Cable car · Aomori Shi, Japan
八甲田ロープウェー (Hakkoda Ropeway)
八甲田ロープウェー is a cable car near Aomori Shi, Japan. It climbs 640 m over 2.34 km, from 667 m to 1,306 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 126 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 八甲田ロープウェー is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 126 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.47 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.34 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.62 km of the 2.34 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 八甲田ロープウェー is near Aomori Shi, Japan, at 667 m above sea level (40.68087° N, 140.83188° E). From there it runs 2.34 km up to the top station at 1,306 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 101 people
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.