Gondola · Shiozawa, Japan
かぐらゴンドラ (Kagura Gondola)
かぐらゴンドラ is a gondola near Shiozawa, Japan. It climbs 413 m over 3.07 km, from 960 m to 1,373 m above sea level. Between its 32 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
34/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, かぐらゴンドラ is scarier than 34% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 90 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 475 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 226 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of かぐらゴンドラ is near Shiozawa, Japan, at 960 m above sea level (36.88852° N, 138.75431° E). From there it runs 3.07 km up to the top station at 1,373 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- みつまたロープウェイ (mitsumata ropeway) cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 249 m
- 田代ロープウェー (Tashiro Ropeway) cable car · 4.1 km away · rises 606 m
- ドラゴンドラ (Dragondola) gondola · 6.6 km away · rises 426 m
- ランドー (Landau) cable car · 7.8 km away · rises 68 m
- 湯沢高原ロープウェイ cable car · 8.4 km away · rises 504 m
- ディリジャンス (Diligence) gondola · 9.2 km away · rises 471 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.