Hello, Welcome to my blog!
This is Hirokane at Local Travel Partners.
Last week, we had a cycling test to check a new activity
in Shizuoka City.
We would like to offer this new activity to overseas travelers
who are interested in cycling and green tea farm.
Hybrid Bike × Green Tea Farm Experience
Start from JR shizuoka Station North Exit
All members love Shizuoka, cyclng, and speak English.
Robert-San (second left) is from France.
He has been living in Shizuoka City more than 40 years!
He always moves around on his bike and has a good knowledge
of Shizuoka.
He speaks French, English, Japanese.
Today. let me introduce this cycling test.
The schedule is as follows:
1 hour Cycling with comfortable hybrid bikes starting from JR Shizuoka Station
About 10 kilometers (one way)
Going through downtown Shizuoka City
Cycling along beautiful and safe riverside of Abekawa River
Visiting Moriuchi Tea Farm up in mountains
Enjoy the great views of a Green Tea Farm (2 spots)
Tasting 4 kinds of tea in their 150 years old farm house
Lecturing about tea farming and the making of various kinds of tea
Visit (Return Path)
Total Duration:3 hours and 30 minutes
Here we go!
Close to the JR Shizuoka Station north exit
This is the last Shogun's residence of Edo era (19th century).
The last Shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa lived there for 20 years.
There is a beautiful Japanese garden inside Fugetsuro.
Now, Fugetsuro is a location for wedding ceremonies
and also includes restaurants.
and also includes restaurants.
It acquired more national fame when the Japanese Emperor and Empress
payed it a visit in 2017.
This is the main street of downtown Shizuoka City,
Gohuku mean Kimono or Clothes
But there are not only clothes shops but also various kinds of establishments.
For example, some famous ramen shops, department stores,
drugstores, Starbucks, book stores, convenience stores, izakaya,
jewelry shops and so on.
Wow, a unique manhole!
Mount Fuji, Miho Pine Tree Grove, Kunozan Toshogu Shrine,
these are all famous tourist attractions in Shizuoka City.
it is inscribed with:
"Shizuoka City, the town that Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa loved"
Actually, there is one hidden meaning of this picture
because it includes an old Japanese proverb:
1,Fuji 2,Taka 3,Nasubi
1,Fuji 2,Taka 3,Nasubi
(in English)
1,Mount Fuji, 2, Hawks 3, Eggplants,
It means that if you can dream above 1,2,3 on the 1st day of the year,
you will be granted with a very lucky year!
Robert-San knows many places that have unique manholes.
His blogs about Shizuoka, below.
Please check them in his blogs about Shizuoka, below:
We went along the Abe River.
It is a very comfortable road for cyclists.
Though this place is not so far from downtown, the scenery changes all along.
Now, we are already in a countryside.
We finally arrived to Uchimaki area.
We can view a wide green tea farm around this area.
It is a tea plantation spreading on the slopes at our back.
There is an uphill climb before reaching this farm.
There is an uphill climb before reaching this farm.
But it was not so hard for us because we were on these hybryd bikes (24 gears)
More excellent photos taken by Moriuchi-San,
The members are listening to her explanations of this tea farm.
The lady on the left is Moriuchi-San.
Thank you for welcoming us, Mrs.Moriuchi!
To be continued
(next: tasting tea experience in her 150 years house)
Thank you!
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