Most Popular Places To Visit in Japan (Mountains): Top 50 by English-Reader Interest
These are the 50 places to visit in Japan (Mountains) that English-speaking readers look up most, ranked by average monthly page views on English Wikipedia over the past 12 months. Number one is Mount Fuji.
| # | Name | Type | Views / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Fuji 富士山 | Mountain | 57,600 |
| 2 | Mount Yōtei 羊蹄山 | Mountain | 13,700 |
| 3 | Sakurajima 桜島 | Mountain | 7,100 |
| 4 | Mount Unzen 雲仙岳 | Mountain | 4,700 |
| 5 | Mount Suribachi 摺鉢山 | Mountain | 4,500 |
| 6 | Mount Aso 阿蘇山 | Mountain | 3,800 |
| 7 | Mount Kōya 高野山 | Mountain | 3,100 |
| 8 | Mount Tate 立山 | Mountain | 2,600 |
| 9 | Mount Haku 白山 | Mountain | 2,200 |
| 10 | Mount Tsurugi 剱岳 | Mountain | 2,100 |
| 11 | Mount Hiei 比叡山 | Mountain | 2,100 |
| 12 | Mount Haruna 榛名山 | Mountain | 1,600 |
| 13 | Mount Mihara 三原山 | Mountain | 1,500 |
| 14 | Mount Asama 浅間山 | Mountain | 1,400 |
| 15 | Asahi-dake 旭岳 | Mountain | 1,400 |
| 16 | Mount Kita 北岳 | Mountain | 1,300 |
| 17 | Mount Ontake 御嶽山 | Mountain | 1,300 |
| 18 | Mount Osore 恐山 | Mountain | 1,200 |
| 19 | Mount Kurama 鞍馬山 | Mountain | 1,200 |
| 20 | Mount Zaō 蔵王連峰 | Mountain | 1,100 |
| 21 | Mount Tsurugi 剣山 | Mountain | 1,100 |
| 22 | Mount Akagi 赤城山 | Mountain | 1,100 |
| 23 | Mount Ibuki 伊吹山 | Mountain | 1,000 |
| 24 | Mount Tsukuba 筑波山 | Mountain | 900 |
| 25 | Mount Ishizuchi 石鎚山 | Mountain | 900 |
| 26 | Mount Hakone 箱根山 | Mountain | 900 |
| 27 | Aira Caldera 姶良カルデラ | Mountain | 900 |
| 28 | Mount Misen 弥山 | Mountain | 800 |
| 29 | Mount Yoshino 吉野山 | Mountain | 700 |
| 30 | Mount Iwaki 岩木山 | Mountain | 700 |
| 31 | Mount Yari 槍ヶ岳 | Mountain | 600 |
| 32 | Hotaka Mountains 穂高岳 | Mountain | 600 |
| 33 | Mount Iwate 岩手山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 34 | Mount Usu 有珠山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 35 | Three Mountains of Dewa 出羽三山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 36 | Mount Nantai 男体山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 37 | Mount Hōei 宝永山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 38 | Mount Bandai 磐梯山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 39 | Daisen 大山 | Mountain | 600 |
| 40 | Fukutoku-Okanoba 福徳岡ノ場 | Mountain | 500 |
| 41 | Mount Kirishima 霧島山 | Mountain | 500 |
| 42 | Mount Tokachi 十勝岳 | Mountain | 500 |
| 43 | Mount Wakakusa 若草山 | Mountain | 500 |
| 44 | Mount Rokkō 六甲山 | Mountain | 500 |
| 45 | Mount Kaimon 開聞岳 | Mountain | 500 |
| 46 | Shinmoedake 新燃岳 | Mountain | 500 |
| 47 | Mount Mitake 御岳山 | Mountain | 500 |
| 48 | Mount Rishiri 利尻山 | Mountain | 400 |
| 49 | Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group 大雪山 | Mountain | 400 |
| 50 | Mount Nokogiri 鋸山 | Mountain | 400 |
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- Page views measure how often English-speaking readers look a place up. They are a sign of interest, not a quality score, and well-known names naturally rank higher.
- Open each place for its location, nearest station and distance from major cities.
Source: Wikimedia page view statistics (English Wikipedia, human traffic, 12-month average) and Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.