Monorails in Japan

Last updated February 08, 2026

Currently operational

Operator	Line (s)	Type	Total length (km)	Year opened	Prefecture
Tokyo Monorail	Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line	Japanese Straddle	17.8	1964	Tokyo
Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail	Tama Toshi Monorail Line	Japanese Straddle	16.0	1998	Tokyo
Chiba Urban Monorail	Line 1 Line 2	SAFEGE	15.2	1988 (Line 2) 1995 (Line 1)	Chiba
Maihama Resort Line	Disney Resort Line	Japanese Straddle	5.0	2001	Chiba
Shonan Monorail	Shonan Monorail Enoshima Line	SAFEGE	6.6	1970	Kanagawa
Osaka Monorail	Osaka Monorail Main Line Osaka Monorail Saito Line	Japanese Straddle	21.2 6.8	1990 1998	Osaka Hyōgo
Kitakyushu Monorail	Kitakyushu Monorail Kokura Line	Japanese Straddle	8.8	1985	Fukuoka
Okinawa Urban Monorail	Okinawa Urban Monorail Line	Japanese Straddle	17.0^[1]	2003^[1]	Okinawa

Nagoya Municipal Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Monorail Line [ ja ] Monorail, Nagoya, Aichi, 1964 — 1974.
Himeji City Monorail Line [ ja ], Himeji, Hyōgo, 1965 — 1974.
Meitetsu Monkey Park Monorail Line: Inuyama, Aichi, 1962–2008. It linked the Monkey Park to the nearest railway station.
Nara Dreamland Monorail, Nara Dreamland, 1961 — 2006
Odakyū Mukōgaoka-Yūen Monorail Line, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 1965 — 2001.
"Suspended Train" at the Exhibition of Transportation and Electricity in Osaka, 1928. Operated only for a week, from November 28 until December 3. It was the first monorail in the nation, as well as the only one in the pre-war period.
Toei Ueno Zoo Monorail: Tokyo, 1958-2023. It linked the two sectors of the zoo in Ueno Park. Service was suspended on 31 October 2019 and permanently closed in December 2023.
Yokohama Dreamland Monorail, Kanagawa, 1966 — 1967.
Yomiuriland Monorail, Kanagawa and Tokyo, 1964 — 1978.
Skyrail Midorizaka Line: Aki-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 1998 — 2024. (suspended monorail) A commuter line in a residential development suburb of the city. It was also considered as an automated guideway transit.

1 2 "モノレール計画概要｜ゆいレール". www.yui-rail.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-01-09.