Cable car · Yoshida-kasugacho, Japan
弥彦山ロープウェイ (Yahikoyama Ropeway)
弥彦山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Yoshida-kasugacho, Japan. It climbs 430 m over 867 m, from 119 m to 548 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 43 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
48/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 弥彦山ロープウェイ is scarier than 48% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 65 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 43 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 581 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 461 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 弥彦山ロープウェイ is near Yoshida-kasugacho, Japan, at 119 m above sea level (37.70859° N, 138.82119° E). From there it runs 867 m up to the top station at 548 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1958-04-14
- Operator
- 弥彦観光索道
- Per cabin
- 35 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
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.