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Gondola · Shimokizukuri, Japan

ゴンドラ (The Gondola)

ゴンドラ is a gondola near Shimokizukuri, Japan. It climbs 514 m over 2.90 km, from 404 m to 917 m above sea level. Between its 26 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

20/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, ゴンドラ is scarier than 20% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 118 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 1.08 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 213 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of ゴンドラ is near Shimokizukuri, Japan, at 404 m above sea level (40.69514° N, 140.28221° E). From there it runs 2.90 km up to the top station at 917 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.