Nihondaira Ropeway

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In service since 1957: 47-seat cabins, a 120 m vertical rise in five minutes.

Two cabins, ‘Aoi’ and ‘Tachibana’ (47 seats each), run on a three-cable system (3線交走式) between Nihondaira hill and Kunōzan Station, in service since 31 May 1957: among the historic ropeways of Japan. It covers about 1,050–1,065 metres and a vertical rise of 120 in five minutes, above the strawberry greenhouses on the hill, and is the most common way to reach the Tōshōgū shrine, the alternative being 1,159 steps on foot from the seaward side.

Operated by the railway company Shizuoka Tetsudō (静岡鉄道), since 1957 the ropeway has linked the panoramic summit of Nihondaira (reachable by car or scheduled bus from Shizuoka city) to the Kunōzan Tōshōgū shrine, mausoleum of the first shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. What makes it an entry in its own right, separate from the shrine it serves, is the installation itself: how long it has been in service, the three-cable system with two cabins, the length of the span.

ℹ️ First service from Nihondaira at 9:10, last from Kunōzan at 17:00. Return 1,250 yen for adults; single 700 yen; annual pass 3,500 yen. Discounts for groups of at least 15 people. The length of the route is given as between 1,054 and 1,065 metres.

🚉 日本平 · in front of the station

Sources: ropeway.shizutetsu.co.jp · ropeway.shizutetsu.co.jp · ja.wikipedia.org

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