Summer Resort! Komagatake Ropeway & Senjojiki in the Central Alps
One Day Bus Tour with English speaking staff
A one-day bus tour from Nagoya to the Central Alps featuring the Komagatake Ropeway and Senjojiki Cirque. Enjoy a spectacular ride to around 2,600 meters above sea level, where breathtaking alpine scenery and seasonal wildflowers await. The tour includes lunch and free time for exploration, as well as a stop for local shopping. A comfortable and easy way to experience the refreshing summer landscapes of the Japanese Alps in a single day.
- Tour setting date
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- July :
- 6, 11, 20, 24, 30
- August :
- 1, 7, 17, 21, 25, 29
- September :
- 3, 12, 18, 28
Tour Price
- Adults (aged 12 and older)
- July–August : 14,300JPY (Tex included/Lunch included)
September : 16,300JPY (Tex included/Lunch included)
- Children (aged 2 - 11)
- July–August : 12,500JPY (Tex included/Lunch included)
September : 14,500JPY (Tex included/Lunch included)
- Infants and Preschoolers (Ages 0 - 1)
- Free of Charge / No seats provided (Please leave a message in the message box)
Included in the Tour Price
- Local bus and ropeway fares
- Lunch
- Sightseeing map
✱ No refunds for guests who are asked to leave or skip meal.
Tour Information
- Departure Date
- July : 6, 11, 20, 24, 30
August : 1, 7, 17, 21, 25, 29
September : 3, 12, 18, 28
- Meeting Place
- No. 27, 28 Bus Stop at Meitetsu Bus Center 4F, Nagoya Station Map
- Meeting Time
- 8:00 a.m.
- * In case when the customers do not make the departure time, the reservations will be cancelled. Please be sure to be at the meeting place ahead of time.
- Tour Check-in Procedure
- Please show your voucher (printed or on device) to tour staff at the meeting place
- Duration
- Approximately 10 hours 40 minutes
- Languages
- Japanese and English-speaking staff
- Mode of Transfer
- Bus
- Operating Company
- Meitetsu Kanko Bus

Meeting Place
Tour Itinerary
- 8:00
- Meeting at No. 27, 28 Bus Stop at Meitetsu Bus Center 4F
- 10:35
- Suganodai Bus Center
Take a local bus to Shirabidaira Station.
- * In the event that the local bus and Komagatake Ropeway are suspended due to severe weather or other reasons, the itinerary will be changed to a visit to Miharashi Farm and a walk around Komagane Plateau. In this case, the ride fare of local bus and Komagake Ropeway fares (based on our tour planning rate) will be refunded. Also, the return time will be approximately 50 minutes earlier.
- 11:15
- Take the Komagatake Ropeway to Senjojiki
The Central Alps Komagatake Ropeway is a mountain ropeway that extends to the area known as "Senjojiki Cirque" directly below Mt. Hokendake.
The 950m elevation difference from the starting point Shirabidaira Station (1,662m) to the terminal Senjojiki Station (2,612m) is the greatest in Japan.
Furthermore, Senjojiki Station is the highest-altitude station in Japan.
- 12:10
- Senjojiki (approximately 1 hour)
The short, refreshing summer in the high mountains. In the mornings and evenings, cool air envelops the mountaintop.
The cirque area is a field of alpine flowers. Black lilies, small-flowered bellflowers, rock jasmine, hemlock, and mountain avens bloom with delicate blossoms.
Even in midsummer, the maximum temperature is around 20°C, making it a perfect season for hiking.
With easy access and a prime location surrounded by many mountains, it's a season that attracts many mountain enthusiasts, from beginners to advanced climbers.
- 13:00
- Take the Komagatake Ropeway to Shirabidaira Station
- 14:00
Lunch (approximately 1 hour)
Lunch at Biande Sakuratei Restaurant.
Lunch consists of grilled pork shabu-shabu, Shinshu soba noodles, and agar jelly.
Shinshu soba noodles and agar jelly are all-you-can-eat!

- 15:45
- Roadside Station Minami Shinshu Toyooka Marche
Shopping (approximately 40 minutes)
- 18:50
- Back to Meitetsu Bus Center 4F, Nagoya Station
Notice
- If the required minimum number of passengers is not met, the tour will be cancelled and you will be informed a week before the departure date via e-mail you had entered.
- Lunch will be served around 2 PM.
- In the event that the local bus and Komagatake Ropeway are suspended due to severe weather or other reasons, the itinerary will be changed to a visit to Miharashi Farm and a walk around Komagane Plateau. In this case, the ride fare of local bus and Komagake Ropeway fares (based on our tour planning rate) will be refunded. Also, the return time will be approximately 50 minutes earlier.
Tour Planning and Operation
MEITETSU KANKO BUS
Member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA)
Licensed Travel Agent under the Japan Tourism Agency, License No. 1857
2-3-5 Nishihioki, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi, JAPAN 454-0004