Cycling Tours Nozawa Japan

Description 

Getting excited about coming to Nozawa Onsen for a biking tour? Choose between a 3 day tour, 5 day tour, and 7 day tour.

Our tour guide will modify the routes to fit your needs depending on your level. Please see the Sample Itinerary for the different routes we offer! Our packages are super customizable and we are happy to adhere to your requests. Please contact us at nozawabikes@gmail.com or +81 90-6748-2564 for more information/details.

Nozawa Japan – Cycling Tours 7 Day Sample Itinerary: 5 Resorts – Road Route

Day 1: Arrival and Welcome Dinner!

Welcome to Nozawa Onsen! For your first night, we will do a welcome dinner as a group to get to know each other and get excited about hitting the road.

(dinner included)

Day 2: Sakaemura/Togari Loop

Distance: 50km

Elevation Gain: 600m/700m

We will start with an uphill climb, working all the way to the best view point of Nozawa Onsen at the top of Kandahar. We can go on the road or on a trail depending on your bike type. From there, we will keep going up to the base of Paradise through the woods and back to Kandahar on the road. Next, a stunning descent down the back of Nozawa (road or trail) to Sakemura, our neighbor village. This small place holds the record as the most snow in all of Japan!! Once we get to the bottom of the valley, we’ll arrive at the river and ride alongside it next to the iconic local train railway towards Togari. Time for a quick stop at the river bank before we head back up to Nozawa! Up on through the back road we might encounter some of the wildlife that live in the forest.

(breakfast, lunch snack, dinner included)

Day 3: Kijimadaira – Mt. Koshe Loop

Distance: 60 km

Elevation Gain: 700m/800m

We will leave Nozawa this time on the main road and swing by Hokyuriko Lake and descend down to the valley (great view all the way down, it is a quiet secondary road). We can explore the villages on this side of the valley and add a few meters to our climb numbers today or keep it easy while we ride along the river bank. Soon we will head up towards Mt. Koshe, a beautiful small pass around the Kijimidaira ski resort and next to Ryuoo park (once we get to Yomase we will have the entire view of Nakano , with Shigakogen on the side and Nagano in the short distance). Riding through local farms where the most famous apples are grown in Japan and some of the best wine too. Quick break at the shrine ——— and headed back to Nozawa on the river bank.

(breakfast, lunch snack, dinner included)

Day 4: Iiyama – Madarao (& Nozomi Lake) – Togari

Distance: 50 km

Elevation Gain: 700m/900m (Nozomi Lake)

Today we will head straight down to Chikuma river and ride along heading to Iiyama city. We will visit the temple street and the main Shrine to dive in a bit more into Japanese culture before we climb up the Madarao pass. Depending on our legs we will climb all the way to the resort and and have lunch at Nozomi lake, an unbelievable spot to recover from the climb and enjoy quiet nature. From there, we’ll do a huge decent to the bottom of Togari and explore our neighbor resort and the small villages on the other side of the Valley and head back to Nozawa for a relaxing onsen and rest.

(breakfast, lunch snack, dinner included)

Day 5: Nojiriko Lake / 3 Lakes Loop (Hokyuriko, Nojiri, Nozomi)

Distance: 50 km

Elevation Gain: 700m – Full Loop around lake, finish there.

Beginning with another descent, we will leave Nozawa behind, cross the local lake and head straight down to the Chikuma river towards Iiyama. This time we will explore the end of the city and head up another hill. We will face another gentle climb that leads us to today’s main attraction, the biggest lake in the prefecture, lake Nojiri. We will circle around it on this unique road along the woods right next to the water. Today our trip will finish with a nice ride on the water side of the lake.

(breakfast, lunch snack, dinner included)

Day 6: Myoko

Distance: 60 km one way – 1,500 m through Madarao – Nojiriko

Elevation Gain: 105km 2,500m Madarao -Myoko – togari ( base ) – Nozawa5h

Toughest ride of the week ahead. Heading down from Nozawa, we will take the easiest way to get to Iiyama to face our first climb to Madarao or Norijiko ( or vice versa ) and a smoothest last climb towards our destination at the bottom of Myoko where will soak in a local onsen ( outdoor section ) – Akakura –

(breakfast, lunch snack, dinner included)

Day 7: Last day of Riding or Free Day depending on Preference

Are you interested in trying some mountain biking? Exploring the town of Nozawa Onsen? Or finishing the trip out with some more road biking with gorgeous views? Now’s your chance to decide! The last day will be largely customizable depending on your interests.

(breakfast, lunch snack, dinner included)

Day 8: Departure

We hope you had a great time!

Meet Hugo 

A biking veteran, our guide Hugo has experience biking around Japan, Spain, France, Italy, U.S., Thailand, and Sri Lanka just to name a few countries! With 10 years of biking experience under his belt, Hugo will make sure you are comfortable and having a great time. He has experience in road, gravel and mountain biking, having done numerous big bike-packing trips and even gravel racing. Having explored the Nozawa Onsen area both during the snow season as an experienced skier/snowboarder and during the summer as a seasoned biker, you are in great hands.

Nozawa Japan Cycling Tours Mountain Biking Downhill Trails

Cost: Please contact us directly for a quote and consultation:

+81 90 9667 6026 or team@nozawaholidays.com

Sample Day 1

Downhill – There is a variety of different courses to pick from based on your abilities from Beginner to Intermediate or even Expert for the most advanced. We will try to explore as many as we can and enjoy every corner of this magnificent mountain.

Sample Day 2

This time we will only use the gondola once and head down to a single track thru the deep forest all the way to the town again . From there a quick recovery across town. The second half of this trail will lead us from town to a super fun single trail down the lake and two the last leg of the breathtaking single trail deeper in the forest all the way to our neighbor village on time for a recovery snack before we head back to town.

Yoga 

Cost: ￥2000 per session

Either after your day on a bike, hike, or just wandering around time, this could be a great way to align your body before dinner and a superb way to finish your day. We will adapt our session to your needs and offer stretching!