Mount Tsukuba Cable Car

The Mount Tsukuba Cable Car (筑波山ケーブルカー), officially the Mount Tsukuba Cable Railway Line (筑波山鋼索鉄道線), is a Japanese funicular line on Mount Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki. It is the only funicular line Tsukuba Kankō Railway (筑波観光鉄道) operates, while it also operates an aerial tramway (Mount Tsukuba Ropeway), hotels and restaurants. The company belongs to Keisei Group.

The line was built in 1925, is the second oldest cable car line in the Kanto region, and the fifth oldest in Japan.

==Basic data ==
 * Built: 1925
 * Distance: 1.634 km
 * Gauge:
 * Stations: 2
 * Vertical interval: 495 m
 * Speed: 3.5 m/s
 * Trip Time: 8 minutes