Private 2-Hour E-Bike Ride

Overview

This private ride from Trip Port Cycling puts a guide and an electric bike at your group's disposal for 2 hours, starting from a shop in Yotsuyasakamachi in Shinjuku City. The route strings together the Imperial Palace's outer landmarks and then heads back through central Shinjuku, with short stops at each point rather than long visits. Because only your group takes part, the pace is set by you.

The ride calls at Sakurada-mon Gate, the Kokyo Gaien National Garden, Tokyo Station's Marunouchi square, Otemon Gate, the East Gardens and Edo Castle ruins, and the National Diet Building, before continuing to Yasukuni Shrine and finishing in the Shinjuku area around Kabukicho. Most stops are brief, around 10 minutes each, with a little longer at the shrine. The e-bikes take the strain out of the distance, and a helmet plus warm gloves are provided with the rental.

It suits travellers who want a broad look at the palace district and Shinjuku in a single short outing, including families with children, and reviewers have described the cycling as safe. It is less suited to anyone with serious difficulty walking.

Itinerary

1. Meet at Yotsuya shopMeet the guide in Yotsuyasakamachi, Shinjuku City, at the shop on the side of a building facing a slope. Bikes will already be placed outside as a landmark.
2. Sakurada-mon GateFirst stop at the gate, 10 minutes.
3. Kokyo Gaien National GardenA 10-minute stop at the national garden outside the palace.
4. Tokyo Station and Marunouchi10 minutes at Marunouchi Ekimae Hiroba in front of Tokyo Station.
5. Otemon Gate and East Gardens10 minutes at Otemon Gate, then 10 minutes at the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace and the Edo Castle ruins.
6. National Diet BuildingA 10-minute stop at the Diet Building.
7. Yasukuni Shrine15 minutes at the shrine, the longest single stop.
8. Kabukicho and Shinjuku10 minutes in Kabukicho and 10 minutes in Shinjuku before the ride wraps up.

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