Nagasaki Ropeway

Ropeway (aerial lift) in Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki Ropeway

Overview
Status| Operational
Character| Aerial tramway
Location| Mount Inasa, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
No. of stations| 2
Open| 1958
Operation
Operator| Nagasaki City
Carrier capacity| 41 Passengers per cabin, 2 cabins
Trip duration| 5 min
Technical features
Line length| 1,090 m (3,576 ft)
No. of cables| 1 track cable and 2 haulage ropes
Cable diameter| Drive - 52mm Support - 22mm
Operating speed| 5.0 m/s
Vertical Interval| 298 m (978 ft)

The Nagasaki Ropeway (長崎ロープウェイ, Nagasaki Rōpuwei) is a Japanese aerial lift line, operated by Regional Creation Nagasaki Co., Ltd./Nagasaki Ropeway Business Consortium[1] under contract to the City of Nagasaki. Opened in 1958, the line climbs Mount Inasa in Ohamamachi, to the west of the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture.[2] The current cabins entered service in 2011[3] and were designed by Ken Okuyama Design.

Since January 31, 2020, Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car [ja] also traverses Mount Inasa,[4] taking passengers from Chufuku Station, adjacent to Inasayama Park Parking Lot carpark and Inasayama Park bus stop (serviced by bus route 5 from JR Nagasaki Station), to Summit Station, adjacent to Nagasaki Ropeway Inasa Dake Station.

## Stations

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* Lower Station: Fuchi Shrine Station (Fuchijinja Station). Adjacent to Fuchi Shrine.
* Address: 8-1 Fuchimachi, Nagasaki City, 852-8012 ( 32°45'29" N 129°51'35"E )
* From JR Nagasaki Station, take Nagasaki Bus Route 3 or 4 and alight at "Ropeway-mae" bus stop, then walk for 3 minutes
* Upper Station: Inasadake Station. Adjacent to Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car [ja] "Summit Station" and 180 metres (590 ft) from Mt. Inasa Overlook observation deck.
* Address: 364-1 Inasa-cho, Nagasaki City, 852-8011 ( 32°45′15.2″ N 129°50′57.1″E )

## Services

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Travel time is 5 minutes. Services departs both stations at the same time. Extra trips may operate in times of high passenger volume. The adjacent slope car operates to the same frequencies with a journey time of 8 minutes.

As of November 2024[update][5]:

09:00-18:00  | every 20 minutes
18:00-22:00  | every 15 minutes
22:00 departure is downhill passengers only

## Basic data

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* Cable length: 1,090 m (3,576 ft)
* Vertical interval: 298 m (978 ft)

## See also

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* List of aerial lifts in Japan
* Mount Inasa
* Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car (in Japanese)

## References

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This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

1. ^ "トップページ｜稲佐山公園WEB". www.inasayama.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
2. ^ "Mount Inasa: One of Japan's Most Spectacular Night Views | Japan Cheapo". Retrieved 5 September 2023.
3. ^ "Nagasaki Ropeway". 【公式】長崎観光/旅行ポータルサイト ながさき旅ネット. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
4. ^ "Nagasaki Inasayama Slope Car". 【公式】長崎観光/旅行ポータルサイト ながさき旅ネット. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
5. ^ "Fuchi Jinja (Nagasaki Ropeway) | Timetable". Japan Travel by NAVITIME. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

## External links

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* Official website (in Japanese)
* Inasayama Park (in Japanese)
* Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car (in Japanese)

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