Cable car · Himeji, Japan
書写山ロープウェイ (Mt. Shosha Ropeway)
書写山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Himeji, Japan. It climbs 210 m over 758 m, from 40 m to 250 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 58 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
62/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 書写山ロープウェイ is scarier than 62% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 50 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 58 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 150 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 631 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 90 m of the 758 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 書写山ロープウェイ is near Himeji, Japan, at 40 m above sea level (34.87858° N, 134.66673° E). From there it runs 758 m up to the top station at 250 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1958-03-19
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.