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Cable car · Atami, Japan

アタミロープウェイ (Atami Ropeway)

アタミロープウェイ is a cable car near Atami, Japan. It climbs 103 m over 296 m, from 5 m to 108 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

52/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, アタミロープウェイ is scarier than 52% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 62 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 177 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 296 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 59 m of the 296 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of アタミロープウェイ is near Atami, Japan, at 5 m above sea level (35.08863° N, 139.07777° E). From there it runs 296 m up to the top station at 108 m.

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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.