Gondola · Chofugaoka, Japan
スカイシャトル (Sky Shuttle)
スカイシャトル is a gondola near Chofugaoka, Japan. It climbs 45 m over 890 m, from 58 m to 102 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
4/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, スカイシャトル is scarier than 4% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 147 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 272 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 147 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 4°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of スカイシャトル is near Chofugaoka, Japan, at 58 m above sea level (35.63220° N, 139.51747° E). From there it runs 890 m up to the top station at 102 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1999-03-21
- Operator
- よみうりランド
Nearby lines
- YOKOHAMA AIR CABIN gondola · 22.2 km away · rises 1 m
- 高尾登山電鉄 (Takao Tozan Railway) funicular · 23.4 km away · rises 163 m
- インクライン funicular · 26.1 km away · rises 104 m
- 大山ケーブル funicular · 33.4 km away · rises 267 m
- 御岳登山鉄道 funicular · 37.2 km away · rises 203 m
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.