Japanese maple viewing guide | Mount Takao, the best maple leaf tunnel train in this trip!

Let’s go hiking after eating. On the left side of the picture below is the cable car station. You can ride up to the middle of the mountain and buy tickets directly from an automatic ticket vending machine inside. It costs 930 yen for a round trip. You can choose to take the chairlift or the small train, or you can go directly to the right and climb up the mountain, but I think the small train and the chairlift are very beautiful and worth taking.

There was too much queue for the small train, so we decided to go up the mountain with a chairlift and go down the mountain with the small train. This is the queue for the chairlift. The chairlift lines up faster because the chairlift is always moving. The small train will be slower because you have to wait for the train.

A small ticket.

The weather is great and the place where we line up is so beautiful.

The way you sit on the chairlift shown in the picture is like a ski lift. You stand there waiting for the chair to move over and sit down directly. But what’s even more interesting is that there is no safety bar or seat belt in front of this thing. It is really just a chair.

The backpack should be carried to the front.

Because there is no safety bar in front, it feels more exciting and fun. I can't grab the handrails on both sides while sitting in the middle, and I will fall if I slip. Taking a cable car by myself, it feels more quiet and leisurely than the tram Maple Leaf Tunnel I saw a few days ago, and the leaves falling in the middle are very beautiful.

There is a safety net underneath when you reach a relatively high place, so you don’t have to worry about danger.

It takes 12 minutes to reach the mountain by chairlift and 6 minutes by train.

Let’s go up to an observation deck first.

Wow! I like this feeling of climbing high and looking far!

You can see the track of the small train in the middle.

Come down to the observation deck and start climbing. In fact, it’s just a slope, so it’s quite easy.

The maple leaves are still green here.

Touching this octopus will bring good luck.

There are two roads divided here. The left is the men's slope and the right is the women's slope. The left is climbing stairs and the right is walking uphill. Of course, choose decisively! On the right!

The colorful scenery along the way is really beautiful.

We arrived at this tea house.

This dumpling is also a famous specialty, but it’s a pity that I couldn’t eat it just after lunch.

We are finally going to Yakuo-in.

Drilling through this circle will also have the effect of removing bad luck.

There was also a line of people...

Blue sky, white clouds, red, yellow and green leaves, it’s just so beautiful!

When I climbed here, my ankle started to hurt again, so I gave up and turned back ┭┮﹏┭┮

The top of Mount Takao is one of Kanto Fujimi’s 100 Views. I have been looking forward to it for a long time, but finally got such good weather. With today’s weather, you can definitely see Mount Fuji from the top. Ahhh, but it’s such a pity that I can’t climb up anymore.

Going back T T

Come down the mountain and take a small train, which has a very steep slope.

Very lucky, I happened to stand in the first row!

Wow totally stunning! This is the best Maple Leaf Train in my opinion, the real Maple Leaf Tunnel feeling! So beautiful!

Ahhh, this is exactly the scene I wanted!

When I came down the mountain, I found that the small train had been lined up outside and there were enough people.

Let’s go back to one more picture, Mt. Takao, it’s great! Well worth coming!

Walk back to Takaosanguchi Station and take the train back.

Finally, let’s introduce the guide to Mt. Takao.

The official website provides a variety of mountain climbing routes, which are accurate to the approximate time required from each point to the next point. They are very detailed. You can choose your favorite route to climb the mountain.

My original plan was to take route 1 up the mountain and route 4 down the mountain. The whole journey would take about three hours.

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Mount Takao

Transportation: Shinjuku Station Keio Takao Line directly to Takaosanguchi Station or JR Chuo Line to Takao and transfer to Keio Line to Takaosanguchi Station

Official website: http://www.keio-takao.jp/route/

Cable car official website: http://www.takaotozan.co.jp/timeprice/

Cable car fee: 930 yen round trip

Year-round maple viewing time: late November