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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
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aerial lift
An aerial lift, also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which ''cabins'', ''cars'', ''Gondola lift, gondolas'', or Chairlift, open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more Wire rope, cables. Aeria ...
line in
Chihayaakasaka,
Ōsaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population ...
. The line is unique as it is owned by the
Chihayaakasaka Village government, and was the only village-run ropeway in Japan. The line was operated by the village itself until April 1, 2004, when operation was entrusted to , a private company that mainly operates restaurants. Opened on April 17, 1966, the line climbs
Mount Kongō
is a mountain in the Kongō Range in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.
The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ...
, the highest point of Ōsaka.
Following the
2018 Osaka earthquake, an
earthquake resistance inspection of ropeway facilities found that both stations had insufficient earthquake resistance. As a result, operation of the ropeway was suspended March 15, 2019.
In February 2021, due to the high cost of earthquake reinforcement works required as well as updating the electrical equipment (which had not been updated since the ropeway opened), Chihayaakasaka Village decided to cease operation of the Mount Kongo Ropeway and consider transferring it to a private operator if one could be found.
On September 16, 2022, Chihayaakasaka Village announced that no private purchaser had been found and that the ropeway will be discontinued and demolition will commence.
, demolition of the associated Konanso accommodation facility (also owned by Chihayaakasaka Village) had commenced, but demolition of the ropeway infrastructure had not yet commenced.
Basic data
*Commenced operation: April 17, 1966
*Distance:
*Vertical interval:
*Operation suspended: March 15, 2019
The total number of passengers carried over the life of the ropeway was approximately 8.4 million (annual average: 158,000 people).
See also
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List of aerial lifts in Japan
The list of aerial lifts in Japan lists aerial lifts in the nation.
In Japan, aerial lift, or , includes means of transport such as aerial tramway, funitel, gondola lift, funifor, as well as chairlift. All of them are legally considered as a sort ...
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Aerial tramways in Japan
1966 establishments in Japan
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