Cable car · Shimo-furano, Japan
富良野ロープウェー (Furano Ropeway)
富良野ロープウェー is a cable car near Shimo-furano, Japan. It climbs 567 m over 2.30 km, from 326 m to 894 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
59/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 富良野ロープウェー is scarier than 59% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 53 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 861 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 628 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 90 m of the 2.30 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 富良野ロープウェー is near Shimo-furano, Japan, at 326 m above sea level (43.32547° N, 142.35344° E). From there it runs 2.30 km up to the top station at 894 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 101 people
Nearby lines
- 北の峰ゴンドラ (Kitanomine Gondola) gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 701 m
- 雲海テラスゴンドラ (Unkai Gondola) gondola · 36.0 km away · rises 495 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.