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Cable car · Ikedacho, Japan

箸蔵山ロープウェイ

箸蔵山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Ikedacho, Japan. It climbs 337 m over 877 m, from 161 m to 498 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 105 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

79/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 箸蔵山ロープウェイ is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 20 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 105 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 665 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 378 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 151 m of the 877 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 箸蔵山ロープウェイ is near Ikedacho, Japan, at 161 m above sea level (34.04004° N, 133.84392° E). From there it runs 877 m up to the top station at 498 m.

Ride time
about 4 min

Nearby lines

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.