Hinatawada Station to Mitakesan Cable Car Station

Hiking route from Hinatawada Station (日向和田駅) to Mt. Mimuro (三室山), Mt. Yogai (要害山), Mt. Takamine (高峰山), Mt. Ryunohige (竜のヒゲ), Mt. Hinode (日の出山), and finishing at Mt. Mitake Cable Car Station (御岳山駅)

Table of contents

• How to get there 🛫
• How to get home 🛬
• Trail metrics
• Mountains ⛰
• Toilets 🚽
• Timeline
• Past similar hikes

How to get there 🛫

1. Start around 9:27 - Take the Chuō Line to Ome Station.
2. 9:37 to 9:49 - Take the 梅７６丙 Yoshino bus from Ome Station to Yoshino-Bairin Bus Stop 🚌.
3. Walk to the trailhead for Mt. Mimuro (三室山).

⚡ Note:

• Hinatawada Station / 日向和田駅 is the closest station to the trailhead.
• However, getting to Yoshino-Bairin Bus Stop 🚌 saves approximately 10 minutes of walking on pavement and is a faster route to the trailhead (according to Google Maps).

How to get home 🛬

1. Hike to Mt. Mitake Cable Car Station (御岳山駅) 🚠.
2. Take the cable car down to Takimoto Cable Car Station for Mt. Mitake / 御岳登山鉄道 滝本駅.
3. Take a bus to Mitake Station (御嶽駅) 🚉.

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.

Trail metrics

• Length of time: 07:10
  • Speed is set to 1.5x for a slow, relaxing hike.
• Distance: 9.9 km
• Elevation gain ↗️: 1031 m
• Elevation decline ↘️: 400 m

Mountains ⛰

• Mt. Mimuro (三室山)
• Mt. Yogai (要害山)
• Mt. Takamine (高峰山)
• Mt. Ryunohige (竜のヒゲ)
• Mt. Hinode (日の出山)
• Mt. Mitake (御岳山)

Toilets 🚽

• Umeno Park Toilet
• Toilet by the trailhead for Mt. Mimuro 三室山
• Hinodeyama Park Toilet
• Mitakesan Public Restroom

Timeline

• Arrive at Yoshino-Bairin Bus Stop 🚌 by 9:49 a.m.
• Start hiking: 10:00
• Finish hiking: 17:10

Route:
Hinatawada Station -> Mitakesan Cable Car - YAMAP

• The YAMAP route is set to 1.5x speed for a slow, relaxing hike.

Past similar hikes

• Hinatawada Station to Mt. Mitake Cable Car via Mt. Hinode (日の出山) - YAMAP

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