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Cable car · Fujikawaguchiko, Japan

〜河口湖〜 富士山パノラマロープウェイ (Lake Kawaguchi Mt. Tenjō Ropeway)

〜河口湖〜 富士山パノラマロープウェイ is a cable car near Fujikawaguchiko, Japan. It climbs 225 m over 414 m, from 856 m to 1,081 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 43 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

44/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 〜河口湖〜 富士山パノラマロープウェイ is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 72 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 43 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 210 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 315 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 〜河口湖〜 富士山パノラマロープウェイ is near Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, at 856 m above sea level (35.50395° N, 138.77213° E). From there it runs 414 m up to the top station at 1,081 m.

Opened
1959-07
Operator
富士山麓電気鉄道
Per cabin
72 people
Ride time
about 3 min

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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.