1-Day Private Rural E-Bike Tour in Hida

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Use of helmet
Tea
Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
Rental e-bike (Panasonic)
English speaking guide
Local taxes
Insurance

Gratuities
Hotel pick up and drop off
Bottle of water
No basket attached on e-bike
Gloves

Overview

This is a private rural e-bike tour with local lunch at the Maze Village and the Hagiwara Town in the Hida region. Because it has no businesses specifically catering to tourists, the area is largely unknown and overlooked in the main guidebooks, though it’s close to the tourist towns like Takayama or Gero. Please do not worry about uphills because our e-bike helps you a lot so that you can easily enjoy seeing the nature of Hida Mountains. In the area of the Maze Village, there are 10 small hamlets that located along the beautiful Maze River. Each has only 50-300 people and these many small communities are together referred to as the Maze Area Villages. Our friendly and knowledgeable English-speaking guide will take you to picturesque spots and offer you some local stories about history, culture and lifestyle. Seeing the tranquil views and tasting the special meal with local ingredients, you can fully enjoy the authentic rural Japan.

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Itinerary

Umeseko Tour

This is a private rural e-bike tour with local lunch at the Maze Village and the Hagiwara Town in the Hida region. Just a short hop from Takayama or Gero Hot Spring but only a few tourists know and visit the areas, which makes this tour special. On the way to the village, we have a long uphill but our e-bike helps you a lot so that you can easily enjoy seeing the nature of Hida Mountains and the super crystal Maze River. Our friendly and knowledgeable English-speaking guide will take you to picturesque spots and offer you some local stories about history, culture and lifestyle. Seeing the tranquil views and tasting the special meal with local ingredients, you can fully enjoy the authentic rural Japan. Why not join the tour to explore the hidden part of Japan's countryside? We promise you that we will offer you off the beaten path experience. - Introduced on The Guardian in Sep, 2018 - Certified as one of the top 10 experiences in Japan of TripAdvisor 2019 Travelers' Choice

6 hours
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Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum height is 145cm and maximum height is 185cm
We do not take any responsibility for any problem, concern and discomfort that a person who is out of the height limits has on a bike ride
Participants can bring and store suitcases inside of our bike garage during the tour so that they can head to another destination such as Kyoto or Tokyo just after the tour
The specific departure point is Hida-Hagiwara station, and your guide will pick you up at the station before the tour starting time
Please directly contact us via our website "UMESEKO TOUR" if the date you want to book is not available on the calendar
We may cancel a tour due to poor weather and road condition (full refund)
No refund or no alternative date is given when you do not show up at the meeting time for any reason (meeting time is 10 minutes before start time of tour)
After the tour instruction on the tour date, if you or some of your group need to cancel to join the bike tour due to the fact that you cannot ride on a bike safely for some reasons, no refund is given (It is also applied when a bike does not fit your body unexpectedly even though you meet the bike height limit)
Not recommended for those who have not ridden a bike for a long time
Not recommended for those who have any heart or vision problem since there is 1km×2 dark tunnel (participants can choose cycling or walking through the tunnel for safety reason)
Please note that you have to cycle by yourself from start to end since no support car follows us
Please let us know at time of booking if you have any food restriction or allergy (available for vegetarian)

Free Cancellation

March 09100% refund

March 10No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Cycling around Hida

Published on Apr, 2024

A very pleasant way to see Japanese rural culture and soak in the amazing nature Great guide and experience Something different in our trip

Best Bike Tour

Published on Mar, 2024

This bike tour was amazing! It was a great chance to get outside of the major cities of Japan and see what the countryside has to offer. Seeing Japan’s beautiful mountains and rivers via bike was the way to go. The e-bikes made it super easy to get around and up hills and make this tour doable for a lot of people. Dai is also an amazing guide! He goes above and beyond to make sure everyone is having a good experience and is very knowledgeable and open to sharing Japanese culture. I’d recommend this tour to any and everyone looking to get outdoors and be in nature. It’s an experience I won’t forget.

Best Bike Tour

Published on Mar, 2024

This bike tour was a great break from the busy cities of Japan! It was a great experience getting to see the mountains and rivers of Japan via bike. Dai was very knowledgeable and really cares about sharing the Japanese culture. The e-bikes make it very easy to get around. We also had one of the best meals I’ve had while in Japan on this trip. It felt like they were cooking for family. I highly recommend this tour for anyone looking for a different and fun way to see Japan’s countryside.

valuable journey

Published on Jan, 2024

My family and I were very impressed with this trip. It was an important experience riding a bike with family and friends. On a cool day and has a beautiful view It might be far and quite difficult for me. But it was so worth doing. Once in a lifetime. Thank you guide Daisuke, you were very friendly to us.

Fun bike tour through scenic countryside

Published on Jan, 2024

We had a great time on the 6-hour Maze e-bike tour with Dai in early November. Our route took us through the Hida-Hagiwara town centre, then up the mountains towards Maze village, and the pedal-assist function on the Panasonic e-bikes used on this tour made the uphill portions a breeze and super fun. We really appreciated Dai’s many conversations with our small group throughout the tour, especially his candid sharing about how he moved on from busy Tokyo city life to the countryside. Tour highlights for us were: our bento lunches, thoughtfully prepared using local ingredients by one of the ladies from the village (she even handwrote a menu so that Dai could explain to us what we were having that day); getting to see and touch the crystal blue waters of the Maze River; stopping by a roadside mountain spring to refill our water bottles; seeing pockets of autumn colours on the surrounding hills and mountainsides. We would recommend this to anyone who enjoys cycling!