Gondola · Japan
ドラゴンドラ (Dragondola)
ドラゴンドラ is a gondola near Japan. It climbs 426 m over 5.28 km, from 920 m to 1,346 m above sea level. Between its 41 pylons, the cable runs up to about 102 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, ドラゴンドラ is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 16 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 102 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.53 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 374 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 389 m of the 5.28 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of ドラゴンドラ is in Japan, at 920 m above sea level (36.80252° N, 138.78065° E). From there it runs 5.28 km up to the top station at 1,346 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2001-12-21
- Capacity
- 1,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- 田代ロープウェー (Tashiro Ropeway) cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 606 m
- プリンス第1ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 1) gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 753 m
- プリンス第2ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 2) gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 608 m
- かぐらゴンドラ (Kagura Gondola) gondola · 6.6 km away · rises 413 m
- みつまたロープウェイ (mitsumata ropeway) cable car · 7.9 km away · rises 249 m
- ランドー (Landau) cable car · 13.1 km away · rises 68 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.