Author: trailfinders

●Summery

Shaved ice, known as “Kakigōri” in Japan, is a popular summer treat in Tokyo. It is finely shaved ice, typically flavored with syrup and sometimes topped with condensed milk, fruit, or other sweet toppings.

暑い日本の夏、サイクリングにはあまりいい条件ではありませんが、自転車で東京下町のかき氷店を訪問するツアーはいかがでしょうか？

There are a few shops serving fine shaved ices around Asakusa, where we usually cycle, but they are often too busy. So, we avoid such tourstic shops, and take you to rather good ones locals love to visit.

東京下町サイクリングツアーのある浅草付近には、SNSでも有名なかき氷の店がありますが、いつも長蛇の列。このツアーでは、むしろ地元の人に愛されている店を選んで、夏の味覚を楽しんでいただきます。

かき氷店のほか、東京下町の寺社ふたつを訪問します。

We will visit 1 buddihst temple and shrine during the tour other than shaved ice shops.

●Place to visit

・Matsuchiyama Shoden temple（待乳山聖天）

This temple is a part of Sensoji, founded in 595. There are many images of a “daikon (Japanese radish)” and a pouch in the temple. The daikon represents our minds trapped in deep ignorance, emanating poison of anger, but off by a daikon to temple, that poison will be removed from our The pouch is a symbol of treasure, and it represents the gift of prosperity in business. There is a beautiful garden, which is authentic Japanese style, in the temple. You can ride a small transportation (like a train) to go to the main building instead of walking up stairs.

・Imado shrine（今戸神社）

Founded in 1063, this shrine is now a “Power spot”, that is popular for people who want lovers or marriage partners. (Power Spot = Sacred place) Beckoning Cat, Fortune Cat We say believing beckoning cats are great fortune, such as business prosperity, family happiness. Cat’s left paw brings many customers. Right paw brings money.

・Shaved ice shops

We will visit 2 of them below, depended on availability. We may visit other shops.

訪問予定の店は2つです。以下は代表的な店で、これらと違う店に行く場合もございます。定休日や休業日により、訪問する店は変わります。

Ichiya いちや

Shinryokudo 深緑堂

Aurora Kitchen オーロラキッチン

Wabi-suke わびすけ

Ameshin アメシン

●Tour ツアー催行日 – From 29 July 2024 – until further notice　2024年7月29日～当面の間

●Price – 10,000JPY/pp 10,000円（税込み、おひとり）

●Duration 所要時間 – Approx. 3 hours　約3時間

●Departure 出発時刻 – 13:30（10分前を目途にお越しください）

●Inclusions ツアー料金に含まれるもの – bike rental, 1 bottle of water and 2 shaved ices レンタサイクル、ペットボトル水1本、かき氷2つ（各店で1つづつ）

●Exclusions ツアー料金に含まれないもの – transportation to/form the meeting point. Additional orders food and drinks 弊社までの交通費、飲食の追加オーダー

●Booking and Enquiry ご予約、お問い合わせ

Please send a form. We usually reply within 24 hours 下記フォームからお問い合わせください。

※「都民割」の適用は終了いたしました。

東京に住んでいる方が利用できる都民割「もっと東京」が、2022年10月いっぱい使えます。

こちらは、旅行代金から1人2,500円（日帰り旅行の場合）が割り引かれるもの。東京の下町でサイクリングツアーを運営する東京下町自転車ツアーの午後のツアーは定価が7,000円ですので、4,500円でご参加可能です。

通常1クルーズ50,500円の設定になっている都心のプライベートリバークルーズは、4人でご利用の場合、2,500円×4＝10,000円割引になり、おひとり10,000円ちょっとでご利用可能。8名様でしたら20,000円割引でおひとり5,000円強となります。

さらに、平成16年（2004年）4月2日以降に生まれた方は、割引額が1,000円上乗せになります。ご家族4名で、対象のお子さんが2名いらっしゃれば、計12,000円引きとなり、大変お得になっております。

船は12名が定員ですので、もちろん、定員いっぱいご乗船も可能です。この機会に、ご家族やお友達を誘って、東京の水辺を堪能してみてはいかがでしょうか？

都民割を利用するには、東京都民を証明できる書類（免許証など）、新型コロナワクチン接種証明などが必要ですが、他府県の方がグループにいらしても、都民の方が何人かいるだけで、かなりお得になるはずです！

暑さもだんだん和らいできますので、気の合う仲間どうして、都心のクルーズをお楽しみください。

飲食物の持ち込みも自由。他のグループの人はいないプライベートツアーですので、安心して水上パーティーをお楽しみください。

サイクルツアーも含めて、ご予約は、こちらのサイトでお願いいたします。

●都心のプライベートリバークルーズ

●東京下町自転車ツアー（午前コース）

●東京下町自転車ツアー（午後コース）

「もっと東京」ご利用希望の方は、いったん全額をお支払いいただいた後、ツアー当日、必要書類をご提示いただいた方の分だけ、現金で返金いたします。ご予約後、何名様が「もっと東京」をご利用か、以下メールアドレスへお知らせください。

info1@trailfinders.jp

みなさまのご参加をお待ち申し上げております。

Andon Ryokan is one of the fine guest houses around our tour base of Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour. They now offer day use plan, that you can use a room from 9:00 to 17:00 with lunch and bathing.

The room we used was rather small, but good enough for work with a PC.

You can see typical residential area of Tokyo from the roof.

Lunch is served at cafe on the ground floor.

This gorgeous plate so surprised me!

After the work, you can bathe free of charge.

They serve alcohol drink and food with reasonable prices at cafe in the evening.

When you visit Japan and join our Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour, this accommodation is highly recommended.

Ryokan Sawanoya is keeping good reputation for long time.

Located in Yanaka, where we Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour usually cycle on our tour, they have 4 floors with fine authentic Japanese style rooms.

At the ground floor, there is a cozy common room.

You can drink free coffee, tea and sweet there.

Breakfast is also serves there with extra 440 JPY.

If you stay at a room without bath, you can use Japanese style common bath on the ground floor.

You can see typical Japanese residential area from the roof.

Ryokan Sawanoya can be highly recommended for foreign tourists.

Toden cafe, where we Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour has our cycle tour base inside, has now special seasonal menu “Sehhyoka(雪氷花)”, a shaved ice of Taiwan style.

Different from Japanese traditional shaved ices, its ice contains milk, thus the taste is rather mild.

Toden cafe has 2 kinds of menu; mango and strawberry with only 600 JPY each. Of course, both contains a plenty of fresh fruits. It must be ideal to eat after joining our Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour to cool down your body.

A shaved ice, Kakigori (かき氷) in Japanese, is one of the most popular Japanese sweets especially in summer time.

Among a lot of cafes and shops serving saved ices, some of them have menus of very gorgeous ones.

They have, for example, fresh fruits inside.

You often need to make a long queue to eat them, but it must be worth waiting!

We Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour are so happy to take you to enjoy shaved ices with you, if you wish.

We Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour are now making a gourmet map around our tour course.

You can find a lot of fine dinings and street foods along backstreets of Tokyo. It must be great chances to experience real Japanese food.

The restaurants listed are all we really visited and recommended. We hope it is helpful for you to enjoy lunch or dinner during your stay in Tokyo.

Click here and visit our original map!

We found a fine dining serving wonderful sashimi bawl (Kaisendon in Japanese) near our Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour‘s cycling course.

It is “Noguchi sengyoten”, located under the Tokyo skytree.

Their menu book has a few sashimi bawls, and all of them are so big and instgramatic.

This is what we ordered “Special Toyosu market Kaisendon” with 2,200 JPY only.

It’s like the Skytree, isn’t it?

If you eat this kind of bawl at authentic Japanese sushi restaurant, a price must be more than twice.

We Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour can organize a bike tour including a lunch at this restaurant on your request. Ask for details.

We Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour had a bike our for 3 guests form Spain on 23, May.

Unlike miserable weather of previous tour, we had a perfect day on the day.

A wonderful view of the Tokyo Skytree was seen from the Sakurabashi bridge over the river Sumida.

We usually have a rest at Chomeiji Sakuramochi, a Japanese traditional sweets shop, however, we can not eat them inside due to COVID-19. Thus, we enjoyed the sweets on the bank of river nearby.

They had lot of fun at the Yanaka Ginza shopping mall and ate Takoyaki, octopus balls.

Finally, we visited a local liquor shop, “Moritaya”, and had explanation about Japanese Sake.

We wish they have a nice stay in Tokyo, and hope see them again

We Tokyo Backstreets Bike Tour had a bike our for 5 guests form Spain and Brazil on 16, May.

Due to COVID-19, we didn’t have oversea’s guests recently, so that, we are so happy to have the tour for them.

Although it was raining lightly, they enjoyed the backstreets of Tokyo as well as popular touristic places.

They have just arrived in Japan, and they are supposed to be in Tokyo until the mid of September for their business.

We hope they have pleasant days in Tokyo, and see them again some time.