100 Famous Japanese Mountains
100 Famous Japanese Mountains (日本百名山, Nihon Hyaku-meizan) is a book written in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada. The list became famous when Crown Prince Naruhito, now Emperor, took note of it. 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).
Book cover, English version | |
| Author | Kyūya Fukada |
|---|---|
| Original title | 日本百名山 |
| Translator | Martin Hood |
| Language | Japanese, translated in English |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Publication date | 1964 |
Published in English | 31 December 2014 |
| ISBN | 978-0824836771 |
The complete list (sorted into regions from northeast to southwest) is below.
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