Thelist of aerial lifts in Japan listsaerial lifts in the nation.
InJapan , aerial lift, or "ropeway" (索道 sakudō , includes means of transport such asaerial tramway ,funitel ,gondola lift ,funifor , as well aschairlift . All of them are legally considered as a sort ofrailway . Chairlift is officially called "special ropeway" (特殊索道 tokushu sakudō , while colloquially called "lift" (リフト rifuto . Other aerial lifts are officially called "normal ropeway" (普通索道 futsū sakudō , or colloquially "ropeway" (ロープウェイ or ロープウェー rōpuwei or rōpuwē . Technical names exist for each "normal ropeway", such as "double single-cabled automatic loop normal ropeway" (複式単線自動循環式普通索道 fukushiki tansen jidō junkan-shiki futsū sakudō for funitel gondola lifts, but those names are hardly used outside authorities; most people don't distinguish them. Number of Japanese "normal ropeways" listed here are as follows.
Systems Full year Seasonal Total Gondola lifts 62 32 94 Aerial tramways 68 4 72 Funitel gondola lifts 3 0 3 Funitel aerial tramways 1 0 1 Total 134 36 170
It is also notable that the word "cable car" (ケーブルカー kēburukā does not refer to aerial lifts in Japan, but tocable railways , such ascable cars proper orfuniculars . (However, Japan currently does not have any cable cars proper, having only funiculars.)
This article only lists "normal ropeways"; in other words, aerial lifts excluding chairlifts. Names might be tentative.
Italicized name : Aerial lifts that operate seasonal, mostly inski resorts .T : Aerial tramways. (Those withoutT are gondola lifts.)F : Funitels.
Alpha Cabin, Alpha Resort Tomamu; Hoshino Resort Tomamu Annupuri Gondola, Niseko Annupuri Ski Resort; Chūō Bus Kankō Shōji Asahidake Ropeway T , Asahidake Ropeway Ski Resort; Wakasa ResortDaisetsuzan Sōunkyō Kurodake Ski Resort; Rinyū Kankō Furano Ski Resort;Prince Hotels Furano RopewayT Kitanomine Gondola Kamui Ski Links Gondola , Kamui Ski Links; Asahikawa Kita Inter DevelopmentKiroro Gondola, Kiroro Resort; Kiroro Associates Lake Cabin , Windsor Snow Village; The Windsor Hotels InternationalMt. Hakodate Ropeway T Mt. Hakodate Ropeway . The background isTsugaru Strait .Mt. Moiwa Ropeway T , Sapporo Moiwayama Ski Resort; Sapporo DevelopmentNanae Gondola , Hakodate Nanae Ski Resort; Winter GardenNiseko Mt. Resort Grand Hirafu ; Niseko Mountain ResortAce #2 Center Four Hirafu Gondola Noboribetsu Onsen Ropeway; Noboribetsu Onsen Cable Otaru Tenguyama RopewayT , Otaru Tenguyama Ski Resort; Chūō Bus Kankō Shōji Prince Gondola , Niseko Higashiyama Ski Resort; Niseko Higashiyama ResortRusutsu Resort ;Kamori Kankō East Gondola Line 1 East Gondola Line 2 Izora Gondola West Gondola Sahoro Gondola , Sahoro Resort; Kamori KankōSapporo International Ski Resort; Sapporo Resort Development Sapporo Teine; Kamori Kankō Shuttle 6 Gondola , Mount Racey; Yūbari ResortUsuzan Ropeway T ; Wakasa ResortHakkōda Ropeway in snow.Zaō Ropeway funitelAppi Kogen Ski Resort ; Iwate Hotel and ResortAppi Gondola Sailer Gondola Geto Kōgen Ski Resort; Geto Kōgen DevelopmentFirst Gondola Second Gondola Iwate Kōgen Snow Park ; Hotel & Resort ManagementShizukuishi Ski Resort; Prince HotelsSecond Gondola Senshōgahara Ropeway T Ani Gondola: Winter Garden Resorts Eboshi Kōgen Gondola; Miyagi Zaō Kankō Resort Park Onikōbe; Onikōbe Resort System Yamagata Prefecture [ edit ] Gondola, Miyagi Zaō Eboshi Ski Resort; Miyagi Zaō Kankō Tengendai RopewayT ; Nishiazuma Ropeway Zaō Chūō RopewayT Zaō Ropeway , Yamagata Zaō Onsen Ski ResortSanchō LineF Sanroku LineT Zaō Skycable, Yamagata Zaō Onsen Ski Resort; Yamakō Fukushima Prefecture [ edit ] Adatara Express, Adatara Kōgen Ski Resort; Fujikyū Adatara Kankō Altz Gondola , Altz Bandai; Bandai Resort DevelopmentGondola, Urabandai Gran Deco Ski Resort; Tōkyū Resort Service Tenkyōdai Gondola (Skyshuttle), Inawashiro Resort; Cest la vie Resort Hakone Ropeway is the secondfunitel in Japan.Hakone Komagatake Ropeway .Akechidaira Ropeway T ; Nikkō-kōtsūGondola Lift, Hunter Mt. Shiobara Kinugawa Onsen RopewayT 鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ ; Kinugawa Kōgen Kaihatsu Nasu RopewayT 那須ロープウェイ ; Tōya Kōtsū Jeans Gondola, Mt. Jeans Ski Resort; Hunter Mt. Shiobara Kanagawa Prefecture [ edit ] Katsuragiyama Ropeway , Shizuoka.Komagatake Ropeway , Nagano.Gozaisho Ropeway , Mie.Shizuoka Prefecture [ edit ] Yamanashi Prefecture [ edit ] Fifth Gondola (Skysneakers), Tangram Ski Circus; Tangram Madarao Fujimidai Kōgen Ropeway; Heavens Sonohara Gondola, Okushiga-Kōgen Ski Resort;Nagano Electric Railway Gondola Adam, Hakuba Happō-One Ski Resort; Hakuba Kankō Kaihatsu Gondola Noah , Hakuba Iwatake Ski Resort; Hakuba Kakō KaihatsuGondola Ryūsei, Fujimi Panorama Resort; Fujimi Town Development Goryū Tōmi Tele Cabin, Hakuba Goryū Ski Resort; Enrei Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort; Nozawa OnsenHikage Gondola Nagasaka Gondola Ontake Gondola Sanhō Line (Skylove) , Ontake Ski Resort; Ontake ManagementHakuba47 Winter Sports Park; Hakuba47First Gondola Forth Gondola Hasuike RopewayT , Shigakōgen Ski Resort; Shigakōgen Ropeway Higashitateyama Gondola Lift, Shiga Kōgen Higashitateyama Ski Resort; Shigayama Lift Komagatake Ropeway T , Chūō Alpes Senjōjiki Ski Resort; Chūō Alpes KankōOntake Ropeway, Ontake Ropeway Ski Resort Pilatus Tateshina Ropeway T , Pilatus Tateshina Ski ResortRyuoo RopewayT , Ryuoo Ski Park; Ryuoo Kanko Shiga Kōgen Yakebitaiyama Ski Resort; Prince HotelsYakebitaiyama First Gondola Yakebitaiyama Second Gondola Tateshina Bokujō Gondola (Shuttle Venus). Shirakaba Kōgen International Ski Resort;Tateshina Town Government Tsugaike Kōgen Ski Resort; Tsugaike Gondola LiftTsugaike Gondola (Gondola Eve) Tsugaike RopewayT Arai Gondola Lift; Arai Resort Gala Yuzawa Ski Resort; Gala YuzawaGondola Diligence Ropeway LanDau T (Temporary closed) Gondola, Cupid Valley Ski Resort; Cupid Valley Hakkaisan Ropeway T , Muikamachi Hakkaisan Ski Resort; Prince HotelsIwappara Gondola , Iwa-ppara Winter Resort; Iwappara Kankō(Temporary closed) Maiko Gondola , Maiko Kōrakuen Ski Resort;Tokyo Dome Resort OperationsMt.Naeba Ski Resort; Prince HotelsKagura Gondola Mitsumata Ropeway T Naeba-Tashiro Gondola (Dragondola ) Prince First Gondola Prince Second Gondola Tashiro Ropeway T Myōkōkōgen Sky Cable gondola, Akakura Kankō Ski Resort Myōkō Suginohara Gondola , Myōkō Suginohara Ski Resort; Prince HotelsYahikoyama Ropeway [ 2] T ; Yahikoyama Kankō RopewayYuzawa Kōgen Ropeway (Yuzawa Onsen Ropeway)T , Yuzawa Kōgen Ski Resort; Snow Resort ServiceIshikawa Prefecture [ edit ] Gondola, Sky Shishiku Ski Resort; Atom Unyu Gondola Lift, Hakusan Sena Kōgen Ski Resort; Hakusan Lake Highland Rino, Hakusan Ichirino Onsen Ski Resort; Hakusanshi Chiikishinkōkōsha Gondola Flying Ciao, Ciao Ontake Ski Resort; Hida Forest City Planning Mt. Kinka Ropeway T ; Gifu Kankō RopewayShinhotaka Ropeway ; Okuhi Sightseeing DevelopmentNo. 1 RopewayT No. 2 RopewayT SP Gondola ,Takasu Snow Park ; J Mountains GroupWing Gondola, Wing Hills Shirotori Resort; Royal Hills Yoshino Ropeway is the oldest surviving aerial lift in Japan, operated from 1929.Kobe Nunobiki Ropeway and the skyscrapers ofKōbe .Alpes Gondola, Biwako Valley Ski Resort; Biwako Valley Hachimanyama Ropeway T ;Ohmi Railway Hakodateyama RopewayT , Hakodateyama Ski Resort; Ohmi Railway Ibukiyama Ropeway, Piste Japon Ibuki Ski Resort; Piste Japon Miyajima Ropeway Momijidani Line,Miyajima , Hiroshima.Hiroshima Prefecture [ edit ] Yamaguchi Prefecture [ edit ] Asahi Tengusuton Ski Resort ; AiranaGondola , Mizuho Highland; Shinrin KeikakuBizan Ropeway , Tokushima.Tokushima Prefecture [ edit ] Unzen Ropeway on anactive volcano Nagasaki Prefecture [ edit ] Kumamoto Prefecture [ edit ] Mt. Aso Ropeway T ; Kyūshū Sankō TourismSensuikyō RopewayT ; Higashi Aso Kankō Kaihatsu (in Japanese) Cableman , Information on Japanese aerial lifts.
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