Cable car · Ikedacho, Japan
雲辺寺ロープウェイ
雲辺寺ロープウェイ is a cable car near Ikedacho, Japan. It climbs 649 m over 2.48 km, from 255 m to 904 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 258 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 雲辺寺ロープウェイ is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 258 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.58 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.81 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.74 km of the 2.48 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 雲辺寺ロープウェイ is near Ikedacho, Japan, at 255 m above sea level (34.05624° N, 133.70853° E). From there it runs 2.48 km up to the top station at 904 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- 箸蔵山ロープウェイ cable car · 11.6 km away · rises 337 m
- Funicular near Ikedacho funicular · 16.7 km away · rises 133 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.