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Gondola · Nakatsugawa, Japan

ヘブンスそのはらゴンドラ (Heavens Sonohara Gondola)

ヘブンスそのはらゴンドラ is a gondola near Nakatsugawa, Japan. It climbs 610 m over 2.40 km, from 796 m to 1,406 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 60 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

60/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, ヘブンスそのはらゴンドラ is scarier than 60% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 51 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 60 m, as high as a 20-storey building, 152 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 334 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 2.40 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of ヘブンスそのはらゴンドラ is near Nakatsugawa, Japan, at 796 m above sea level (35.45542° N, 137.66877° E). From there it runs 2.40 km up to the top station at 1,406 m.

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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.