Cable car · Iwakuni, Japan
岩国城ロープウェー (Iwakuni Castle Ropeway)
岩国城ロープウェー is a cable car near Iwakuni, Japan. It climbs 180 m over 369 m, from 9 m to 189 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 20 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
6/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 岩国城ロープウェー is scarier than 6% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 145 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 20 m, as high as a 7-storey building, 207 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 369 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 岩国城ロープウェー is near Iwakuni, Japan, at 9 m above sea level (34.17125° N, 132.17534° E). From there it runs 369 m up to the top station at 189 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 30 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- 宮島ロープウエー (Miyajima Ropeway), 366–427 m cable car · 18.5 km away · rises 60 m
- 宮島ロープウエー (Miyajima Ropeway), 73–365 m cable car · 19.1 km away · rises 292 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.