Fujiyama (roller coaster)

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Fujiyama

The Fujiyama rollercoaster at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park, Japan.
Location Fuji-Q Highland
Type Steel
Status Open
Opened July 1996
Manufacturer TOGO
Model Hypercoaster
Track layout Out and Back
Height 259 feet (78.9 m)
Drop 229.67 feet (70 m)
Length 6,708.67 feet (2,044.8 m)
Max speed 80.8 mile per hour (130 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 3:36
Max Vertical Angle 65 degrees
Max G force 3.5
Fujiyama at RCDB
Pictures of Fujiyama at RCDB

Fujiyama is a roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

When it was opened in 1996 it was the world's tallest roller coaster (259 feet), and had the largest drop in the world (235 feet). Both records have since been broken.

Preceded by
Pepsi Max Big One
World's Tallest Complete Circuit Roller Coaster
July 1996–May 2000
Succeeded by
Millennium Force
Preceded by
Pepsi Max Big One
World's Fastest Roller Coaster
July 1996–January 1997
Succeeded by
Tower of Terror
Roller coasters at Fuji-Q Highland

Dodonpa - Eejanaika - Fuwa Fuwa Osora No Dai-Bouken - Fujiyama - Mad Mouse - Rock 'N Roll Duncan – Zola 7