Nihondaira cable car
The Nihondaira Cable Car ( Japanese 日本 平 ロ ー プ ウ ェ イ , Nihondaira Rōpuwēi ; English Nihondaira Ropeway ) is a cable car in Japan . It is located on the area of the city of Shizuoka in the prefecture of the same name and leads to the Nihondaira, a panoramic mountain on Suruga Bay . It is operated by the Shizuoka Tetsudō railway company . The cable car is closely related to the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The valley station Kunōyama ( 久 能 山 ) is located on the southern flank of the mountain at an altitude of 145 m TP and can be reached from the coastal road via a steep staircase. The Kunōzan Tōshō-gū , a historically significant Shintō shrine, is in the immediate vicinity . The cable car takes you up to the mountain station Nihondaira ( 日本平 ) to 269 m TP , west of the summit and the Nihondaira Observatory located. Over a length of 1065 m, it overcomes a height difference of 124 m. The two cabins offer space for 55 people each and move at a speed of 4.7 m / s. As a rule, the cable car runs every 10 to 15 minutes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the journey time is five minutes.
After a six-month construction period, the cable car opened on May 31, 1957.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Section: Nihondaira Cable Car, Shizuoka Prefecture . In: de.emb-japan.go.jp . October 2008 ( emb-japan.go.jp [accessed January 25, 2019]).
Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′ 8.2 ″ N , 138 ° 27 ′ 54.6 ″ E