From Kagoshima, Japan’s southernmost major city in the Kyushu region, you will enjoy quiet back roads and excellent cycle paths. Exploring a mix of pristine coastline, traditional villages, lush forests and renowned tea producing areas. Be immersed in Japanese history at the ruins of Chiran Samurai District and staying in traditional Ryokan.
This tour has been designed for everyone, whether you are a regular biker or not, to enjoy. Utilising electric bikes means you can choose how challenging your ride each day will be. Evenings will be spent in luxurious accommodations, from high end hotels to beautifully presented Ryokans. And don’t forget the food … it will be a culinary journey to remember, sampling delicious traditional and contemporary meals throughout the tour.
Start and Finish: Kagoshima City
The biking includes rides between 40 km & 55 km on paved surfaces. We use quiet back roads and Japan’s excellent network of cycle paths, for the majority of the tour. The terrain is gently rolling with some hills. The biggest day has a total ascent of 700m spread over the whole day.
This is a fully supported cycle tour, there will be one crew riding sweep to provide mechanical or medical support if required. Plus, a driver with our trusty support vehicle going ahead. Snacks and water are on board the vehicle for refills during your ride.
Please do read about the daily riding distances in the itinerary and prepare accordingly. The more prepared you are the more you will enjoy your adventure!
Your preparations should involve:
Getting comfortable riding 2-3 times a week with regular rides of 20 – 30 km in length.
Riding on paved surfaces
Some hills
Please do contact us if you would like some help with a detailed training plan.
This cycle tour is an electric bike tour, we will be using hybrid electric bikes, (good allrounders not specifically for road or mountain), with flat handlebars and narrow tyres, perfect for rolling on smooth surfaces. You will have one battery per day and be able to recharge every night.
We hire two types of E bikes to make up the fleet, with multiple size and set up options to suit all rider heights.
Giant ESCAPE R E+
Panasonic Jetter
Your tour leaders will take care of your meals and snacks throughout your adventure with us. This excludes all lunches and two evening meals which are at your own cost to give you the opportunity to explore eating options of your own choosing. We are most definitely able to cater for vegetarians and special diets and if this includes you, it is essential to advise us of this before your tour begins, so that the support vehicle can be stocked with the necessary supplies. Typical meals include:
All accommodation for the duration of your tour is included. For this tour we have made the most of Japan’s incredible accommodation options and warm hospitality, staying in luxurious Japanese hotels when we are in towns and beautifully appointed traditional Ryokan when we are in smaller villages.
Singles: We do not charge a single supplement!
If you are traveling on your own, we will pair you with another single biker of the same gender to share a twin room. If you do not wish to share, that is fine too, but a single supplement will apply!
This trip has 8 – 10 guests, plus one experienced Escape Adventures guide and a local interpreter/ driver.
“Wonderful to immerse ourselves into the surroundings & culture of the Japanese people sharing their beautiful, historical country with a fun, quietly challenging cycle tour ! Our Escape Adventure team of: NZ tour leader – Bruce, local host – Saori & driver Mitsu, were great company & fantastic with sorting tour detail.
Awesome friendships made & contact for future tours ahead……. I will remember most, the people, scenery, industry, green space incl. commercial & bush lands of tall, beautiful trees, food, ocean views, stunning volcanic reminders, sad loss of life memorials that form the basis of the communities we travelled thru’ & yet love of the land & importance of the family, overall.
