Gondola · Kitakami, Japan
第一ゴンドラ (No. 1 Gondola)
第一ゴンドラ is a gondola near Kitakami, Japan. It climbs 421 m over 1.68 km, from 646 m to 1,068 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
10/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 第一ゴンドラ is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 141 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 1.02 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 182 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 第一ゴンドラ is near Kitakami, Japan, at 646 m above sea level (39.23741° N, 140.90566° E). From there it runs 1.68 km up to the top station at 1,068 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 第二ゴンドラ (No. 2 Gondola) gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 357 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.