Bizan Ropeway to the summitPhoto: 新幹線 / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Bizan Ropeway climbs from the 5th floor of the Awa Odori Kaikan to the top of Mount Bizan in about six minutes. Its gondolas were renewed for the first time in 25 years.
- Getting there
- From the Awa Odori Kaikan’s 5th floor; taxi from Akaishi about 25 min, our estimate
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Six minutes up Mount Bizan in renewed gondolas, for the city, the Yoshino River and, on clear days, the Onaruto Bridge and Awaji Island. Return ¥1,500. November–March 9:00–17:30, with weekends and holidays to 19:30 in November and December; April–October 9:00–21:00.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
- It is a view, so it is weather. Check the morning sky before you commit the hours.
Bizan Ropeway to the summit and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 20 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
The Awa Odori show and the Bizan RopewayNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3h door to doorAny call: one building, open every day except the 2nd Wednesday of Feb, Jun, Sep and Dec. Time your exit so you reach the Kaikan before an 11:00, 14:00, 15:00 or 16:00 show
Tokushima city: Bizan, the Awa Odori show, ramen and the castle gardenNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6h door to doorCalls of 8 hours or more on any day but Monday, when the Castle Museum is closed. Times assume 08:30 off the shipWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
