{"id":4547,"date":"2021-04-23T15:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T06:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/flying-high-in-minato-mirai\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:34:06","slug":"flying-high-in-minato-mirai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/flying-high-in-minato-mirai\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying High in Minato-Mirai"},"content":{"rendered":"

The concept of a gondola in an urban setting isn\u2019t new; they serve as high-speed transport options in places like Bogota, Colombia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There was even a plan to build one to connect the main Olympic venues in Odaiba with Tokyo station and another connecting Tokyo Olympic Stadium to Station floated at one point; however, it morphed into a plan for BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) instead. However, what those plans did spark was an idea to utilize gondolas as a way to provide yet another tourist attraction in Yokohama\u2019s Minato-Mirai amusement area and provide a direct way to zip across the collection of inlets and water features separating Sakuragicho station and the World Porters shopping center area.<\/p>\n

\"\"What\u2019s Old Is New Again<\/h3>\n

If you\u2019ve been around the area for the last 30-odd years, you might have a sense of deja-vu; During the Yokohama Exotic Showcase (YES\u2019 89)<\/a>, there was a temporary one set up in roughly the same area for visitors to the expo. Still, it was quickly dismantled after the expo ended. The Yokohama Air Cabin<\/a>, however, is a very permanent addition to the scene. The new gondola travels 630 meters and 40 meters above the landscape at its highest point, and just like the one built for the YES<\/em> expo three decades ago, this one is meant more like an amusement attraction since it\u2019s operated by the same company that runs the nearby Cosmoworld<\/a><\/em> theme park. In fact, you can buy a combined ticket for both the new gondola and the famous \u201cCosmoClock21\u201d<\/a> Ferris wheel.<\/p>\n

\"\"From on high\u2026<\/h3>\n

Each car can carry a total of 8 passengers (and expect that number to be tailored down and limited to the number of people in your party due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.) The trip across takes about 5 minutes and costs \u00a51,000 one-way, but there are discounts for kids and combo tickets available.<\/p>\n

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Yokohama Air Cabin<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\ud83d\uddfa Address:<\/td>\n2-1-2 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama City 231-0001<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\ud83d\udd59 Hours:<\/td>\nEveryday 10 am ~8pm (Varies due to weather and other conditions)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\ud83c\udf9f Tickets:<\/td>\nOne-way Adult \u00a51,000; Kids 3-11yo \u00a5500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Round-trip Adult \u00a51,800; Kids \u00a5900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Groups 20pax+ 10% off; Disabled persons 50% off<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
See the website for other ticket deals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\ud83d\ude87 Access:<\/td>\nSakuragicho Station<\/a> \ud83c\udd79\ud83c\udd7a, \u24b7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\ud83d\udcf8 images via <\/span><\/em>Yokohama Air Cabin website<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The concept of a gondola in an urban setting isn\u2019t new; they serve as high-speed transport options in places like Bogota, Colombia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There was even a plan to build one to connect the main Olympic venues in Odaiba with Tokyo station and another connecting Tokyo Olympic Stadium to Station floated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,37,246],"tags":[442,45,153],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-friendly","category-tokyo-2","category-yokohama","tag-minato-mirai","tag-tokyo-metropolis-2","tag-yokohama-city"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50177,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions\/50177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}