Cable car · Ashiya, Japan
六甲有馬ロープウェイ裏六甲線 (Rokko Arima RopeWay)
六甲有馬ロープウェイ裏六甲線 is a cable car near Ashiya, Japan. It climbs 438 m over 2.71 km, from 440 m to 878 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 165 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 六甲有馬ロープウェイ裏六甲線 is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 165 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.12 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 625 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.29 km of the 2.71 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 六甲有馬ロープウェイ裏六甲線 is near Ashiya, Japan, at 440 m above sea level (34.79096° N, 135.24565° E). From there it runs 2.71 km up to the top station at 878 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 42 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- 六甲摩耶鉄道六甲ケーブル線 (Rokko Cable Line) funicular · 3.4 km away · rises 188 m
- Cable car near Kobe cable car · 6.4 km away · rises 228 m
- 神戸市都市整備公社営摩耶ケーブル線 (Kobe Maya Cable) funicular · 6.8 km away · rises 308 m
- 神戸布引ロープウェイ gondola · 9.1 km away · rises 327 m
- 須磨浦ロープウェイ (Sumaura Ropeway) cable car · 20.6 km away · rises 192 m
- カーレーター cable car · 20.6 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.