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| Bike, Cycle, Bicycle in Takayama and Tokyo |
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| Organized tour can be purchased via JDT or JTB, but if you were more into touch-to-the-ground
type of self tour, especially on your own
feets and by your own engine (heart) to pedal
your bike, this is the page to introduce
your new way of journey in Japan. Big city
has Tokyo, remote village town has Hida-Furukawa
(Takayama in Gifu). You will not forget this
experience of real Japan! No need to sweat?
Let's feel the wind with Japan Bike Rentals ! You may compare to NinjaTours . |
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| Day 1 (Tokyo Bike) |
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Apart from Amsterdam, Paris, New York.......and
some of big Chinise cities.......Tokyo has
her own bike-world. You may rent cheap second-hand
bike from TX Asakusa station nearby Tokyo
Ryokan (really cheap! at around few hundreds
yen a day) and go your own route to be lost
in translation, but it is also a good idea
to be stylishly-kool on nice Tokyo bike here
in downtown with Tokyo Bike or Rin Project Matsugaya. Imperial Palace has free bike rides including
two-riders called Palace Cycling.
Mind you west of Ueno is hilly with roads
up and down. Should your heart needed some
assistance/support, there are electric-powered-bicycle
for easy riders available at ORIX.
You can even buy one here at Y'sRoad and Art Sports! in Ueno where you may find more bicycle
shops, and ship them back home with Ta-Q-Bin (Black-Cat) after enjoyig riding all. |
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| Between Day 1 and Day 2 (Tokyo => Takayama
or Hida-Furukawa) |
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If you had JR Pass already prior to come
to Japan, there are two routes from Tokyo
to Satoyama Village Town. One is along Pacific
Ocean, the other is via Japan Sea side (Russian
side). Time table is just an example, but
you will be able to confirm your train on
your specific day at this page. You may also find more detailed information
at this page.
Tokyo => Nagoya => Takayama
09:50 => 11:31 / 11:43 => 14:08
JPY15,220 one way per adult
Tokyo => Toyama => Hayahoshi =>
Takayama
10:08 => 12:19 / 12:33 => 12:45 / 13:11
=> 14:32
JPY15,830 one way per adult
Forgot JR Pass or you don't need JR Pass,
here's the direct bus from Shinjuku to Takayama.
More information can be found at this page and this page .
Shinjuku => Takayama
08:00 => 13:30
JPY6,500 one way per adult
Ready for authentic Japan village tour? Let's
move on to Day 3. |
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| Day 3 (Hida-Furukawa Bike) |
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Since Takayama is too touristic, let's find
off-the-riden route in Hida-Furukawa which
is only 3 local train stops or just 1 stop
by Limited Express Wide-View Hida.
Kiminona (Hida Furukawa)
Hida Satoyama Cycling
Custom-Tours.com
Chura-Boshi.com
Shirakawago
Their local houses made officially "eco-green"
(no chemical era built but with only wood,
mud, rice-rope, paper, very environmentally
sustainable products) are available upon
request.
Hope you feel fantastic with so many nice
people in such beautiful area, would you
like to work volunteerly? Here's some idea
for your new life.
WWOOF Japan
Working Holiday
JET Programme
Day 4 or some days or even weeks later, you
may come back to Tokyo (Narita or Haneda)
or you may keep finding Japan's Beauties
in Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagano, Kyoto, Shimanami-Kaido (Mecca for riders), Amami-Oshima and more. |
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