Riding Japan's Unique Cable Car shaped like Cats and Dogs 😺🐶🛤️

This time, I rode the Ikoma Cable Car to the Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park in Nara Prefecture. The Ikoma Cable Car has uniquely shaped cars, and it was fun both to see and ride.

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🐶😺: Ikoma Cable

🎢: Icomasanjo Amusement Park

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[tfromcleveland]

I salute these drivers for bringing joy to their passengers. Enduring so much whimsy on a daily basis must be a challenge! 😂

[slayer_isdead]

It's amazing to show those parts of Japan where not many content creators go. This is the true beauty of Japan.

[Emw]

I never thought I plan my trip around all the different trains and cable cars I want to take, but here we are!! I'm so excited to have a unique travel experience in this way.

Also the bark and meow when the trains passed each other was adorable! 😊😊

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

The amusement park is so gorgeous with the cherry blossoms! The fact that the cat and dog funiculars meow and bark respectively when they pass each other is adorable! I'm glad they did that, on top of theming the cable cars after a dog and a cat, because it's the little things that count! And the cake-themed one on the Sanjō Line is just as cute! The fact it goes through an actual neighborhood shows it's more than just a tourist attraction, it's an actual commuter line for people! Geography is a key reason why transit isn't a one size fits all, as in while a mode of transit may work in one place, it may not effectively work in another! As shown here, in the case of mountainous cities or mountainous neighborhoods of cities, using cable cars/gondolas, funiculars, or maybe a monorail may be the best option! When you build funiculars in urban environments like here, you get to both serve all the people who live on such hill and get a bunch of tourism revenue from people riding it for fun or in this case, to get to an amusement park! It's a win-win!

In La Paz, Bolivia, a city in a canyon at an elevation of roughly 3, 650 m above sea level, their gondola network is the backbone of their transit network, tackling the challenging terrain and better serving La Paz and El Alto by alleviating the traffic of winding streets. My favorite funicular is Haifa's Carmelit, named such because it goes up the religiously important Mount Carmel! It opened in 1959 and is quite the unique system since the oldest underground transit system in the Middle East is actually a funicular that's only 1.1 miles long but has a couple stations! Not to mention it serves the beautiful Baháʼí World Centre! Not the only underground funicular as another is Istanbul's Tünel which opened in 1875 and is the second-oldest underground urban railway in the world after the London Underground, and the oldest in Continental Europe since it predates the Budapest Metro! It was the idea of French engineer Eugène-Henri Gavand after a visit to the city and noticed how many tourists struggled going up and down Yüksek Kaldırım Avenue.

[arcane]

Love seeing hidden gems like this! It looks so well maintained!

[chloevalantinettv]

oh my goodness! ALL the trains and rides where super cute! and i love the views you shared too! Also, you should never feel silly riding anything alone even as an adult, because we're all still children at heart too! Your lunch looked so very YUM and amazing! I'll for sure go see this park with my own eyes when I move to Tokyo soon for school! Thank you for another wonderful video, and stay safe and wonderful yourself, my friend!

[colin]

It is great to see these retro rides and gaming machines have been maintained and kept for future generations. So many have been destroyed and are now just memories.

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

As you mentioned, the Hōzanji Line is the oldest commercially operated funicular in Japan as it opened all the way back in 1918! Hōzanji station serves the Hōzan-ji temple which wasbuilt in the 1670s and was officially dedicated to the deity Acala/Fudō Myōō, though it has become a cult-center of the deity Kangiten or the god of bliss, the Japanese Buddhist equivalent to Hindu god Ganesha. What's now the temple was originally a place for the training of Buddhist monks as Mount Ikoma was originally an object of worship for the ancient people in the region, and thus this area was selected as a place for religious training. The training area is said to have opened in 655 by En no Gyōja, the founder of Shugendō, and it's where monks like Kūkai, who founded Shingon Buddhism, was trained. When the Ikoma rail tunnel was built after a difficult construction, Ikoma got rail access to places like Nara and Osaka, and thus more people moved to the area, eventually leading to the Ikoma Cable Car and the amusement park!

For those who don't know: Deer are a symbol of Nara because the deer in Nara were historically viewed as sacred! Historically, they were considered divine messengers. The legend goes that the thunder god, Takemikazuchi, appeared in Nara riding on a white deer. The deer carried a scroll in its mouth, and Takemikazuchi warned the awestruck mortals who beheld him that from that point on, the deer would report their actions to the gods. The humans took note, built shrines, and granted the deer protection. Killing one of these sacred Nara deer was punishable by death, and so for hundreds of years, the animals roamed freely. They became semi-tame around humans, losing the fearfulness that most deer species possess. After World War II, when many Japanese were eager to cast off the past, the deer’s sacred status was officially revoked but were instead designated as natural monument and are protected as such!

[billhoward]

Thank you for showing us place in Japan that you can relax and have fun!!! So beautiful!!

[MrBryn]

My parents in law lived in Ikoma for years, so I've ridden this amazing train a few times.

[phaety]

The train carts barking and meowing at each other is too cute 😊

[Hailstormand]

Honestly, the part I look forward to each and every of your video is the food and/or eating part. Thank you for bringing us the views of the foods.

[weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

Utterly magnificent and such a magical place, so very beautiful ❤ I was also greatly pleased to see the swallows nest too. They're due to arrive any day here in the UK, I absolutely love them ❤

[michelle]

What an amazing video of a retro amusement park, I love Japan & I'd love to go and visit this retro park, the views are totally amazing, love the cherry blossom. Thank you for such a wonderful video 🥰 xx

[tiredrich]

I didn't realise Osaka was such a sprawling metropolis. Also I laughed at the WHATS THAT oh it's a squirrel as a snail.

[endless_puns]

7:05 I loved that they added the barking and meowing sounds. It's such a little detail but it really seems to make the experience even better. So many intersting places in Japan, hope I get to visit some day 😊

[bajsemannen]

The cat cable Car reminds me of Elton John 😂

[AlannaZackrison]

These cable cars are amazing! I love how they look like 😻 🐕 amd 🎂. Thank you for taking us here!

[tabithacraig]

I can't believe how beautiful the view is and how high up you are. It looked like you could touch the sky, and the cherry blossoms was the cherry on top for a gorgeous site . I cannot believe you had a book in an amusement park. Let your inner child come out and ride the rides all if you can, I dare you. 😂😂😂 I loved what you said about the trains when they pass each other meows and barks, that got me.😅😅😅😅I can't express waiting for the next, I'm not a patience person, hurry.😊😊

[aniketkumar.]

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