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Kamikochi is a very popular hiking destination, there are an abundance of mountain huts and camping sites that make overnight hiking easy to manage. The most famous hike in the area is Yarigatake which is easily accessible from Kamikochi and often combined with Oku-Hotaka as a multi-day hike. [2]
Mt. Nakanodake：Hiking route｜Snow Country "List of Japanese mountains" (in Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan "Japanese Archipelago". Peakbagger.com. Japan Ultra-Prominences; Japan 100 Mountains; Yokosuka City sightseeing,Ōgusuyama
The list has been the topic of NHK documentaries, and other hiking books. An English edition, One Hundred Mountains of Japan, translated by Martin Hood, was published in 2014 by the University of Hawaii Press (ISBN 9780824836771). [2] The complete list (sorted into regions from northeast to southwest) is below.
The eastern side of the Hira Mountains looks steeply over Lake Biwa, while the western side of the range forms a gentler valley in Kyoto. [2] The three main peaks of the Hira Mountains are Mount Bunagatake, the highest with an elevation of 1,214.4 metres (3,984 ft); Hōraisan, at 1,174 metres (3,852 ft), and Mount Uchimi at 1,103 metres (3,619 ft).
The origin of Lake Mashū's name is unclear. The lake's original Ainu name was Kintan-kamuy-to or lake of the mountain god. Ainu language researcher Nagata Housei proposed that the Japanese name originated from the Ainu Mas-un-to or lake of the gulls. [7] This was then rendered as Lake Mashin (魔神湖, Mashin-ko) by the Japanese.
The Japanese Alps (日本アルプス, Nihon Arupusu) is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu.The peaks that tower over central Honshu have long been the object of veneration and pilgrimage.
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