Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City

Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City

Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City
Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City

Overview

Take this guided cycling tour to see Gifu City’s attractions: Kogane Shrine, Gifu Daibutsu (Great Buddha), and the historically significant Gifu Castle. You’ll also visit Nagara River Ukai Museum, where you’ll learn about ‘ukai’ (cormorant fishing).

Highlights

  • Visit Kogane Shrine to pray for prosperity, good fortune, and safe travels
  • See Gifu Daibutsu, one of Japan’s largest Buddha statues
  • Visit Gifu Castle, the main base for Japan’s unification
  • Learn about the tradition of ‘ukai’ (cormorant fishing) at Nagara River Ukai Museum
  • Admire Gifu’s beautiful scenery, as well as the pristine Nagara River

Key Information

Important Information

  • This tour requires at least 2 participants; if we don't reach the minimum, we will inform you by 17:00 the day before to refund or reschedule
  • Participants must be aged 15 or above, at least 150 cm tall, and fit for cycling
  • Intoxicated guests may not participate
  • If we have to cancel due to bad weather, we will inform you by 17:00 the day before to refund or reschedule

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Duration

6 hours

Included

• English-speaking guide • Electric bicycle • Helmet • Insurance • Entry to Gifu Daibutsu (Great Buddha), Gifu Castle, and Ukai Museum • Round-trip ride for the ropeway to Gifu Castle • Lunch

Not Included

• Drinks

What to Bring

• Your confirmation email, subject: Order Confirmed • Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing • Drinks

Meeting Point

Gifu Station on the JR Central Tokaido Main Line, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture

Venue Address

Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Schedule

  • Except December 27–January 3, this tour is available daily
  • This tour lasts about 6 hours, and roughly follows this itinerary:

10:00 — Meet at Gifu Station 10:15 — Visit Kogane Shrine; offer prayers 10:40 — See Gifu Daibutsu (Great Buddha) 11:00 — Visit Gifu Castle* 12:30 — Lunch at a private house in Kawaramachi 13:30 — Walk around Kawaramachi 14:30 — Visit Ukai Museum 16:00 — Return to Gifu Station; tour ends

*You’ll reach Gifu Castle by ropeway, and return the same way

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Apt Inc.

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Cancellation Policy
No-show: You pay 100% of experience price
8 days before: You pay 100% of experience price

Description

Discover Gifu City on this refreshing cycling tour! With a knowledgeable local guide, you’ll explore sites that shine light on Japanese culture and Gifu’s beauty. Fondly called the “heartland of Japan,” Gifu City is not only the geographical center of Japan, but also the place where the famous warlord Oda Nobunaga stirred the beginnings of Japan’s unification.

Meet your guide at Gifu Station, then hop on your electric bicycle and set off! Your e-bike allows for a much smoother cycling experience, and is easier to use for novice cyclists. Since you won’t easily feel worn down from pedaling, you can enjoy exploring at a leisurely pace.

You’ll start off with a visit to some of Gifu’s sacred sites. Make your first stop at Kogane Shrine, where you’ll offer your prayers for prosperity, good luck, and safe travels. Admire its striking golden torii (shrine gate) as well. Then, head to Shohoji Temple, where you’ll find one of the three largest Buddha statues in Japan: Gifu Daibutsu (Great Buddha).

Afterward, you’ll pedal your way to Mt. Kinka, and board the ropeway up the summit. Riding the ropeway, you’ll be treated to views of forests, the beautiful Nagara River, and Gifu City from above. At the summit of Mt. Kinka, you’ll get to visit the historically significant Gifu Castle, Oda Nobunaga’s main base for unifying Japan in the 16th century.

Then, ride the ropeway down to the base of Mt. Kinka, and proceed to the district of Kawaramachi. You’ll sit down for a Japanese lunch at a renovated private house in the area, before having free time to look around. As you take a stroll down Kawaramachi’s old-fashioned streets, admire the beautiful Nagara River that runs alongside the area. Flowing through the middle of Gifu City, the symbolic Nagara River will be a constant sight on this cycling tour — its waters are one of the clearest in Japan!

After taking a look at the area, you’ll make your final stop at Nagara River Ukai Museum, where you’ll learn about the local tradition of ‘ukai’ — a traditional fishing technique that uses trained cormorants. The museum is jam-packed with educational displays and exhibits to introduce you to ukai, which is famously held on summer nights on the pristine waters of Nagara River. Afterward, you’ll cycle back to Gifu Station; your tour ends here.

Just 30 minutes by train from Nagoya, Gifu City is easily accessible, and is a great sightseeing destination with an old townscape, shrines, castles, and temples to admire. This tour is best for seeing Gifu’s beautiful scenery, enjoying delicious food, and learning about Japanese tradition all in one day — without thick crowds, and on a comfortable bicycle, too!

Electric Bicycle Tour Around Gifu City