100 of Japans most famous Mountains
The Hyakumeizan (百名山) Master List
What is the Hyakyumeizan?
The Nihon Hyakumeizan (日本百名山), or One Hundred Mountains of Japan was a book originally published in 1964 by Kyūya Fukada (深田 久弥) Japanese writer and mountaineer. It was written as a group of 100 essays intended to reflect what Kyūya considered to be the most historically and culturally significant mountain hikes in Japan. Beyond this it was also just Kyūyas favourite peaks.
While it didn’t rise to popularity in his lifetime, the book now known as Japans 100 Famous Mountains became widely used in the 80s and has stayed in mountaineering communities as the ultimate goal for hiking in Japan.
The List
Hokkaido – 北海道
- Daisetsuzan – 大雪山
- Meakan – 阿寒岳
- Poroshiri – 幌尻岳
- Rausu – 羅臼岳
- Rishiri – 利尻山
- Shari – 斜里岳
- Tokachi – 十勝岳
- Yōtei – 後方羊蹄山
Tohoku – 東北
- Adatara – 安達太良山
- Azuma – 吾妻山
- Aizu-Komagatake – 会津駒ヶ岳
- Bandai – 磐梯山
- Chōkai – 鳥海山
- Gassan – 月山
- Hachimantai – 八幡平
- Hakkōda – 八甲田山
- Hayachine – 早池峰山
- Iide Range – 飯豊連峰
- Iwaki – 岩木山
- Iwate – 岩手山
- Oasahidake – 朝日連峰
- Zaō – 蔵王山
Northern Kanto/Oze/Nikko – 北関東・尾瀬・日光
- Akagi – 赤城山
- Hiuchi – 燧ヶ岳
- Hotaka – 武尊山
- Nantai – 男体山
- Nasu – 那須岳
- Nikkō-Shirane – 日光白根山
- Shibutsu – 至仏山
- Sukai – 皇海山
- Tsukuba – 筑波山
Joshinetsu – 上信越
- Amakazari – 雨飾山
- Asama – 浅間山
- Azumaya – 四阿山
- Echigo-Komagatake – 越後駒ヶ岳
- Hiragatake – 平ヶ岳
- Hiuchi – 火打山
- Kusatsu-Shirane – 草津白根山
- Makihata – 巻機山
- Myōkō – 妙高山
- Naeba – 苗場山
- Takatsuma – 高妻山
- Tanigawa – 谷川岳
Chichibu/Tama/South Kanto – 秩父・多摩・南関東
- Amagi – 天城山
- Daibosatsu – 大菩薩嶺
- Fuji – 富士山
- Ryōkami – 両神山
- Kinpu – 金峰山
- Kobushi – 甲武信岳
- Kumotori – 雲取山
- Mizugaki – 瑞牆山
- Tanzawa – 丹沢山
Northern Alps – 北アルプス
- Goryu – 五竜岳
- Hotaka – 穂高岳
- Jōnen – 常念岳
- Kasagatake – 笠ヶ岳
- Kashima Yarigatake – 鹿島槍ヶ岳
- Kurobegorō – 黒部五郎岳
- Norikura – 乗鞍岳
- Shirouma -白馬岳
- Suisho – 水晶岳
- Tate – 立山
- Tsurugi – 剱岳
- Washiba – 鷲羽岳
- Yake – 焼岳
- Yakushi – 薬師岳
- Yari – 槍ヶ岳
Utsukushigahara/Yatsugatake/Central Alps – 美ヶ原・八ヶ岳・中央アルプス
- Ena – 恵那山
- Kiragamine – 霧ヶ峰
- Kisokoma – 木曽駒ヶ岳
- Ontake – 御嶽山
- Tateshina – 蓼科山
- Utsugi – 空木岳
- Utsukushigahara – 美ヶ原
- Yatsugatake – 八ヶ岳
Southern Alps – 南アルプス
- Aino – 間ノ岳
- Akaishi – 赤石岳
- Hijiri – 聖岳
- Hōō – 鳳凰山
- Kaikoma – 甲斐駒ヶ岳
- Kita – 北岳
- Senjō – 仙丈ヶ岳
- Shiomi – 塩見岳
- Tekari – 光岳
- Warusawa – 悪沢岳
Hokuriku/Kinki/Chugoku/Shikoku – 北陸・近畿・中国・四国
- Arashima – 荒島岳
- Daisen – 大山
- Haku – 白山
- Ibuki – 伊吹山
- Ishizuchi – 石鎚山
- Odaigahara – 大台ヶ原山
- Tsurugi – 剣山
- Ōmine – 大峰山
Kyushu – 九州
- Aso – 阿蘇山
- Kaimondake – 開聞岳
- Kirishima – 霧島山
- Miyanoura – 宮之浦岳
- Kujū – 九重山
- Sobo – 祖母山
An English version of the book was published in 2014, with a translation by Martin Hood.