. Jonen常念岳Nagano4
57Mt. Kasa笠ヶ岳Gifu5
58Mt. Yake焼岳Gifu4
59Mt. Norikura乗鞍岳Gifu1
60Mt. Ontake御岳Nagano3
61Utsukushi-ga-hara美ヶ原Nagano0
62Mt. Kirigamine霧ヶ峰Nagano1
63Mt. Tateshina蓼科山Yamanashi2
64Yatsu-ga-take八ヶ岳Nagano4
65Mt. Ryokami両神山Saitama3
66Mt. Kumotori雲取山Tokyo3
67Mt. Kobushi甲武信岳Yamanashi4
68Mt. Kinpu金峰山Yamanashi3
69Mt. Mizugaki瑞牆山Yamanashi2
70Mt. Daibosatsu大菩薩山Yamanashi2
71Mt. Tanzawa丹沢山Kanagawa3
72Mt. Fuji富士山Shizuoka4
73Mt. Amagi天城山Shizuoka1
74Kiso-komagatake木曽駒ヶ岳Nagano3
75Mt. Utsugi空木岳Nagano4
76Mt. Ena恵那山Gifu3
77Kai-komagatake甲斐駒ヶ岳Yamanashi4
78Mt. Senjo仙丈ヶ岳Yamanashi4
79Mt. Houou鳳凰山Yamanashi4
80Kitadake北岳Yamanashi4
81Ainodake間ノ岳Minami Alps4
82Mt. Shiomi塩見岳Shizuoka5
83Mt. Warusawa悪沢岳Shizuoka5
84Mt. Akaishi赤石岳Shizuoka5
85Mt. Hijiri聖岳Shizuoka5
86Mt. Tekari光岳Shizuoka4
87Hakusan白山Ishikawa3
88Mt. Arashima荒島岳Fukui3
89Mt. Ibuki伊吹山Shiga3
90Mt. Odaigahara大台ヶ原山Nara1
91Mt. Omine大峰山Nara4
92Daisen大山Tottori3
93Mt. Tsurugi剣山Tokushima1
94Mt. Ishizuchi石鎚山Ehime4
95Mt. Kuju九重山Oita2
96Mt. Sobo祖母山Oita3
97Mt. Aso阿蘇山Kumamoto2
98Mt. Kirishima霧島山Miyazaki3
99Mt. Kaimon開聞岳Kagoshima2
100Mt. Miyanoura宮之浦岳Kagoshima4

Public transport labels are as follows:
  • ✖ for no public transportation available
  • ▲ for with public transportation but difficult to access (e.g. only one bus)
  • 〇 for with public transportation
Difficulty is gauged on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least difficult.

Anyone who’s in Japan and wish to come with me, just leave a comment! You can see my next trips by looking at the "To Do List"! I’m in Tokyo but willing to fly. On weekends and holidays of course. I’m a salarywoman after all.