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Gondola · Tsurugi-asahimachi, Japan

獅子吼ゴンドラ

獅子吼ゴンドラ is a gondola near Tsurugi-asahimachi, Japan. It climbs 449 m over 991 m, from 183 m to 632 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 56 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

56/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 獅子吼ゴンドラ is scarier than 56% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 55 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 56 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 439 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 234 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 44 m of the 991 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 獅子吼ゴンドラ is near Tsurugi-asahimachi, Japan, at 183 m above sea level (36.43939° N, 136.64104° E). From there it runs 991 m up to the top station at 632 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.