Hakkōda Ropeway

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It only closes when the wind is above 25 m/s: ten minutes to reach the juhyō in winter.

In about ten minutes the cabin climbs from the lower station to the plateau below the summit of Tamoyachi-dake, among the Hakkōda mountains: in winter the frost-covered beeches become juhyō, the ‘snow monsters’ sculpted by the Siberian wind; in summer the same plateau is carpeted with alpine plants, in autumn with red leaves. The only thing that stops it is wind above 25 metres per second, or extreme weather.

Ropeway linking the Hakkōda ski base to the plateau of Mount Tamoyachi, inside Towada-Hachimantai National Park, with a different use in each season: skiing in winter, trekking in summer and autumn.

ℹ️ Runs 9:00–16:20 (March to early November) or 9:00–15:40 (mid-November to February), every 15–20 minutes; annual maintenance in early November (dates not specified by the source). Return trip 2,200 yen from junior high up, 700 yen for elementary school children, free under school age. From JR Aomori, JR bus ‘Mizuumi-go’ direct to the ropeway station in about an hour, or 50 minutes by car.

🚉 山頂公園 · in front of the station

Sources: hakkoda-ropeway.jp

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