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Cable car · Imaichi, Japan

鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ (Kinugawa Onsen Ropeway)

鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ is a cable car near Imaichi, Japan. It climbs 296 m over 544 m, from 416 m to 711 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

36/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ is scarier than 36% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 89 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 323 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 279 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ is near Imaichi, Japan, at 416 m above sea level (36.83729° N, 139.71834° E). From there it runs 544 m up to the top station at 711 m.

Per cabin
30 people
Ride time
about 3 min

Nearby lines

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.