Cable car · Shibukawa, Japan
伊香保ロープウェイ (Ikaho Ropeway)
伊香保ロープウェイ is a cable car near Shibukawa, Japan. It climbs 189 m over 467 m, from 765 m to 954 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 14 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
2/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 伊香保ロープウェイ is scarier than 2% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 152 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 14 m, as high as a 5-storey building, 302 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 467 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 伊香保ロープウェイ is near Shibukawa, Japan, at 765 m above sea level (36.49710° N, 138.91934° E). From there it runs 467 m up to the top station at 954 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 榛名山ロープウェイ (Mount Haruna Ropeway) cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 266 m
- 天狗山ゴンドラ gondola · 33.5 km away · rises 124 m
- プリンス第2ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 2) gondola · 35.2 km away · rises 608 m
- プリンス第1ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 1) gondola · 35.6 km away · rises 753 m
- 谷川岳ロープウェイ (Tanigawadake Ropeway) gondola · 37.0 km away · rises 569 m
- ドラゴンドラ (Dragondola) gondola · 39.0 km away · rises 426 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.