Cable Hiei
The Eizan Cable, officially the Cable Line, is a funicular line in Sakyō, Kyōto, Japan, operated by Keifuku Electric Railroad. The line opened in 1925, as a western route to Enryaku-ji, a famous temple on Mount Hiei.- Railway station
- …is operated by 京福電気鉄道
- …is part of the 鋼索線 network
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Mount Hiei and Yase-Hieizanguchi Station.
Mount Hiei
Mount Hiei is a mountain that lies to the northeast of Kyoto in the Sakamoto district of Otsu city.
Yase-Hieizanguchi Station
Yase-Hieizan-guchi Station is a train station located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
1¼ km west of Cable Hiei
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Otsu and Ōhara.
Cable Hiei
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Latitude
35.06422° or 35° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
135.82236° or 135° 49′ 21″ east
Open location code
8Q7Q3R7C+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport = station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway = station
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Korean—“Cable Hiei” goes by many names.
けーぶるひえいJapanese
ケーブル比叡Japanese
케이블 히에Korean
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