Mitakesan trail options

Here are several hiking options to reach the Mitakesan Cable Car station from different starting points.

⏱️ A 1.5x hiking speed is used to estimate time. This allows for a moderate pace with breaks.

🚠 The last cable car down from Mt. Mitake is at 18:30. ⚠️

Table of contents

• Compare
• Level 1 - Start from Futamatao Station
• Level 2 - Start from Hinatawada Station
• Level 3 - Start from Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
• Level 4 - Start from Okutama Station
• Goal: Mitakesan cable car

Compare

Metrics	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3	Option 4
Start station	Futamatao / 二俣尾駅	Hinatawada / 日向和田駅	Musashi-Itsukaichi / 武蔵五日市駅	Okutama / 奥多摩駅
Start time	10:00	10:00	08:15	08:00
Length of time	6 hr 46 min	7 hr 10 min	9 hr 13 min	9 hr 46 min
Distance	9.5 km	9.9 km	12.7 km	11.6 km
Elevation gain ↗️	1083 m	1031 m	1246 m	1440 m
Elevation decline ↘️	473 m	400 m	588 m	938 m
End time	16:46	17:10	17:28	17:46
YAMAP routes	Futamatao Station Route	Hinatawada Station Route	Musashi-Itsukaichi Station Route	Okutama Station Route

Level 1 - Start from Futamatao Station

Metrics:

• Length of time: 6 hr 46 min
• Distance: 9.5 km
• Elevation gain ↗️: 1083 m
• Elevation decline ↘️: 473 m

Locations:

• Start: Futamatao Station / 二俣尾駅

Timeline:

• Start: 10:00
• End: 16:46

Route:

• Futamatao Station -> Mitakesan Cable Car - YAMAP

Level 2 - Start from Hinatawada Station

Metrics:

• Length of time: 7 hr 10 min
• Distance: 9.9 km
• Elevation gain ↗️: 1031 m
• Elevation decline ↘️: 400 m

Locations:

• Start: Hinatawada Station / 日向和田駅

Timeline:

• Start: 10:00
• End: 17:10

Route:

• Hinatawada Station -> Mitakesan Cable Car - YAMAP

Level 3 - Start from Musashi-Itsukaichi Station

Metrics:

• Length of time: 9 hr 13 min
• Distance: 12.7 km
• Elevation gain ↗️: 1246 m
• Elevation decline ↘️: 588 m

Locations:

• Start: Musashi-Itsukaichi Station / 武蔵五日市駅

Timeline:

• Start: 08:15
• End: 17:28

Route:

• Musashi-Itsukaichi Station -> Mitakesan Cable Car - YAMAP

Level 4 - Start from Okutama Station

Metrics:

• Length of time: 9 hr 46 min
• Distance: 11.6 km
• Elevation gain ↗️: 1440 m
• Elevation decline ↘️: 938 m

Locations:

• Start: Okutama Station / 奥多摩駅

Timeline:

• Start: 08:00
• End: 17:46

Route:

• Okutama Station -> Mitakesan Cable Car - YAMAP

Goal: Mitakesan cable car

All trails end at the Mitakesan Cable Car, which descends the mountain.
From the bottom station, you can take a bus to return to the JR Ome Line at Mitake Station.

Mitakesan cable car

Mountain top station: Mitakesan Cable Car Station / 御岳山駅

Base station: Takimoto Station / 滝本駅

Closest train station: JR Mitake Station / 御嶽駅

• Take a bus from JR Mitake Station to Takimoto Station.

JR Mitake Station to Mitakesan Cable Car Station route map:

graph TD
    A["JR Shinjuku station 🚉"] -->|"Okutama line 🚃"| B["JR Mitake station 🚉"]
    B -->|"Nishi Tokyo Bus 🚌"| C["Takimoto cable car station 🚉"]
    C -->|"Mitaketozan railway 🚠"| D["Mitakesan cable car station 🚠"]

Phone numbers:

• Mitake Tozan Railway: 0428-78-8121
• Nishi Tokyo Bus (Haigawa Office): 0428-83-2126

Cost:

• 1,200 yen round trip (adult)
• 600 yen one way (adult)

Mitakesan cable car timetables

🚠 The last cable car down from Mt. Mitake is at 18:30. ⚠️

Hour	Weekdays	Weekends and holidays
07	30, 55	30, 54
08	20, 40	10, 26, 42, 58
09	00, 20, 40	14, 30, 46
10	00, 20, 40	02, 18, 42, 58
11	10, 45	14, 46
12	10, 40	02, 18, 42
13	10, 40	14, 46
14	10, 42	18, 50
15	00, 20, 42	06, 22, 38, 54
16	06, 30	10, 34, 58
17	00, 30	30
18	00, 30	00, 30

• Timetable as of 2025-10-11.
• For more details, see mitaketozan.co.jp/timetable.html.

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