Gondola · Kobe, Japan
神戸布引ロープウェイ
神戸布引ロープウェイ is a gondola near Kobe, Japan. It climbs 327 m over 1.41 km, from 73 m to 399 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 58 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
60/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 神戸布引ロープウェイ is scarier than 60% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 52 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 58 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 639 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 394 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 90 m of the 1.41 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 神戸布引ロープウェイ is near Kobe, Japan, at 73 m above sea level (34.70451° N, 135.19378° E). From there it runs 1.41 km up to the top station at 399 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1991-10-23
- Capacity
- 1,050 people per hour
Nearby lines
- 神戸市都市整備公社営摩耶ケーブル線 (Kobe Maya Cable) funicular · 2.5 km away · rises 308 m
- Cable car near Kobe cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 228 m
- 六甲摩耶鉄道六甲ケーブル線 (Rokko Cable Line) funicular · 6.0 km away · rises 188 m
- 六甲有馬ロープウェイ裏六甲線 (Rokko Arima RopeWay) cable car · 9.1 km away · rises 438 m
- 須磨浦ロープウェイ (Sumaura Ropeway) cable car · 11.7 km away · rises 192 m
- カーレーター cable car · 11.7 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.