E-BIKE Ride through Satoyama scenery and traditional Satoyama experience

^{*Satoyama: settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating slopes}

Let’s go beyond the tourist areas of Nikko and experience the real daily life of farming villages, terraced rice fields, and clear streams while feeling the scenery of satoyama blessed with clean water and mountains.

Nikko is famous as a place where rich nature and culture remain, but the background is maintained by the wisdom of the people who live in Nikko, cooperation between them to make a living, love for the community, and coexistence with nature.

The people of Nikko have enriched their lives by drawing water from the Daiya River, which flows from the Nikko Mountains, into their paddy fields since ancient times.

The rice in the terraced rice fields of Nikko, which is served for lunch, is also carefully grown using the clean water from the natural slopes. One of the attractions of this tour is that you can visit a local farmhouse and enjoy talking about rice and the region while having a homemade meal, a unique opportunity to discover Nikko.

The experience includes cycling around the World Heritage area, off-road cycling along the Daiya River, strolling through the satoyama scenery, lunch at an old farmhouse, Guinness Nikko Cedar Path and more!

*Planned distance to travel is about 33km. Electric assisted E-bikes are used, so you can enjoy cycling without getting tired.

Season

Early April to late December

Meeting Place・Time

9:30　NIKKO BASE NAOC日光ベース
3-11 Honcho, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture

*The above times are departure times. Please come to the meeting place approximately 15 minutes before.
*We offer a free shuttle service from nearby inns and Nikko Station. Please let us know if you would like one.
*If you are driving, please use the nearby paid parking lot, Time Space Nikko Yasukawacho.

Required Time

About 5.5 hours

* Time from arrival to departure

End Time

Around 15:00

*Please note that the end time may vary slightly.

Fee

・15 years old and over ¥14,000 (+¥500 premium insurance)

Booking

This tour cannot be reserved through the reservation form.

Please contact us at [email protected] with the following details:
・ Participating tour name
・ Participants names
・ Number of people
・ e-Mail address
・ Phone number
・ Address

What’s included

Clothing・What to Bring

・Comfortable clothes, as depending on the trousers, the hem is easy to get entangled in the chain.
・Drink
・Ruck sack (The E-Bike does not come with a basket).

Things that are good to have depending on the climate and weather:
・Cold and windproof jacket
・Body wear with heat retention

It is desirable to wear clothes that are easy to put on and take off. You can also bring rain gear,
used during sudden light rain.

We have Backpacks available (rental fee ¥500). Please let us know when you make your reservation.

What we offer:

1. Our rental bikes are made by the world’s leading manufacturers “MERIDA” and “TREK”.
2. This is a full-fledged cycling tour where you can enjoy both off-road and on-road.
3. Because you use an electric E-bike, you can enjoy cycling without getting tired.
4. We will show you a secret Nikko that is not listed in the regular guidebooks.

Participation conditions

155cm or more

●We have bicycles of suitable size according to your height. Please let us know the height of the participants at the time of booking.
*Participants who are drunk on the day, have a hangover, or are pregnant will not be permitted to join the experience.

Holding conditions

It will be held with 2 or more participants.
Although it will be held in light rain, it will be canceled in case of heavy rain.

In case of cancellation, we will comprehensively judge the weather forecast etc. and will contact you by 19:00 the day before. However, since it will be a matter of nature, there may be cases where sudden cancellation is unavoidable, so please understand this when booking. We will refund the full amount when we contact you to cancel due to weather, etc.

Tour Layout

*Times are approximate

Meeting/reception (09:15)

Start (09:30)
After finishing the lecture and notes, it’s time to start!

We will start from the World Heritage area.

Ride overlooking the Nikko Mountains.

Enjoy both off-road and on-road

Nikko’s delicious rice is carefully grown in this terraced rice fields

Enjoy a delicious lunch at a local farmer’s house

Stories and warm hospitality from the locals

Cycling along the “Guinness world’s longest cedar tree-lined street” on the Nikko Highway that leads from Tokyo to Toshogu Shrine, a World Heritage Site. It is the only place in Japan that has been designated both as a special historic site and a special natural monument.

Goal (14:50)

How was your trip to see what life is like in Nikko? We hope you have enjoyed the experience, thank you for coming!

This is a cycling tour where you can run off-road and on-road, feel the change of seasons, and run through Nikko, a little-known spot that is not listed in guidebooks.

You will bike through the bustling town of Nikko and through the World Heritage area, feeling the wind of the mountains and the murmuring of the river.

If you run a little actively off-road along the Oyagawa riverbed, you will come across the old Nikko Suginamiki road, lined with cedar trees that are over 300 years old.

While watching the long passage of time since the Edo period, the ancient roads rooted in this land will tell us something. It would be nice to park your bicycle, stop by a clear stream, lie down in a field and look at the sky.

Let’s take a look at the surrounding nature as well as the historic buildings.

The real pleasure of this tour is to take pictures of the majestic Nikko mountain range and the trees that change color depending on the season.

Cycling in the World Heritage area → Urban area of ​​Nikko → A little off-road cycling along the Oya River → View point overlooking the Nikko mountain range → Cycling along Nikko Suginamiki Kodo → Urban area of ​​Imaichi

*Scheduled distance to travel is about 12km, with downhills.

Season

From early March to late November

Meeting place/time

NAOC Nikko Base
3-11 Honmachi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture

Morning session 09:00 
Afternoon session 13:00

*The above times are departure times. Please come to the meeting place approximately 15 minutes before. 
*We offer a free shuttle service from nearby inns and Nikko Station. Please let us know if you would like one. 
*If you are driving, please use the nearby paid parking lot. Time Space Nikko Yasukawacho is the closest parking.

Required time

About 3 hours

*Time from arrival to departure

●End time

Morning session around 12:00 
Afternoon session around 16:00

*Please note that the end time may vary slightly.

Price

・Above age 15: ¥10,500　(Additional Insurance fee: 500yen)
・Age 6-14: ¥8,500 (Additional Insurance fee: 500yen)

Price includes

・Guide fee
・Rental MTB
・Helmet
・Glove
・Insurance fee
・Consumption tax

Clothing/Belongings

・Clothes that are easy to move 
in * Depending on the trousers, the hem can easily get entangled in the chain. 
・Drinks
・Rucksack 
*MTB does not come with a basket.

《Things that are good to have according to the climate and weather》
・A jacket that is cold and windproof ・Body wear with 
heat retention 
*It is desirable to wear something that is easy to put on and take off. 
・Rain gear 
*Used during sudden light rain. 
・Gloves 
*Those with heat retention. 
・Knit hat
・Neck warmer

[Paid rental] Backpack: ¥300 
*Please let us know when you apply.

[NAOC’s commitment] 
1. Rental MTBs are made by the world’s leading manufacturer “TREK”. 
2. This is a full-fledged cycling tour where you can enjoy both off-road and on-road. 
3. You can attach a 500ml PET bottle to the drink holder. 
4. We will show you deep Nikko that is not listed in the guidebook.

Participation conditions

Beginners from children to adults are 
welcome.

●We have bicycles that can be used by elementary school students and up. Please let us know the height of the participants at the time of application. 

*Children under elementary school age must be accompanied by a guardian. 
*Participants who are drunk, have a hangover, or are pregnant will not be permitted to participate.

Holding Conditions

It will be held with 2 or more participants. 
It will be canceled in case of rain.

* In case of cancellation, we will comprehensively judge the weather forecast etc. and will contact you by 19:00 the day before. However, since it will be a matter of nature, there may be cases where sudden cancellation is unavoidable. Please understand this point and apply. We will refund the full amount when we contact you to cancel or cancel due to weather etc.

Tour Image

※The written time is the approximated time

・Arrival & Reception (08:45/12:45)

Start (09:00/13:00)
We will first show you some instructions and will start the ride!

Starting from the world heritage area.

There are many noble cherry blossom trees around that are beyond 100 years old!

We will also cycle past rice fields and farm lands。

Of course, the famous autumn leaves of Nikko are majestically elegant.

We can enjoy the old landscape of Nikko together with the beautiful Japanese season.

After we ride through the longest cedar tree road in the world, we are close to the goal!

Goal (11:15/15:15)
またNAOCの車でベースまで戻ります。

Farewell (11:45/15:45)
We will arrive back to NAOC NIKKO BASE. Thank you for visiting!

If you are stuck on what to eat for lunch or sight seeing, feel free to ask us.

We are happy to help you with anything.

Reservations

OR

email us at [email protected]