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Cable car · Kofu-shi, Japan

昇仙峡ロープウェイ (Shōsenkyō Ropeway)

昇仙峡ロープウェイ is a cable car near Kofu-shi, Japan. It climbs 306 m over 997 m, from 711 m to 1,017 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

47/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 昇仙峡ロープウェイ is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 68 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 772 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 946 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 昇仙峡ロープウェイ is near Kofu-shi, Japan, at 711 m above sea level (35.75345° N, 138.56419° E). From there it runs 997 m up to the top station at 1,017 m.

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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.