It opened in 1989 with 68 m of panoramic escalator: you reach the top in about 3 minutes.
Eighty metres of escalator in two sections, the longer one 68 m long with a rise of 34: when it opened in 1989 it was, by vertical rise, the tallest escalator in Japan, beating the 21.3 m of Ueno Station, and it carries up to 6,000 people an hour. In three minutes it reaches the observation terrace above Naruto Park, with views of the Naruto Strait, the Ōnaruto Bridge and, on clear days, Wakayama and Shōdoshima Island.
Built in 1989 inside Naruto Park, on the Shikoku side of the Naruto Strait, over an area of 1,500 m²; glass escalator (シースルー) made by Hitachi, 80 cm wide, inclined at 30 degrees, speed 30 m/min.
ℹ️ Open 9:00–17:00 every day, with no closures (current official sources: awanavi.jp, the Tokushima Prefecture tourism portal, and naruto-tourism.jp, the official tourism site of the city of Naruto, both read on 07/09/2026). Tickets: adults ¥400 return, elementary/junior high school children ¥100, under-3s free, 50% discount for people with disabilities and one companion: the 2018 figures already in the notes are confirmed as still valid by both current sources. 5 minutes by car from the Naruto-Kita interchange; parking in the first car park of Naruto Park.
🚉 鳴門公園 · 4 min walk
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