Yamagami Station (Chairlift) — Attraction in Tokyo

This is a facility added in Mt. TAKAO which can be a very useful rescue for a new family along with their kids attempting the Hiking for the first time. It's a chair lift actually a bench which is run by a rope and a machine. I'd like to recommend not to ride this with a kid who is unstable , inconfident as these chair has no belts no any supportive iron rod like in a roller coaster. RIDE AT YOUR RISK.... In my experience though I rode with my 4 years old daughter who is a good girl , I was little worried until we got off the lift chair . It has a reasonable price . Be careful while riding on and getting off as it never stops you have to walk faster on its pace and ride and get off. But there are many staffs very ready to help. And if your are too early you might not use it as it opened at 10 in my time. I went there in October first...

Lift is very fun and the treadmill makes it easy to get in and out of. On the way down there's a chance of having a souvenir photo taken for 1000yen (they'll take it regardless and you choose at the exit if you want to buy or not). Just the view as soon as you exit the lift is great, but you can follow the paved road to continue trail one all the way to the top the mountain (I'd say about 1h at a tranquil pace). There's food stalls, bathrooms and shrines all the way. Was not crowded at a weekday but can get very crowded at weekends...

Worth going. I took both up and down. The price is 980 jpy for return ticket per person.

Nice view during fall. I recommend to get a ticket in advance because the line was so long. The chairlift closes at 4.30 pm. Be sure to climb down before that time and get the group number queue ticket (not a chairlift ticket itself) else you might have to walk...