Cable car · Onomichi, Japan
千光寺ロープウェイ (Mount Senkoji Ropeway)
千光寺ロープウェイ is a cable car near Onomichi, Japan. It climbs 115 m over 336 m, from 13 m to 128 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 56 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
53/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 千光寺ロープウェイ is scarier than 53% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 59 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 56 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 150 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 270 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 60 m of the 336 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 千光寺ロープウェイ is near Onomichi, Japan, at 13 m above sea level (34.41068° N, 133.20139° E). From there it runs 336 m up to the top station at 128 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1957
- Operator
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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.