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Mount Tsukuba Cable Car 筑波山鋼索鉄道線

Cable car (funicular) · Tsukuba Kankō Railway 筑波観光鉄道 · 2 stations

English name from Japanese Wikipedia (unofficial source).

How to ride Tsukuba Kankō Railway (Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car) P

Operator-wide facts from Tsukuba Kankō Railway (Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Not confirmedCarry cash
Credit card touchNot confirmed
Delays & suspensionsLive status →Cable car and ropeway status on the top page; Japanese
Step-free accessStation list → PThe ropeway can be used in a wheelchair: a slope leads from the car park to the boarding point. The cable car station is a long way from the paid car park, so call 029-866-0611 before coming and staff will direct you to temporary parking near Miyawaki Station.
Passes1 valid herefrom ¥2,850

Getting on

  1. Buy a ticket at the station: adult ¥930 one way / ¥1,860 return, child ¥470 / ¥940.
  2. Going up by cable car and down by the ropeway (or the reverse)? Buy two one-way tickets, or the combined cable car + ropeway one-way ticket.
  3. Pets ride for ¥300 one way / ¥600 return; ask at the window. Luggage can be left with staff for ¥500 per item (no coin lockers).
Sources checked 2026-10-09 · review: draft_unreviewed

Passes valid on this line 1 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Anyone can buy 2 days · Flexible days

Mt. Tsukuba Ticket (Tsukubasan Kippu)

筑波山きっぷ · Tsukuba Express (Metropolitan Intercity Railway)

¥4,670 Adult, from Akihabara · ¥2,360 Child, from Akihabara · ¥4,590 Adult, from Shin-okachimachi · +35 more ¥1,425/day

Two days including the day of purchase.

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.

#StationEnglishPassengers / day (2024)Guide / other lines
1宮脇
みやわき 🗣		Miyawaki500
2筑波山頂
つくばさんちょう 🗣		Tsukubasancho600

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.