Cable car · Kosai-shi, Japan
かんざんじロープウェイ (Kanzanji Ropeway)
かんざんじロープウェイ is a cable car near Kosai-shi, Japan. It climbs 97 m over 734 m, from 5 m to 103 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 76 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
67/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, かんざんじロープウェイ is scarier than 67% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 43 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 76 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 495 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 599 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 9°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 270 m of the 734 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of かんざんじロープウェイ is near Kosai-shi, Japan, at 5 m above sea level (34.76378° N, 137.61738° E). From there it runs 734 m up to the top station at 103 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.