Hida Private E-Bike Tour with Premium Lunch and Farm Experience

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Fish farm visit / Interaction with locals (alternative for farm experience not offered)
Tea
Farm experience
Kaiseki (traditional multi-course Japanese meal) - Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
Rental e-bike (Panasonic)
English speaking guide
Use of helmet
Local taxes
Insurance

Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottle of water
No basket attached on e-bike
Train ticket between Takayama and Hida-Hagiwara station
Gloves

Overview

This is the premium version of 1-Day Rural E-Bike Tour in Hida. Same as the regular one, the tour concept is exploring the hidden part of Takayama by cool electric bikes to see and understand the authentic rural Japan. There is 1 key difference from the standard tour. Lunch is Kaiseki (traditional multi-course Japanese meal) and farm experience included. You pick some fruit or vegetable with people living in the village, and the local ryokan or restaurant makes the beautiful Japanese meal with local produce. No exaggeration to say, it must be the most memorable moment of your trip in Japan. Please do not miss the opportunity! *It depend on the day whether the farm experience is offered for a small group (2-3 people). If not, we can arrange to visit a local fish farm or interact with locals as alternative.

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Itinerary

Umeseko Tour

This is a private e-bike tour held at the less travelled part of Takayama, heading for the hidden valley village to see lots of scenic views and taste the authentic Japanese cuisine made with only local produce. The tour starts from JR Hida-Hagiwara station. After some instructions, you will cycle around the historical town first. You need to go up the hill to visit the beautiful valley village but do not worry about it. E-bikes we will offer you are the special machines, so easy to use and make steep hills seem flat! At some points during the tour, you will take super nice pictures in the countryside and hear a lot of local stories such as history, culture and lifestyle that you would never know without a guide. The tour highlight is lunch time combined with a farm experience. You will visit a local farm to get ingredients for your lunch, then the local ryokan magically serves the kaiseki (traditional multi-course Japanese meal), which will surpass anything else you had in Japan. Through 7.5h-28km leisurely cycling, local farm experience and the luxurious lunch, you will enjoy the authentic rural Japan to your heart's content.

7 hours 30 minutes
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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 directly head to the next 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 not do cycling tour in case of poor weather or bad road condition but we offer walking tour as alternative and Kaiseki lunch with some refund of difference
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

April 26100% refund

April 27No 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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Lovely visit in Hida hagiwara

Published on Dec, 2022

My husband and I had a good time with Dai. We visited the Hagiwara-suwa castle, fish farm, high street of Hida Hagiwara. the lunch was in a local cafe and it was very delicious. We had enjoyed some gorgeous autumn scene in Maze. The e-bike tour is an excellent way to explore the rural area of central Japan. I enjoyed the tour. It is very close to Gero onsen. You can join this tour and then go back to your onsen hotel in the afternoon.

Awesome Day

Published on Dec, 2022

This was incredible and the tour flew by. My wife and I went and had the good fortune to be the only guests that day. The electric bikes are great you really don't have to be a cyclist to do this tour. The tour guide Dai is very friendly and knowledgeable. He lives in the area and clearly loves the area and that comes across on the tour. The scenary is beautiful, be careful riding not staring at the countryside. At one stage we rode through a tunnel not at all scenic but even that was fun. The weather was so good the day we went, autumnal, starting to get cold but still very pleasant and the sky was very blue. Would love to take my own bike and repeat the route under purely leg power. We had so much fun cycling. We saw red leaves and super clear rivers. Was exactly what I pictured for the area. The lunch we had was massive. Above and beyond expectations. The owner of the the lunch place was super friendly and happy to see tourists again. We even got the local speciality Iyu fish which was interesting as Dai was telling us about how hard they are to catch -- we stopped by the local fishing spot at one point. Personally the pork was the hightlight of the lunch. We stopped at a small beach by a river on the way back to the start for coffee and that was such a good spot to stop. Dai is very into his coffee making. Incredible place to stop, unwind and have a coffee. The tour starts and end right by the train station, so its very accessible. We came from Takayama, and that was very simple. I would definately do this again, a very memorable day. I bet the sake brewery tour would be worth doing as well. Highly recommended. Dai the tour guide mad ethe trip a special day.

Fantastic Tour

Published on Aug, 2020

The tour was perfect. very safe. Lunch at local farm incredible. Dai is a great tour guide. Also electric mountainbikes were of excelent quality and condition. Also our teenage (13 and 15) loved it. beautiful part of Japan

Unforgettable highlight of our trip!

Published on Aug, 2019

Our son celebrated his 16th birthday with an unforgettable excursion and once-in-a-lifetime kaiseki lunch organized by Daisuke and Umeseko Tour. We were originally booked for an e-bike tour, but Daisuke made alternative arrangements due to forecasted rain and lightning. His communications with us were prompt and informative. We started with a tour of the quaint town Hida Hagiwara, where we visited a beautiful temple, then sampled delicious, locally made foods: amazake (sweet, non-alcoholic rice drink) at the sake brewery, two different types of miso, a hot-and-crunchy-from-the-fryer croquette, and refreshing sweet jelly. We were the only tourists in town, and we would never have known without Dai's help how to find or what to order at these lovely local establishments. Afterwards, we were driven to a beautiful, elegant ryokan in a nearby mountain village, where we enjoyed an exquisitely prepared and presented kaiseki lunch. Each course featured organic, local, seasonal vegetables and fish from nearby mountain streams. Absolutely the best meal we’ve ever had in Japan! My son was also surprised with a special birthday dessert, accompanied by a birthday song. ;-) After lunch, we visited the farm down the road where 95% of the ryokan’s vegetables are grown. Four pairs of boots were all ready for us to admire the farm’s bountiful harvest: eggplant, shiso, carrots, cucumbers, squash, corn, pepper, and much more. We felt honored to receive the generous, warm hospitality and kindness of the multi-generational family that runs the ryokan. Much gratitude and appreciation to Daisuke for his expert, friendly guidance. Our sons especially enjoyed learning about his interesting background and ambitions for the future. Thank you for ensuring that we will never forget my son’s 16th birthday and a very beautiful part of Japan!

E-bike Tour availability

Published on Feb, 2019

Like to check if the E-bike tour can be made available on one of these dates. 23, 24 or 25th Feb. We are 2 persons. Thks