For every mountain you hike, there will always be another hundred you’ll never get to.
While you may have heard of Japan’s 100 Famous Mountains, only two peaks from Shikoku make that national list, have you heard of Shikoku’s Hyakumeizan?
The Shikoku Hyakumeizan (四国百名山) was curated by the Shikoku Mountaineering Association to showcase the true soul of the island. This isn’t a “Top 100” in terms of ranking (#1 isn’t necessarily “better” than #100) but instead is a geographical circuit designed for hikers to check off as they traverse the island’s four prefectures – Ehime, Kochi, Tokushima, and Kagawa.
The Shikoku Hyakumeizan: Official Checklist
I’ve linked the hikes that I have personally written about in the list below.
- Mt. Ishizuchi 石鎚山 – 1,982m ✅
- Dōgamori 堂ヶ森 – 1,689m
- Ninomori 二ノ森 – 1,929m
- Iwaguroyama 岩黒山 – 1,746m 🟡 On my to do list
- Tsutsujōzan 筒上山 – 1,859m 🟡On my to do list
- Kamegamori 瓶ヶ森 – 1,897m ✅
- Iyofuji 伊予富士 – 1,756m
- Kanpūzan 寒風山 – 1,763m ✅
- Sasagamine 笹ヶ峰 – 1,860m ✅
- Heikedaira 平家平 – 1,693m ✅
- Nishikuromori 西黒森 – 1,861m
- Tebakoyama 手箱山 – 1,806m 🟡 On my to do list
- Ōzareyama 大座礼山 – 1,588m
- Sazareoyama 佐々連尾山 – 1,404m
- Sasagamine – Otoyama 笹ヶ峰 – 1,016m
- Nishi-akaishiyama 西赤石山 – 1,626m ✅
- Higashi-akaishiyama 東赤石山 – 1,707m ✅
- Futatsudake 二ッ岳 – 1,647m
- Akahoshiyama 赤星山 – 1,453m
- Toyoukeyama 豊受山 – 1,247m
- Suihamine 翠波峰 – 900m
- Shiozukamine 塩塚峰 – 1,043m
- Ishizumisan 石墨山 – 1,456m
- Saragamine 皿ヶ嶺 – 1,271m
- Takanawasan 高縄山 – 986m
- Narabara-san 楢原山 – 1,041m
- Myōjingamori 明神ヶ森 – 1,217m
- Higashisanpōgamori 東三方ヶ森 – 1,233m
- Washigatōzan 鷲ヶ頭山 – 437m
- Tsubogamiyama 壺神山 – 971m
- Takamoriyama 高森山 – 635m
- Ōkawamine 大川嶺 – 1,525m
- Nakatsumyōjinsan 中津明神山 – 1,541m
- Ōnogahara 大野ヶ原 – 1,403m
- Godankōgen 五段高原 – 1,456m
- Tengunomori 天狗ノ森 – 1,485m
- Irazuyama 不入山 – 1,336m
- Sanbongui 三本杭 – 1,226m
- Takatsukiyama 高月山 – 1,229m
- Onigajōyama 鬼ヶ城山 – 1,151m
- Sasayama 篠山 – 1,065m
- Yuzurigahamori 譲ヶ葉森 – 1,016m
- Imoseyama 妹背山 – 404m
- Amagamori 雨ヶ森 – 1,390m
- Jingamori 陣ヶ森 – 1,013m
- Inamurayama 稲叢山 – 1,506m
- Shiragayama 白髪山 – 1,470m ✅
- Okukuishiyama 奥工石山 – 1,516m ✅
- Yokogurayama 横倉山 – 800m
- Bandagamori 蟠蛇森 – 769m ✅
- Kokuzōsan 虚空蔵山 – 675m
- Kuishiyama 工石山 – 1,176m ✅
- Sekkōzan 雪光山 – 926m
- Gozaishoyama 御在所山 – 1,079m
- Kajigamori 梶ヶ森 – 1,400m ✅
- Okujingayama 奥神賀山 – 1,443m
- Yashima 屋島 – 292m
- Iinoyama 飯野山 – 422m
- Ōasayama – Kagawa 大麻山 – 616m
- Gahaishizan 我拝師山 – 481m
- Shiudeyama 紫雲出山 – 352m
- Hoshigajōyama 星ヶ城山 – 817m
- Nyotaizan 女体山 – 774m
- Ryūōzan 竜王山 – 1,059m
- Ōtakiyama 大滝山 – 946m
- Ōkawayama 大川山 – 1,043m
- Unpenjiyama 雲辺寺山 – 927m
- Ōasayama – Tokushima 大麻山 – 538m
- Kunimizan 国見山 – 1,409m
- Kanpo (Kanbo) 寒峰 – 1,605m ✅
- Eboshiyama 烏帽子山 – 1,670m
- Ishidōyama 石堂山 – 1,636m
- Yahazuyama 矢筈山 – 1,848m
- Kurogasayama 黒笠山 – 1,703m
- Tsushidake(津志嶽 – 1,494m
- Jirōgyū 次郎笈 – 1,930m
- Mt. Tsurugi 剣山 – 1,955m ✅
- Ichinomori 一ノ森 – 1,879m
- Tsunatsukiyama 綱付山 – 1,549m
- Miune 三嶺 – 1,893m ✅
- Nishikumayama 西熊山 – 1,816m
- Tenguzuka 天狗塚 – 1,812m ✅
- Shiragayama – Okumono 白髪山 – 1,770m
- Ishidateyama 石立山 – 1,708m
- Jizōjiyama 地蔵寺山 – 1,517m
- Kajigamori – Eastern 梶ヶ森 – 1,400m
- Nakatsuyama 中津山 – 1,447m
- Furontō 風呂塔 – 1,401m
- Kōtsuzan 高越山 – 1,133m
- Ōkageyama 大影山 – 1,133m
- Kumoso-yama 雲早山 – 1,496m
- Takamaruyama 高丸山 – 1,439m
- Asahigamaru 旭ヶ丸 – 1,019m
- Masakiyama 正木山 – 1,206m
- Kanbayama 勘場山 – 1,585m
- Senjōgatake 千丈ヶ岳 – 1,017m
- Tsuminezan 津峯山 – 284m
- Tairyūjiyama 太龍寺山 – 618m
- Goseyama 後世山 – 538m
- Senbagatake 千羽ヶ岳 – 245m
References & Resources
- YAMAP – Shikoku Hyakumeizan Digital Badge Checklist
- Yamareco – Shikoku 100 (Official Sequence Data)
- Shikoku Hyakumeizan (Reference Guide) by Kochi Shimbun Sha.

