Ride around Shimane Prefecture with GuideGuided Cycling Tours
A Nature Course, Ride Through the Rice Fields
3 hours course
Cycle to Matsue Castle and visiting the keep, then go ride through the country side.
Only by cycling can you experience this joy of riding on a path surrounded by panoramic rice fields.
Enjoy cycling in nature, and taste goat gelato.
☆★Itinerary, main visiting sites★☆
START: Meet up at TRIP SPICE
Introduction/ briefing, payment, confirmation of request, adjusting the cycle, then depart!
CP1: Matsue Castle
Photo taking at the front of the Honmaru (main bailey) of the castle while talking about Shimane and enmusubi.
(Visiting the keep is optional with extra admission fee)
CP2: Shiomi Nawate
Ride through the samurai quarter, then go to the country side located in the north west of the town.
CP3: 360° panoramic view
Cycle with the view of traditional Japan, surrounded by rice fields.
CP4: Goat milk gelato
Take a break with unusual goat milk gelato.
CP5: Shinji-ko Lake
Cycle along Shinji-ko Lake to the goal.
GOAL: TRIP SPICE
More than half of the course is countryside, and migratory swans can be observed during autumn and winter.
We welcome any requests!
Enjoy cycling together!
Cycle Rental
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Daytona DE01 with electric assistance
Electric assisted bicycle perfect for town use, easy to ride with a photogenic design!
Content of the Guided Tour
| Admission fee / person | 5000yen (included: guide fee, fee for wrifu/tally / omamori charm, monetary offerings, tea and cake, cycle rental, insurance, tax) |
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| Time of meeting up / finishing up | Meeting at 9:30, Finishing up at 12:30 (Meeting time is changeable by request) |
| Location of signing in / meeting up | TRIP SPICE |
| Event Days | Every Saturday, Sunday, and bank holidays excluding End and New year |
| How to book | Internet, email |
| Booking Deadline | By 19:00 of the day before of the tour |
| Group Size | 1-4 people |
Meeting Location
At the foot bath by the entrance of Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Station
| Address | Suetsugucho 5, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture |
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| Access by car | About 10mins. from Matsue Nishi IC * Use a carpark nearby |
| Access by train | 3 mins. walk from Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Station (Ichibata Electric Railway) 15mins. taking bus from Matsue Station of JR Sanin Honsen Line (Bus stop of Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Station of Gurutto Matsue lake Line, municipal bus) |
Notes
Regarding payment
Payment is by cash on the day
Regarding tour cancellation
Tour is canceled only in case of heavy rain, though we may contact you for cancellation by 19:00 of the day before if bad weather conditions are expected.
What to bring
• ID of the representative
• Active clothing
• Bag for belongings (no basket on the bicycle )
• Drinks
Regarding booking
All tours need to be booked in advance, check the application deadline for the tour first, then apply by email or from the website.
Check the availability and tour dates on the official home page.
Booking from our website is available on each tour pages.
For booking by email, please content these articles below with title of “Cycling tour booking”.
• Name of the representative
• Contact detail
• Name of the tour
• Date
• Number of the party
• Options request (if any)
The booking is completed/confirmed when the email is sent with the content of the application and the detail of the day.
