Rinko (輪行) to Hanamigawa cycling road

This is Kazu writing. Peter and Kathy, our friends who are repeat guests of our bike tour had wanted to try something new. So we had suggested them to join our trial tour to Hanamigawa, Chiba Prefecture to test our plan by RINKO, train and bike. They had got interested in this idea, so that …

Rinko to Kamakura – Bike and train

This is Kazu writing. TGCT has been operating three wonderful bike tours in Tokyo downtown and getting good reputations from many guests who had experienced them. There are also nice places to visit outside Tokyo in about one hour range by train. So we have made a plan for an optional bike tour to Enoshima …

Tokyo’s Great Restaurant Vol. 6 ~ by Kazu ~

Restaurant Name: New Kayaba  (ニューカヤバ) Area: Kayabacho Address: 2-17-11 Nihonbashikayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Category: “Izakaya”, Japanese Tavern Business Hour: 17:00-21:00 Monday thru. Friday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, this is Kazu. I would like to introduce my favorite Tachi-nomi (Stand and drink in Japanese) style “Izakaya”, a Japanese tavern, near our office. It’s only 3 minutes walk from our …

Karuizawa Great Cycling Tour in Golden Week

Hello, I am Kazu. I would like to write on 2013 Karuizawa Great Cycling Tour (KGCT). It was held at Karuizawa, Nagano, known as an old and famous resort area in Japan, on May 4, 2013, in the middle of Golden Week, national holiday week. It was a beautiful day, just blue sky without clouds, …