Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 100 Famous Japanese Mountains is a book composed in 1964 by mountaineer/author Kyūya Fukada. The list became famous when Crown Prince Naruhito took note of it. The list has been the topic of NHK documentaries, and other hiking books. The selection of celebrated mountains had been done since the Edo period. Unsatisfied with this selection, Fukuda, who had climbed many mountains in Japan, selected 100 celebrated Japanese mountains based on a combination of grace, history, and individuality, moreover excluding mountains with an altitude of less than 1,500 m.