Gondola · Arai, Japan
新井ゴンドラ (Arai Gondola)
新井ゴンドラ is a gondola near Arai, Japan. It climbs 609 m over 2.82 km, from 347 m to 956 m above sea level. Between its 29 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
48/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 新井ゴンドラ is scarier than 48% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 63 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 2.09 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 192 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 新井ゴンドラ is near Arai, Japan, at 347 m above sea level (36.99084° N, 138.18020° E). From there it runs 2.82 km up to the top station at 956 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 12 people
Nearby lines
- 妙高高原スカイケーブル (Sky Cable) gondola · 11.4 km away · rises 518 m
- 杉ノ原ゴンドラ gondola · 14.3 km away · rises 677 m
- 日陰ゴンドラ (Hikage Gondola) gondola · 27.9 km away · rises 567 m
- 長坂ゴンドラ (Nagasaka Gondola) gondola · 28.4 km away · rises 783 m
- 竜王RW (Dragon King RW) cable car · 35.8 km away · rises 790 m
- Eve Gondola gondola · 38.0 km away · rises 745 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.