Kyoto Beach Tours 2024/2025

“This trip was an excellent intro to Japan! It covered a huge variety from highlights of sprawling Tokyo to rural seaside and mountain villages as well as offering insight into Japanese culture through the eyes of our wonderful local guides, Tea and TaiChi. Despite the weather being colder and wetter than expected ( trust me, bring full waterproofs especially hands and feet as temps were also near zero in places), the sheer adventure of cycling along a beach, up some challenging climbs to our local ryokan and wonderfully exquisite prepared dinners, the photos relect is all smiling through the weather! The rides were punctuated with well thought out cultural stops and a wonderful selection of lunch spots. I would highly recommend this trip!”

“My husband and I called this tour operator just a short month out from our departure. We wanted to add a trip on to an existing trip we already had planned to go visit family. This company was fabulous!! They ask what you wanted to see, your interests and then custom make an itinerary to fit your needs. Ours was a short trip of 5 nights but was packed with things to do. The hotel choices were great. Very nice a fairly roomy for Japan and the locations were outstanding. They provide an excellent restaurant recommendation list, the ones we tried were excellent. The best part was when we got lost or took the wrong train all we had to do was text them and they would get us right back on track, their response time was always immediate. Only thing I would recommend is if the temple, shrine, or castles you visit has a guided tour it is well worth the expense to do it, you learn so much more about the place and its history.”

“A wonderful insight to this facinating country. Seeing the country by bike is certainly the best way to do it, giving the opportunity to get an insight into the real Japan and it's people. We travelled in late November, spot on for autumn colours but obviously run the risk of colder, wet and windy weather. That said a bit of rain and strong headwind are a price worth paying. Accommodation was a mixture local Ryokans and modern hotels. The standard of the hotels was mixed, but generally very good. The food was one of the highlights, lots of real japanese food in all its guises from formal set meals (dressed in traditional kimonos) to simple noodles or curry/rice for lunch. Another highlight was definitely the guide Tatsuya 'Tea' along with his driver Tiachi and assistant Akiko. Organisation was calm and slick with clearly a lot of effort going on behind the scenes. The last couple of days are in Kyoto, this is good, but the hords of fellow tourists at the big attractions make you realise how special the time cycling away from the crowds was. If you are thinking of visiting Japan and are modestly cycle fit I would wholeheartedly recommend this trip (and in our case it attracted a very pleasant, like-minded group of people to share our experience).”