Cable car · Shiozawa, Japan
田代ロープウェー (Tashiro Ropeway)
田代ロープウェー is a cable car near Shiozawa, Japan. It climbs 606 m over 2.07 km, from 805 m to 1,411 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 285 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 田代ロープウェー is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 285 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 877 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.01 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.43 km of the 2.07 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 田代ロープウェー is near Shiozawa, Japan, at 805 m above sea level (36.84641° N, 138.77568° E). From there it runs 2.07 km up to the top station at 1,411 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1983-12-10
- Capacity
- 617 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 101 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- ドラゴンドラ (Dragondola) gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 426 m
- かぐらゴンドラ (Kagura Gondola) gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 413 m
- みつまたロープウェイ (mitsumata ropeway) cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 249 m
- プリンス第1ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 1) gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 753 m
- プリンス第2ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 2) gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 608 m
- ランドー (Landau) cable car · 10.5 km away · rises 68 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.