Cable Enryakuji Station

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Cable Enryakuji Station (ケーブル延暦寺駅) is a Hiezan Railway Sakamoto Cable cable railway station atop Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture.

Mt. Hiei and Enryakuji temple (World Heritage Site and National Treasure) are accessible via cable railway from Cable Sakamoto Station in Sakamoto at the foot of Mt. Hiei in Shiga. At the top, you get off at Cable Enryakuji Station. This is the original building that has been used since the cable railway opened between Sakamoto and Mt. Hiei in 1927. It was Japan’s longest cable car route (2,025 meters) at the time. The first floor is the station, while the 2nd floor used to be a VIP room. The 2nd floor is now an exhibition room open to the public. It also has a nice lookout deck. The distinguished-looking building is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property (登録有形文化財).

Elevator: No | Ramp: No | Escalator: No | Accessible toilet: Yes | Staffed: Yes | Lockers: No | Tourist info staff: No

  • Station staff available to assist wheelchair users.

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Hiezan Railway Sakamoto Cable Stations
Cable Sakamoto Station ケーブル坂本駅 | Horaioka Station ほうらい丘駅 | Motateyama Station もたて山駅 | Cable Enryakuji Station ケーブル延暦寺駅
Keihan Electric Railway Train Stations
Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line 京阪石山坂本線: Ishiyama-dera 石山寺駅 | Karahashi-mae 唐橋前駅 | Keihan Ishiyama 京阪石山駅 | Awazu 粟津駅 | Kawaragahama 瓦ヶ浜駅 | Nakanosho 中ノ庄駅 | Zeze Hommachi 膳所本町駅 | Nishiki 錦駅 | Keihan Zeze 京阪膳所駅 | Ishiba 石場駅 | Shimanoseki 島ノ関駅 | Biwako Hama-Otsu びわ湖浜大津駅 | Miidera 三井寺駅 | Otsu Shiyakusho-mae 大津市役所前駅 | Keihan Otsukyo 京阪大津京駅 | Omi Jingu-mae 近江神宮前駅 | Minami-Shiga 南滋賀駅 | Shigasato 滋賀里駅 | Anoo 穴太駅 | Matsunobamba 松ノ馬場駅 | Sakamoto Hiezan-guchi 坂本比叡山口駅
Keihan Keishin Line 京阪京津線: Biwako Hama-Otsu びわ湖浜大津駅 | Kami-sakaemachi 上栄町駅 | Otani 大谷駅 | Oiwake 追分駅 | Shinomiya 四宮駅 | Keihan Yamashina 京阪山科駅 | Misasagi 御陵駅