Cable car · Nakanojomachi, Japan
榛名山ロープウェイ (Mount Haruna Ropeway)
榛名山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Nakanojomachi, Japan. It climbs 266 m over 439 m, from 1,098 m to 1,365 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
22/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 榛名山ロープウェイ is scarier than 22% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 113 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 169 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 182 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 榛名山ロープウェイ is near Nakanojomachi, Japan, at 1,098 m above sea level (36.47155° N, 138.87723° E). From there it runs 439 m up to the top station at 1,365 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1929
- Operator
- 谷川岳ロープウェイ
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- 伊香保ロープウェイ (Ikaho Ropeway) cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 189 m
- 天狗山ゴンドラ gondola · 31.3 km away · rises 124 m
- プリンス第2ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 2) gondola · 36.2 km away · rises 608 m
- プリンス第1ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 1) gondola · 36.6 km away · rises 753 m
- パルキャビン gondola · 39.8 km away · rises 563 m
- 谷川岳ロープウェイ (Tanigawadake Ropeway) gondola · 39.8 km away · rises 569 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.