Gondola · Futtsu, Japan
鋸山ロープウェー (Nokogiriyama Ropeway)
鋸山ロープウェー is a gondola near Futtsu, Japan. It climbs 227 m over 659 m, from 22 m to 249 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 94 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
73/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 鋸山ロープウェー is scarier than 73% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 30 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 94 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 378 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 400 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 237 m of the 659 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 鋸山ロープウェー is near Futtsu, Japan, at 22 m above sea level (35.16224° N, 139.82331° E). From there it runs 659 m up to the top station at 249 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1962-12-21
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- YOKOHAMA AIR CABIN gondola · 36.9 km away · rises 1 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.