Gondola · Otaru, Japan
キロロゴンドラ (Kiroro Gondola)
キロロゴンドラ is a gondola near Otaru, Japan. It climbs 611 m over 3.17 km, from 571 m to 1,182 m above sea level. Between its 30 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
34/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, キロロゴンドラ is scarier than 34% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 91 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.40 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 368 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of キロロゴンドラ is near Otaru, Japan, at 571 m above sea level (43.06751° N, 140.99068° E). From there it runs 3.17 km up to the top station at 1,182 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- ゲートウェイエクスプレス (Gateway Express) gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 43 m
- スカイキャビン8 (Sky Cabin 8) gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 467 m
- 観光ロープウェイ (Sightseeing Ropeway) cable car · 12.8 km away · rises 267 m
- エイトゴンドラ (Eight Gondola) gondola · 16.4 km away · rises 152 m
- もーりすカー (Morris Car) funicular · 26.0 km away · rises 59 m
- もいわ山ロープウェイ (Moiwayama Ropeway) cable car · 26.4 km away · rises 377 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.