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Gondola · Nanae, Japan

七飯ゴンドラ

七飯ゴンドラ is a gondola near Nanae, Japan. It climbs 658 m over 3.17 km, from 262 m to 920 m above sea level. Between its 38 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

14/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 七飯ゴンドラ is scarier than 14% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 127 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.93 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 155 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 七飯ゴンドラ is near Nanae, Japan, at 262 m above sea level (41.98637° N, 140.74686° E). From there it runs 3.17 km up to the top station at 920 m.

Capacity
1,800 people per hour
Ride time
about 11 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.