The lifts that carried skiers during the winter becomes the summer lifts during the green season, and bring you to the top of mountains where you will discover majestic views surrounding you. Lifts and gondolas make hiking trips more comfortable!
🌟Business hours and open periods may be changed depending on weather conditions. Please refer to this page before your visit.
🚠 Latest information : https://shigakogen-ski.or.jp/summer/lift/ 🚠
【Shiga Kogen Golden Line】Brings you to the top of Mt.Higashitate
Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola ⇔ Bunadaira Gondola ⇔ Higashidateyama Gondola
Business hours 9:00 – 15:50
(*To return to Yamanoeki Station, please take the Higashidateyama Gondola before 15:30.)
Open period (subject to change): June 15th to November 4th
*Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola and Bunadaira Gondola will be closed for maintenance during September 9th to 13th. Higashidayeyama Gondola will be open.
Fee: Adult One-way 2,100yen Round-trip 1day pass 3,000yen
Child One-way 1,200yen Round-trip 1day pass 1,800yen
Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more and for persons with disabilities.
Ticket office: Yamanoeki ticket office
👉Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola
Business hours: 9:00 – 16:00
Open period (subject to change): June 15th to November 4th
*Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola and Bunadaira Gondola will be closed for maintenance during September 9th to 13th. Higashidayeyama Gondola will be open.
Time Required: 4 minutes
Fee: Adult one-way 700yen, round-trip 1,000yen Child one-way 400yen, round-trip 600yen
Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more and for persons with disabilities.
👉Hoppo Bunadaira Gondola
Business hours: 9:00 – 16:00
Open period (subject to change): June 15th to November 4th
*Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola and Bunadaira Gondola will be closed for maintenance during September 9th to 13th. Higashidayeyama Gondola will be open.
Fee: Adult one-way 1,000yen round-trip 1,400yen Child one-way 600yen round-trip 800yen
Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more and for persons with disabilities.
Time required: 6minutes
👉Higashidateyama Gondola
Business hours: 9:00 – 16:00 (Reservations are required for gondola rides starting at 7:00)
Open period (subject to change): June 15th to November 4th
*Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola and Bunadaira Gondola will be closed for maintenance during September 9th to 13th. Higashidayeyama Gondola will be open.
Fee: Adult one-way 1,400yen round-trip2,000yen Child one-way 800yen round-trip 1,100yen
Family pack an adult ＋ a child 2,800yen additional fee 1,900yen/adult and 1,000yen/child
Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more and for persons with disabilities.
Time required: 8 minutes
🏔️Higashitate-yama summit area Sightseeing spots🏔️
🌹Higashitateyama Alpine Plants Garden 🌹
Higashitateyama Alpine Plants Garden is one of the largest botanical Gardens in Japan, covering about 100,000 square meters and is filled with fresh air at an altitude of 2,000m. More than 500 species of alpine plants welcome you.
Access : From Yamanoeki via Shiga Kogen Golden Line
From Hoppo Onsen via Higashitateyama Gondola
From Takamagahara via Takamagahara Summer Lift
🧀Roof top dining 🧀
At an altitude of 2,000m, you can appreciate the magnific view of silvery mountains with a cheese fondu which goes perfectly with local wines.
From the roof top terrace, you may see the sea of clouds.
【Higashitateyama Tenku course】Brings you to the top of Mt.Higashitate
Higashitate-yama Gondola → Takamagahara Summer Lift → Free Shuttle Bus (One-way trip)
Business hours: 9:00 – 16:00
Open period: August 10th to18th
Fee: Adult 2,000yen Child 1,100yen *Discount is available for persons with disabilities.
Family pack an adult ＋ a child 2,800yen additional fee 1,900yen/adult and 1,000yen/child
Free shuttle bus stop: Takamagahara Summer Lift bus stop and Higashidateyama Gondola Bus stop
Ticket office: Takamagahara Summer Lift ticket office and Higashidateyama Gondola Lift ticket office ( until 14:30)
Takamagahara Summer Lift summit station → Higashitateyama Gondola summit station
30 minutes by walk up
👉Takamagahara Summer Lift
Business hours: 8:50 – 16:10
Open period: August 10th to 18th
Distance: 855m
Time required: 7 minutes
Fee: Adult one-way 900yen, round-trip 1,200yen Child one-way 600yen round-trip 800yen
Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more and for persons with disabilities.
【Maeyama Summer Lift】→Connect to the Ikemeguri trail🚶
Open period: Every Saturday, Sunday and holidays from June 15th to October 27th
Business hours: 8:30 – 16:00
Distance: 305m
Time required: 5 minutes
Fee: Adult one-way 500yen Child one-way 300yen
Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more and for persons with disabilities.
【Kumanoyu 3rd Quad Lift】
Coming soon
【Yokote-yama Skylator and Sky Pair lift】Access to the Yokoteyama summit
There are two ways to get Yokote-yama summit：
1)From Nozoki parking lot to take the Skylator and Sky pair lift
2) From the Shibutoge parking lot to take the Shibutoge Romance lift
The Mountain View Terrace is a scenic spot at the summit where visitors can see Northen Nagano Five Peaks, Japanese Northen Alpes and Zenkoji basin. Crumpet Café at the Yokoteyama summit station offers a crumpet plate which is a pancake-like griddle bread, coffee and more. The bamboo shoots pizza is the specialty of 2307 Sky Café at the Skylator Entrance.
【Shibutoge Romance Lift】Access to the Yokoteyama summit
Please take Shibu-Toge Romance Lift from May 20th to 31st, when the Skylator and Sky Pair Lift are closed for maintenance.
Shibutoge Romance Lift will be out of service from June 1st to 28th. So please use the Skylator and Sky Pair Lift during this period.
Round trip ticket for Yokoteyama summit : Adult 2,000yen Child 1,700yen
Included Skylator and Sky pair lift round trip tickets or Shibutoge Romance Lift round trip tickets
*On Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Obon summer vacation period, Skylator operate only in the up direction and free shuttle bus operate between skylator and Shibutoge.
To go to round trip from Skylator base station to the summit, please refer to the following itinerary :
Skylator base station (uphill) → Sky pair lift → the summit → Shibutoge Romance lift (downhill) → Shibutoge → Free Shuttle but → Skylator base station
🏔️Yokote-yama Sightseeing spots🏔️
Skylator base station area
🍚Mt.Yokote Drive-In🍚
☕2307 Sky Cafe☕
Yokoteyama summit area
🥐Yokoteyama summite hutte bakery🥐
🍴Crumpet Cafe🍴
🚠Yokote 2307 view terrace🚠