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A Self-Guided e-BIKE Tour Around Lake Shirakaba and Forest Trails

Nagano, Japanby Attractive JAPAN

2 hours
Private tour
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Guide: Japanese

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Overview

・Start the tour with a safe ride along the lakeside bike path to get used to the e-bike's controls. ・Drink the natural water from the lake coming from 200 metres below the ground. Take your own bottle with you on tour if you have one! ・Enjoy a pleasant cycling experience while feeling the highland breezes and mountain views. Our bikes make it easy to ride up even steep hills which looks impossible to climb! ・A downhill section will take you all the way down the Venus Line! Feel like your on a rollercoaster thrill ride that's sure to refresh you! ・Take the bike path through the forest. A spectacular view awaits you.

What's included

e-bike rental fee
insurance fee
Photo data
Equipment such as helmets

Seasonal clothes that are easy to move in (ex, windbreakers, quick-drying shirts, stretchable pants)
Hat, towel, sunscreen (for those who need it)
Please bring water bottle (We will fill it with natural water during the tour)
Camera or mobile phone

Itinerary

1
Stop 1
55 min
[9:50 / 13:20]　Registration at the reception. Briefing and filling in the agreement. [10:00 / 13:30]　Check equipment such as a helmet. Training for riding a bike, and learning hand signs for touring in groups. [10:20 / 13:50]　Start touring on the lakeside road. Fill your bottle with natural water from Lake Shirakaba and enjoy the tour to Venus Line.
2
Stop 2
30 min
[10:45 / 14:15]　Arrival at Lake Shirakaba Observatory, the viewpoint of the tour. This is the perfect point to view Mt. Tateshina, and you can also enjoy a view of Lake Shirakaba, the starting point of the tour. A nice souvenir photo will be taken.
3
Stop 3
35 min
[11:15 / 14:45]　Ride through the forest, and the tour will reach Yashigamine Park, another fine view of Shirakaba Lake. The view of Lake Shirakaba, Mt. Tateshina and the Mt. Yatsugatake foothills from the observation deck, which is a short hike away, is spectacular.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point: Hygge Shirakaba Access: (1) Get off at Chino Station of JR Chuo Line.　 (2) Take a local bus bound for Kurumayama Kougen on the Shirakabako, Kurumayama Kougen, Kirigamine Line at platform No. 3 at the west exit of Chino Station. (3) Get off at the Tonyagawa bus stop.

End point

Good to know

Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The registration begins in 5 minutes before the tour starts. Please be sure to reach the meeting point with plenty of time. Transportation services might be crowded during peak seasons and national holidays. No show without any contact beforehand will result in cancellation.

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We will inform you of any cancellations due to inclement weather or other disasters. Otherwise the tour will start on time.
Feel free to contact us to reschedule the time or the date of tour due to rain.
People who can ride a bike.
Those who are over 150 cm tall and are junior high school students or older.
Junior high and high school students must be accompanied by a guardian.

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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