Amanohashidate to Kinosaki (100km/ 2-4 days For Personal/ Group Travel)
Umino Kyoto E-BikesThis is an example tour course with combining e-bike rental with other service. You can customize this further and create a tour with us that is tailored to your needs.
The course from Amanohashidate to Kinosaki is the most beautiful way in North Kansai Area and has unique culture and cuisine. Above all, let me introduce the accommodations, restaurants, sightseeing spots and routes.
Route MAP
Route (via swiss village hotel, for big group tours)
For big group tours, the problem is the capacity of accommodation. We recommend this route and accommodation which has capacity for over 20 customers.
Day1 Arrival at Amanohashidate
If you go to Amanohashidate on the first day of your trip, you'd better to go by train or highway bus from Kansai Airport which is the second largest airport in Japan.
It takes 3 to 5 hours. Please check Japan Transit Plannner that will tell you several ways to get there depending on conditions such as price, departure time and so on.
If you go there from other spot in Japan, Kyoto Station or Osaka Station is the Departure point for highway buses and express trains bound for Amanohashidate.
Charterd Bus
We can arrange a chartered bus (Tango Kairiku Kotsu) to Amanohashidate from Kansai Airport (KTX) and so on. It takes about 3 hours from KTX.
If the number of customers is over about 20, chartered bus is cheaper than train.
What to do with your luggage
There are 4 ways to leave your excess luggage.
① If your luggage is small and light, you can load the luggage on the bike carrier.
Our e-bikes are enough powerful to carry luggage up to 30kg, have rear carrier and can be attached rental pannier bag.
② If you don't mind picking up your luggage after the next day, you can send it to hotel you will stay at the next day or the last day of trip.
You can do that at Chiekurabe, YoshinoChaya,most hotels and post office around Amanohashidate.
It costs about 2000 yen each and it deliver on the next day to the place in Kansai Area.
③ If you have applied for a package tour, you can leave the luggage in a support car.
④ If you come back to the place you rented after cycling, you can put the luggage in coin locker.
If your luggage is too big, the shop can keep it for about 500 yen.
Rent E-Bike and Gear
You can rent e-bikes and gear that will be a partner in your adventure.
There are 3 our rental partner shops around Amanohashidate.
- Chiekurabe: in front of Amanohashidate Station
- YoshinoChaya: 200m from Amanohashidate Station
- Roadside station Miyazu: in front of Fairfield by Marriott
Amanohashidate View Land
We recommend looking down on Amanohashidate from the observatory at first. There are 2 observatories in Amanohashidate.
Both have cable car and lift, open until 5 p.m and have beautiful landscape, so you choose depending on which one is closer to your route.
Check the Google Map
Stay around Amanohashidate
There are more than 10 hotels around Amanohashidate.
Above all, we recommend Hashidate Bay Hotel which has a high cost-performance.
But depending on hotel availability and your preferences, Fairfield by Marriott or Amanohashidate hotel and so on are also good.
Almost all hotels have breakfast with
See the picture of Hashidate Bay Hotel
Day2 Ine
Ine is a small fisherman's village and famous for its unique scenery with 230 boathouses lined up.
It takes only 1 hour to Ine from Amanohashidate by E-Bike, but You will run out of time with enjoying its unique mood and beautiful landscape, so I strongly recommend staying in Ine.
See about the Route
Beautiful Seaside Course (Amanohashidate to Ine)
[For Beginners] Distance 20km(Oneway)/
Touring time 1h(Oneway)/ Cumulative elevation 104m/ Rental spot: Amanohashidate
Lunch in Ine
The Sushi in Ine and Amanohashidate is absolutely delicious. I cannot find more delicious seafood than here even in Japan.
In addition that they have clean sea and rich fishing grounds, vegetables such as rice, onion and Japanese local vegetables are so delicious thanks to the rich nature and abundant water.
In Ine, usually 3 to 5 restaurants open for lunch, so sometimes you have to wate especially in consecutive holidays.
For the big group tour, Yoshinoya, Restaurant Funaya and Wadatsumi are available and can be booked.
See more about restaurants for lunch in Ine
Dinner in Ine
You should be careful that there are a few restaurants where you can have dinner in Ine. In addition to that, only a few accommodations in Ine serve the dinner.
So you have to check the business day of restaurants.
Dinner spots in Ine
For the big group tour, you'd better to stay in Aburaya or Swiss village hotel which have dinner plan and capacity for big group.
Stay around Ine
There are guesthouses of boathouses in Ine. If you have the money and the room is available, it would be best to stay there. But now it becomes so popular that it's difficult to get a reservation even 2 months in advance.
On the other hand, there are many accommodations which have good hospitality, meal, facilities and affordable price other than boathouse. You can enough enjoy unique mood in Ine even with staying there, so I recommend them if you don't stick to staying in guesthouse of boathouse.
For the big group tour, there are only 2 hotels (Aburaya and Swiss village hotel) which have capacity for that around Ine.
Swiss village hotel is typical mountain side hotel in Japan. Its meal uses local vegetables and has beautiful landscape from top of mauntain.
Gallery of Swiss Village
Aburaya is typical "Ryokan" (Japanese style Inn) and has hot spring but it's expensive.
Day3 Yuhigaura
Yuhigaura and western side of Tango peninsula is popular marine resort in North Kansai Area.
For Japanese Cyclists, the seaside road from Ine to Yuhigaura is the most attractive course for cycling, because it has the beautiful landscape, few car and trafic signal.
Depending on your level of cycling, it will take 4 to 5 hours.
See more about the Route
Nii rice terraces
Kamaya coast
Beach swing Yurari
Lunch spots along the course
On the western side of the Tango Peninsula, there are only about one restaurant per 10 km.
There are many delicious restaurants and restaurants with good views, but it is better to check the business days before going.
For the big group, you have to book beforehand.
See about restaurants
Stay around Yuhigaura
Yuhigaura has been Japanese typical marrine resort enjoying swiming in summer, hot spring and crab in winter, so there are many big hotels with enough capacity. Except for Bon Festival and Golden Week, you will have no trouble finding accommodation.
Kasho-en has delicious meals, rich room and its price is reasonable. Especially for the big group, this hotel is recommended.
Gallery of Kashoen
Day4 Kinosaki
Kinosaki hot spring is the most popular tourism spot in North Kansai Area. About 2 million tourists visit annually.
Kinosaki hot spring has history of over 1300 years and famous for the origin of "Strolling the town in Yukata" with visiting 7 hot springs and many attractive shops.
Kinosaki is not good at for cycling but it's better to walk, so you should park your bicycle at public bicycle parking or hotel.
Staying in Kinosaki is very attractive but the accommodation fee is very expensive, sometimes it becomes 2 or 3 times higher than staying in the Toyoka or Yuhigaura.
Especially for the big group, it becomes so fiercely competitive. If you don't stick to "strolling the town in Yukata", it's better to stay in Toyoka city which is the biggest business town around there.
It takes only 10 min by train or 30 min by bicycle to Toyoka from Kinosaki and also Toyoka has good restaurants.
Route to Kinosaki from Yuhigaura
There is a mountain pass with a height of 120m between Yuhigaura and Kinosaki, but the rest of the road is very flat and easy to run.
Actually local bicycle race is held around Kinosaki every year.
Above all, "Genbudo" is located between Kinosaki and Toyoka and has a majestic natural formations, so I recommend it.
See more about the Route
Stay around Kinosaki
There are many accommodation in Kinosaki. If you are small group, have enough budget and can book well in advance, you'd better to stay in Kinosaki. Above all, I recommend "Koyado-Enn" that has delicious local beef (Tajima beef) meal and is fiendly to cyclists because the manager loves cycling.
If you want reasonable fee, I recommend staying in buisiness hotel in Toyoka.
Day5 Depart for next distination
Kinosaki has been the popular sightseeing spot for over 1000 thousand years same as Amanohashidate, so it has relatively good access to big cities.
It takes 2 to 3 hours to Kyoto or Osaka by express train and 3 hours by express bus.
If you rent our E-Bike or take a guided tour, you can leave it there for extra one way rental fee. Please ask about where you park when you rent.
Charterd Bus
We can arrange a chartered bus (Tango Kairiku Kotsu) from Kinosaki to Kansai Airport (KTX) and so on. It takes about 3 hours.
If the number of customers is over about 20, chartered bus is cheaper than train.
Budget Estimate
Pesonal/ Small Group (~10)
| Accommodation Type | without guide | with guide & support car |
| Reasonable | 85,000~95,000 yen | 140,000~250,000 yen* |
| Laxury | 120,000~140,000 yen | 190,000~300,000 yen* |
e.g. 90,000yen
=€555
=$582
=18,969 TWD
Big Group (11~)
with Guide & Support Car
Reasonable Accmmodation : 125,000~135,000 yen
e.g. 130,000yen
=€802
=$841
=27,399 TWD
→ The price of a set with air ticket varies depending on the travel agency.
Budget included
- E-Bike rental for 5 days
- One way rental
- Luggage Transport
- Round-trip transportation from the Kansai airport
- Accommodation fee for 4 nights
- Meal cost for 10 meals
Budget Not included
- Achool fee
- Lunch of 1st day and 5th day
- Airfare
Book
Pesonal/ Small Group (~10)
without Guide
*Accommodation and train must be booked by yourself
