Cable car · Nagasaki-shi, Japan
長崎ロープウェイ (Nagasaki Ropeway)
長崎ロープウェイ is a cable car near Nagasaki-shi, Japan. It climbs 113 m over 1.85 km, from 208 m to 322 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 83 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
77/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 長崎ロープウェイ is scarier than 77% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 26 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 83 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 527 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 775 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 839 m of the 1.85 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 長崎ロープウェイ is near Nagasaki-shi, Japan, at 208 m above sea level (32.75515° N, 129.85156° E). From there it runs 1.85 km up to the top station at 322 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Nagasaki-shi funicular · 1.1 km away · rises 72 m
- グラバースカイロード (Glover Sky Road) funicular · 3.0 km away · rises 40 m
- 雲仙ロープウェイ cable car · 39.9 km away · rises 181 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.