Nihondaira Ropeway, Aerial tramway in Shizuoka, Japan

Nihondaira Ropeway is a 1,054-metre aerial tramway linking Nihondaira Station at 269 m on the plateau to Kunozan Station at 145 m below, near Kunozan Toshogu Shrine. Its two cabins, Aoi and Tachibana, each carry 47 passengers and run on a three-cable jig-back system, taking five minutes. The white cabin has blue and red stripes and large windows.

Construction began in December 1956 and the ropeway opened on 31 May 1957. In 2007, its 50th year, it began running a wrapped cabin. Operations paused from 13 June 2022 for equipment renewal, and the cabins were replaced with Calvatec models in 2019.

The two cabins are named Aoi and Tachibana, after the hollyhock and citrus crests of the Tokugawa clan, whose founder Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined at Kunōzan Tōshō-gū at the lower station. The line links that shrine with the Nihondaira plateau, and since 2007, for the 50th anniversary, cabins have run with commemorative wrapping.

The line runs from Nihondaira Station (269 m) down to Kunozan Station (145 m); most riders board at the top, since the usual approach is from the summit side. From Kunozan Station, reaching Kunozan Toshogu means climbing a 1,159-step approach path. Neither station connects to a railway; buses or cars reach them, and the Nihondaira terminus sits on the Nihondaira Parkway near the Nihondaira-Kunozan smart interchange.

The two cabins are named Aoi and Tachibana, and the current Swiss-built Calvatec gondolas were installed in 2019. The line is a three-cable jisō-shiki system, unusual for a Japanese ropeway of this length. Look for the blue and red stripes on the white lower body of each cabin.