Gondola · Tsuruga, Japan
箱館山ゴンドラ
箱館山ゴンドラ is a gondola near Tsuruga, Japan. It climbs 446 m over 1.23 km, from 189 m to 636 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
45/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 箱館山ゴンドラ is scarier than 45% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 70 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 582 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 179 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 箱館山ゴンドラ is near Tsuruga, Japan, at 189 m above sea level (35.42792° N, 135.99592° E). From there it runs 1.23 km up to the top station at 636 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Obama cable car · 21.8 km away · rises 56 m
- Cable car near Kitahama cable car · 26.2 km away · rises 780 m
- 八幡山ロープウェー (Hachiman'yama Ropeway) cable car · 33.4 km away · rises 154 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.