The big gondola accommodates 106 passengers

What was an off-limits area has reopened for the first time in the 27 years since the 1977 eruption.
As a result of integrating the Nature Trail Plan of the national government and the Ecomuseum Plan of the surrounding municipalities, a 1.1-km (30-minute) walking path was completed between the crater basin observation deck and junction of the Outer Rim Boardwalk and the hiking trail at UsuTown.
Walk ten more minutes and you’ll reach the Outer Rim Observation Deck, with views of the crater, Lake Toya and the Pacific Ocean.
Because the walking path has connected with the hiking trail at Usu Town, Date City, it enjoys popularity as an easy hiking course traversing the outer rim of Mt. Usu .
Closed in winter (Nov.-Apr.) due to snow

Usu Outer Rim Observation Deck
Round trip (2 hours), One way (1 hour)

The 1.6-km journey from the Sanroku Gondola Station to the Outer Rim Observation Deck (the end of the boardwalk) takes 1 hour. The trip to the Outer Rim Observation Deck and back takes about 2 hours. That to the Crater Observation Deck and back takes only 40 to 50 minutes. The ridge trail down to Usu Town via the Usu trail takes about 2 and half hours (to the parking under the expressway)

＞＞Guided tour

▲View from the Lake Toya Observation Deck	▲Usu Crater Basin Observation Deck
▲Trailhead of the Outer Rim Boardwalk	▲The jagged profile of Mt. Usu Shinzan
▲Wild-looking crater faults	▲The view looking back from the midpoint
▲The view from the Usu Outer Rim Observation Deck	▲Lake Toya viewed from the observation desk

View from the summit of Mt. Usu｜Outer Rim Boardwalk｜Facilities at Kazan-mura (“volcano village”)
Timetable and fares｜Access to Mt. Usu｜Live image｜A 360-degree panorama