Gondola · Hakone, Japan
箱根ロープウェイ (Hakone Ropeway), 758–1,042 m
箱根ロープウェイ is a gondola near Hakone, Japan. It climbs 284 m over 1.46 km, from 758 m to 1,042 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 142 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
85/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 箱根ロープウェイ is scarier than 85% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 142 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.18 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 517 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 640 m of the 1.46 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 箱根ロープウェイ is near Hakone, Japan, at 758 m above sea level (35.24667° N, 139.03566° E). From there it runs 1.46 km up to the top station at 1,042 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1959-12-06
- Operator
- 株式会社小田急箱根
- Per cabin
- 18 people
Nearby lines
- 小田急箱根鋼索線 (Hakone Tozan Cable Car) funicular · 1.3 km away · rises 212 m
- 箱根ロープウェイ (Hakone Ropeway), 742–1,038 m gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 296 m
- 箱根駒ヶ岳ロープウェー (Hakone Mount Koma Ropeway) cable car · 3.1 km away · rises 594 m
- 十国鋼索線 (Jukkokutōge Cable Car) funicular · 13.2 km away · rises 94 m
- アタミロープウェイ (Atami Ropeway) cable car · 18.2 km away · rises 103 m
- 伊豆の国パノラマパークロープウェイ (Izunokuni Panorama Park Ropeway) cable car · 26.8 km away · rises 410 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.