Cable car · Yorii, Japan
宝登山ロープウェイ (Hodosan Ropeway)
宝登山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Yorii, Japan. It climbs 232 m over 776 m, from 219 m to 450 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
43/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 宝登山ロープウェイ is scarier than 43% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 73 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 121 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 334 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 宝登山ロープウェイ is near Yorii, Japan, at 219 m above sea level (36.09114° N, 139.10203° E). From there it runs 776 m up to the top station at 450 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 50 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- 御岳登山鉄道 funicular · 33.5 km away · rises 203 m
- パノラマチェア (Panorama Chairlift) gondola · 35.4 km away · rises 67 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.