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Gondola · Kitakami, Japan

第二ゴンドラ (No. 2 Gondola)

第二ゴンドラ is a gondola near Kitakami, Japan. It climbs 357 m over 1.12 km, from 648 m to 1,005 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

53/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 第二ゴンドラ is scarier than 53% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 60 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 539 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 207 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 1.12 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 第二ゴンドラ is near Kitakami, Japan, at 648 m above sea level (39.23824° N, 140.90348° E). From there it runs 1.12 km up to the top station at 1,005 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.