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Cable car · Beppu, Japan

Cable car near Beppu

Cable car near Beppu is a cable car near Beppu, Japan. It climbs 785 m over 1.61 km, from 505 m to 1,290 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 123 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

91/100 · Very scary

By the numbers, Cable car near Beppu is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 123 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 738 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.61 km.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 1.39 km of the 1.61 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near Beppu is near Beppu, Japan, at 505 m above sea level (33.27803° N, 131.44857° E). From there it runs 1.61 km up to the top station at 1,290 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.