Kuma Kengo Series

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo Starbuck’s 5th flagship store opened in Tokyo on Feb. 2019. The building was designed by Kuma Kengo. It is characterized by big wooden eaves with floating planter boxes. It looks simple from the outside but inside is more exciting , like a coffee factory. The interior was designed by Liz Muller. …

Pastime in the rainy season

Chiho is busy with Umeshigoto for this year. Umeshigoto literally means Ume=plum and Shigoto = work in Japanese and it is a traditional seasonal event for Japanese people to make plum wine, plum juice or pickled plum in rainy season. Rainy season in Japanese is Tsuyu and it is 梅雨 in Kanji character. And 梅 …

New Architecture tour will start on Jun 14

Hi! I am Mana. We recently set up the new route for cycling tour, “Architecture tour”. It features unique, outstanding and a little bit strange buildings in Tokyo. In recent years, Japanese contemporary architects have been highly acclaimed worldwide. In this tour, we can visit some of their works, such as SunnyHills by Kuma Kengo. …

Jiro’s Cooking Class by TGT (JCCT) to be introduced soon!! FREE Trial on May 25!!!

Responding to various inquiries about Japanese cuisine  or Washoku,  Tokyo Great Tours are planning to introduce Jiro’s Cooking Class by TGT (JCCT) on top of famous cycling tour (TGCT), kayaking tour (TGKT) and running tour (TGRT)! JCCT features Washoku dishes that especially go well with beer, Sake and white wine :-)! Day Class starts at 11:00am …

Sakura forecast 2019

Recently announced latest forecast for this year’s cherry blossoms says it will start to bloom on around March 23 (see below map) and will be full bloom the end of March. So exciting! Some of our tours are becoming booked out. So if you are considering to join our tour, please fix your schedule, the …

Cycling in Beautiful Fukushima

Last year I went to Setouchi area for cycling with my Brompton, and this year my bike mate, Haruna with whom I had traveled last year suggests me to go to Aizu area in Fukushima. I have been to Aizu many times, mainly for skiing but it is first time for me to go for …

Charity ♥

A friend of mine is a knit designer working for a famous Japanese apparel company, after she had suffered breast cancer (sadly 😦 ), she cut her hair and donated it to Non Profit Organization who make special wigs for people who lost their hairs and need wigs due to anticancer drugs. As you need …

Sakura forecast 2018

It was snowy rain this morning and freezing cold! We were about to cancel the ride, but our brave guests say they don’t care, so we have decided to hit the road. So it is still mid of winter, but the season is surely moving on and we are seeing lots of signs that spring …

Send a postcard to your loved one from Tokyo!

Sometime we are asked where to buy postcards in Tokyo. More people use email, SNS to contact and less people send cards or letter by post. But still it is nice when you receive handwritten messages. In Tokyo not many souvenir shop sell postcards, so we made our original cards with Japanese style design. It …

New route, our the 7th. route – Time Travel to Good Old Tokyo

We have recently launched our 7th. route – Time Travel to Good Old Tokyo. This route has 30 km and several hills, it will be the most difficult route among our seven various different routes. This tour is designed for people who have stamina and physical fitness. However, look at the picture! We are all …