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Gondola · Japan

鳴子スカイポーター

鳴子スカイポーター is a gondola near Japan. It climbs 474 m over 1.31 km, from 253 m to 727 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 95 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

83/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 鳴子スカイポーター is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 12 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 95 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 537 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.31 km.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 537 m of the 1.31 km ride.

How the score works · The scariest lines in the world

Where does it start?

The bottom station of 鳴子スカイポーター is in Japan, at 253 m above sea level (38.73701° N, 140.68951° E). From there it runs 1.31 km up to the top station at 727 m.

Per cabin
6 people

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.