Riverside Area Tours
B-Ike offers very safe and comfortable bike tours running on bike roads along rivers and waterways in and near Tokyo Metropolitan area. Guests can enjoy viewing with their own pace, Japanese farming land, seasonal flowers and blossoms, and lives of various creatures during the tours. E-bike makes the bike riding easier for tour distance like 20 to 30 kilometers long.
R-1 Tone River Ferryboat
This is a bike tour running on dike road of Tone River, the largest river in Japan. It stops by Syodenzan Temple, famous as "Saitama Nikko" for brilliant coloring carving of outside walls of its main hall. It is fun and pleasant to pass the river with a small free ferryboat, feeling cool-down with river surface wind on hot summer day.
R-2 Noda (Soy Sauce City)
Noda is a base of Kikkoman and brewing soy source has been a major local industry since early 17th century. This bike tour
stops by for Kikkoman Noda plant tour, by running on dike roads of Edo River. Facility tour to huge water reservoir, called underground temple for flood protection can be set. (reservation
in advance is needed)
R-3 Sekiyado
Sekiyado is separation point of Edo River from Tone River and had been an important point for water transport. This bike tour stops by Sekiyado Castle Museum, by running on dike roads of Edo River. Facility tour to huge water reservoir, called underground temple for flood protection can be set. (reservation in advance is needed)
R-4 Minuma Farmland
Minuma Farmland is one of large green zones within Tokyo Metropolitan, located in east of Saitama City. The bike tour goes
on bike road along with waterways and path in the farmland of rice paddy field and fruits and flower gardens. It stops by Omiya Bonsai Village, famous tour spot, where traditional Japanese
art is displayed.
Outline of Riverside Road Bike Tours
You can enjoy running leisurely on riverside roads along with water flowing in Saitama Prefecture. The roads there are mostly flat and dedicated ones for bikes and pedestrians without car traffic, or farm roads with less car traffic, so that, even beginners and senior people can enjoy the bike tours because of safety roads and power assistance with E-bike.
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ID# |
Tour Name |
Bike Riding Time and Distance (Note 1) |
Name of River |
Season of Tour Available |
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R-1 |
2hr30min 26.8km |
Tone River |
Through a year |
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R-2 |
3hr 27.9km |
Edo River |
Through a year |
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R-3 |
3hr30min 33.1km |
Edo River |
Through a year |
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R-4 |
3hr 32.5km |
Minumadai Waterway |
Through a year |
Ike's Discovering Japan
I am Ike, an English tour guide and a hunter of view spots in Japanese four seasons. In my blog, let me show you beautiful Japanese seasonal views and unique stories that I find during my guided tours.
