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Gondola · Nakano, Japan

奥志賀ゴンドラ (Okushiga Gondola)

奥志賀ゴンドラ is a gondola near Nakano, Japan. It climbs 475 m over 1.83 km, from 1,476 m to 1,952 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

36/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 奥志賀ゴンドラ is scarier than 36% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 88 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 458 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 279 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 奥志賀ゴンドラ is near Nakano, Japan, at 1,476 m above sea level (36.76637° N, 138.53511° E). From there it runs 1.83 km up to the top station at 1,952 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.