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Gondola · Suzaka, Japan

パルキャビン

パルキャビン is a gondola near Suzaka, Japan. It climbs 563 m over 3.10 km, from 1,474 m to 2,037 m above sea level. Between its 25 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

10/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, パルキャビン is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 140 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 794 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 246 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 13°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of パルキャビン is near Suzaka, Japan, at 1,474 m above sea level (36.55716° N, 138.46380° E). From there it runs 3.10 km up to the top station at 2,037 m.

Capacity
1,800 people per hour
Per cabin
6 people
Ride time
about 15 min

Nearby lines

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.