About this guide
Mountains of Japan is an English guide to the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains — the Nihon Hyaku-meizan chosen by Kyūya Fukada in 1964. For every peak we publish its elevation, location and coordinates, a photograph, and the full text of its encyclopedia article, so that everything you need to know about the mountain is in one place.
How the guide is built
Each mountain page brings together three openly licensed sources:
- Article text — adapted in full from the peak's Wikipedia article (English where it exists, otherwise the Japanese article, credited as such), under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Reference lists and external-link collections are omitted; the source of every page is credited at its foot.
- Facts — elevations, prominences and coordinates cross-checked against Wikidata (CC0), with the list order, Japanese names and elevations of the original 100 Famous Japanese Mountains table (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Photographs — from Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its author and licence beneath the picture. Only freely licensed photographs are used.
We never invent facts. Where a source gives no value, the field is left out rather than filled with a guess. Elevations follow the published figures of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains list; modern survey values can differ by a metre or two, and volcanic peaks change height when they erupt.
Safety
This guide is for reading and planning. Mountain weather in Japan changes fast, trails and huts open seasonally, and volcanic peaks can be closed at short notice. Always confirm current conditions, seasons and restrictions with official sources — the relevant national park, prefecture or police mountain guidance — before climbing, and file a climbing plan (tozan todoke) where the area requires one.