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Full-Day Bicycle Tour on the Noto Peninsula
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6 to 8 Hours
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Pickup offered
Offered in: English, French, Spanish
Overview
Unique sportive bicycle tour on the Noto Peninsula. An amazing route you won't find in the guide books, to explore the timeless Japanese countryside with typical Noto houses and rice paddies, a traditionnal salt farm and Senmaida "1000 terraced rice paddies".
Noto has become one of the most popular cycling destination in Japan, among Japanese weekenders, or 1 week + bicycle tours operated by foreign companies. Unfortunately, being a remote countryside area, there is yet no facility for independant travelers to rent a good bicycle and enjoy the peninsula the best way possible.
With this tour, I will bring you to the most rewarding route for an unforgetable day in Noto, using high quality, light weight hybrid bicycles (no e-bike).
I have been living in the Wajima countryside for over 5 years, where I have been learning about local history and culture, while working at a traditional salt farm; more recently as a local guide, and as a cycling guide with Great Explorations.
What's Included
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
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Finish in the town of Wajima, at the hotel if staying in Wajima or at the Wajima station bus stop if necessary
End Point
Finish in the town of Wajima, at the hotel if staying in Wajima or at the Wajima station bus stop if necessary
Pickup points
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Pickup details
Wait at the reception of your hotel. The guide will come in and call for you there. You will easily notice him in his cycling outfit. Depending on the pick-up place or the number of people in the group, a taxi may be called and payment taken in charge by the organiser.
What To Expect
Noto Peninsula
Roughly 60 km (788m uphill) cycling through a various landscapes in the Noto Peninsula. Start with a ride through the Okubo valley, the most medieval part of Noto with remaining traditional houses surrounded by rice paddies. Cross a luxuriant mountain to Kanakura, one of the 100 beautiful Sato (mountain village) in Japan. Ride downhill to the Sotoura coast which still features many sights heritated from its past. Witness a 500 hundreds year old salt farming method, and stop by the emblematic Sennmaida rice terraces on the way back to Wajima.
4 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Kayabukian Miinosato
Get ready at Kayabukian, a former farmhouse with a thached roof, now a restaurant in a beautiful setting in front of rice paddies. receive a zero waste bento made from local ingredients.
20 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Yorimichi Parking Kanakura
Kanakura is a beautiful exemple of a Satoyama, or traditionnal mountain villages. The guide settled in this village and can tell you more about community life in such a village and functions of its landscaping.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Sosogi Coast
A short loop to the Sososi dramatic coast for some nice pictures. Refill your bottle water a a natural spring which is rated as the "most delicious water in the world".
20 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Michi-no-Eki Suzu Endenmura
Visit a Agehama style salt farming method. Very different from salt flats, the "sand soldiers" carry up (Age) the beach (Hama), or basically sprinkle sea water on a flat surface with a thin layer of sand, keep it to dry to then harvest the salt through filtering and boiling steps.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Michi-no-Eki Senmaida Pocket Park
Senmaida is an emblematic spot with its hundreads of terraced rice paddies plunging down towards the sea.
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Wajima
End of the tour in Wajima. Depending on the time left and on the season, we can finish off with a foot bath and a beer, with a sake degustation, a swim at the beach of Wajima,...
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
Operated by HokRik Wheels
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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