Cable car · Shiozawa, Japan
みつまたロープウェイ (mitsumata ropeway)
みつまたロープウェイ is a cable car near Shiozawa, Japan. It climbs 249 m over 782 m, from 630 m to 879 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 97 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, みつまたロープウェイ is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 97 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 239 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 628 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 418 m of the 782 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of みつまたロープウェイ is near Shiozawa, Japan, at 630 m above sea level (36.89312° N, 138.77500° E). From there it runs 782 m up to the top station at 879 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1992-11-28
- Capacity
- 1,922 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 121 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- かぐらゴンドラ (Kagura Gondola) gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 413 m
- 田代ロープウェー (Tashiro Ropeway) cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 606 m
- ランドー (Landau) cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 68 m
- 湯沢高原ロープウェイ cable car · 5.6 km away · rises 504 m
- ディリジャンス (Diligence) gondola · 6.7 km away · rises 471 m
- ドラゴンドラ (Dragondola) gondola · 7.9 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.