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 …

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 …

Japan Tourism Awards 2017

Thank you for your great support, we, Tokyo Great Cycling Tour, Tokyo Great Kayaking Tour and Tokyo Great Running Tour had a honor to have a prize given by Tourism Expo Japan. We will try to improve our tours by all means!

New Route Again! Downtown Riverside Ride

  <Arakawa Cycling Road> Yes, we will launch a new route again! – Tokyo Downtown Riverside Ride.This tour takes you to the east side of the city, where we will ride a lot along the river and canals. Very relaxing 26 km long course is relatively flat and there are cycling roads and parks, and …

Who’s gonna wear these?

 So many kawaii small cloths hanging on the shelf for sales. Many different designs and different color variation. Families and young couples are looking at them and wondering which one to take. Are they looking for something good for their kids? Yes, definitely for their kids, but they don’t look like much… Here are their kids! …

New “Free WiFi” service at Tokyo subway

Starting from December 1, 2014, Tokyo Metro and Toei subway companies start to offer free WiFi service to all the visitors to Tokyo. If you have an app “Japan Connected-free Wi-Fi” (iOS/Android) on your smart phone, you can use internet at free of charge for three hours. This service is available at 143 stations of …

Cherry Blossoms Forecast 2014

       As we post a blog entry at this time of the every year, it is already the season people start to forecast when is the DAY in 2014. As cherry blossoms are very short-lived, we should not miss the chance! And also we need to well plan in advance for our Hanami …

Your kids would love it ! – Tokyo Toy Museum

Hi there. I am Masa. I visited Tokyo Omocha museum (Tokyo Toy Museum) with my two daughters aged 4 and 6. They have been there this summer, I was a first timer to there. Here is the link to this museum http://goodtoy.org/ttm/index.html The museum building is a former public elementary school which once closed down …

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 …

The Asagaya Tanabata Festival

The “Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri” is one of the famous festivals in Tokyo. It is a fun festival that is held annually, and this year is the 60th anniversary. The festival is famous for the fancy decorations dangling from the ceiling of the shopping arcade. Well, these sentences cannot express the niceness of the scenery, so …