Cable car · Nikko, Japan
明智平ロープウェイ (Akechidaira Ropeway)
明智平ロープウェイ is a cable car near Nikko, Japan. It climbs 92 m over 287 m, from 1,271 m to 1,363 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
13/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 明智平ロープウェイ is scarier than 13% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 132 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 91 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 287 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 明智平ロープウェイ is near Nikko, Japan, at 1,271 m above sea level (36.73719° N, 139.51770° E). From there it runs 287 m up to the top station at 1,363 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 日光白根山ロープウェイ (Nikkoshiranesan Ropeway) gondola · 17.3 km away · rises 602 m
- 鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ (Kinugawa Onsen Ropeway) cable car · 21.1 km away · rises 296 m
- 岩鞍ゴンドラスーパーウェイ gondola · 28.6 km away · rises 625 m
- ゴンドラリフト gondola · 30.8 km away · rises 463 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.