Small Group Bike Tour and Tea Farm Experience in Shizuoka
Experience Shizuoka's rich culture and specialty green tea with a small group bicycle tour! Breeze through the beautiful city and into the picturesque countryside for a memorable green tea experience.
Highlights
Enjoy a pleasant bike ride around Shizuoka's cityscape and countryside
Take in the views and learn about a historic green tea farm
Taste fragrant green tea from the farm
Visit Shizuoka's Sengen Shrine and explore an old shopping arcade!
10 meals
Experience Details
Just west of the bustling Tokyo metropolis, Shizuoka prefecture boasts the beautiful sights of Mt. Fuji and the bountiful nature of Japan. Experience the best of Shizuoka through this bicycle tour and a first-hand experience at a historical green tea farm!
Hop on your trusty rental bicycle and breeze through Shizuoka's downtown district, along the scenic Abe river, and into the lush green fields of the prefecture's countryside. Among the fields is a green tea farm where you'll walk through the grounds, learn about the farm's 150-year history, and visit a traditional building to sample some aromatic green tea. After this, you'll head back to the city proper, stopping by Shizuoka Sengen Shrine and a vintage shopping district to bask in the city's atmosphere.
Flying through the city and around green tea fields, take this hybrid bicycle tour for a unique and active Shizuoka experience!
Tea Farm Itinerary:
• Meet at JR Shizuoka Station
• Hop on your bike and pedal through the local shopping streets
• Head to the tea farm (about an hour's ride)
• Tea experience & tasting session
• Return to Shizuoka (another hour's ride)
• Stop off at a shrine
• Back to the station, time to say goodbye!
Inclusions
Bike Rental
Helmet
English-speaking guide
Bottle of mineral water
Tea experience at a tea farm (tea picking is only available in April)
Exclusions
Lunch
Transportation to and from the meeting point
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Meet your host at Shizuoka Station. More detailed information and a Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.
Remarks
The experience takes about 4 hours
Experience for parties of 2 to 6
Participants must be 12 years or older to participate
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Experience Location
A coastal prefecture located in central Japan between Tokyo and Osaka, Shizuoka is home to Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan), beaches and hot spring resort towns, and a thriving agriculture industry producing some of the most delicious and highly coveted produce in Japan.
We highly recommend this tea tasting bike tour. Our guide was very friendly and happy for us to as him all sorts of questions. The bike ride was really enjoyable with much of the ride on quiet road...read more
By far the most unique and memorable way to explore Shizuoka! The bike ride through the scenic countryside was breathtaking, offering stunning views of the tea plantations and surrounding mountains...read more
Our guide was very knowledgeable. We also liked the tea tasting and learn more about the different qualities.
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