Cable car · Gifu-shi, Japan
金華山ロープウェイ (Mount Kinka Ropeway)
金華山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Gifu-shi, Japan. It climbs 260 m over 543 m, from 28 m to 288 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
47/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 金華山ロープウェイ is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 67 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 272 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 543 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 金華山ロープウェイ is near Gifu-shi, Japan, at 28 m above sea level (35.43454° N, 136.77484° E). From there it runs 543 m up to the top station at 288 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1955-04-14
- Per cabin
- 46 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
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.