Cable car · Nakano, Japan
竜王RW (Dragon King RW)
竜王RW is a cable car near Nakano, Japan. It climbs 790 m over 2.17 km, from 978 m to 1,768 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 135 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 竜王RW is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 8 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 135 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.62 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.12 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.46 km of the 2.17 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 竜王RW is near Nakano, Japan, at 978 m above sea level (36.78397° N, 138.45640° E). From there it runs 2.17 km up to the top station at 1,768 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 第2ゴンドラリフト (No.2 Gondola) gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 420 m
- 奥志賀ゴンドラ (Okushiga Gondola) gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 475 m
- 焼額山第1ゴンドラリフト (No. 1 Gondola) gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 448 m
- 志賀高原リゾートゴンドラ (Shiga Kogen Resort Gondola) gondola · 7.0 km away · rises 145 m
- ブナ平ゴンドラリフト (Bunadaira Gondola) gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 234 m
- 東館山ゴンドラリフト (Higashitateyama Gondola) gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 428 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.