Cable car · Shimabara, Japan
雲仙ロープウェイ
雲仙ロープウェイ is a cable car near Shimabara, Japan. It climbs 181 m over 422 m, from 1,089 m to 1,270 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 75 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 雲仙ロープウェイ is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 42 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 75 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 244 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 354 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 177 m of the 422 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 雲仙ロープウェイ is near Shimabara, Japan, at 1,089 m above sea level (32.75083° N, 130.28560° E). From there it runs 422 m up to the top station at 1,270 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 36 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- グラバースカイロード (Glover Sky Road) funicular · 38.8 km away · rises 40 m
- 長崎ロープウェイ (Nagasaki Ropeway) cable car · 39.9 km away · rises 113 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.