Mukojima to Asakusa Sky tree viewing walk

A short 3Km walk on the Sumida ku, around the Sky tree tower, all the visited parks and temples provide an amazing frame to the newest Tokyo landmark.

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Starting from Higashimukojima station, from the exit gate, walk along the train tracks until you pass the Tobu museum, cross under the tracks and continue until you reach the mukojima Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden.

The Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden, a flower garden not a Japanese garden, is the only surviving flower garden from the edo period, Hyakkaen mean garden with hundred flowers, the garden has flowers blooming throughout the four seasons.

After visiting the garden go back to the original route, and continue until you reach Bokutei Street, go left and continue along the street until you reach a Y intersection, continue to the left side on the smaller street and turn right on the next street light, continue a few meters until you reach the Chomei-ji temple.

On Chomei-ji temple, according to the legend Tokugawa Ieyasu rested here after feeling sick on one of his hunting trips, the temple priest mixed the medicine with the premises well water, Ieyasu recovered and named the temple well Chomei water, or long life water, the temple was renamed to honor this name.

Behind the temple, there are two famous Japanese confectionary stores Chomei-ji sakura mochi and the kototi dango.

Continuing down the route next to Chomei-ji, there is the Koufuku-ji a Chinese stile temple and a few meters down the route mimeguri jinja a beautiful Japanese shrine.

Continue down the street until reaching national route 6, take a left turn and continue along the street until reaching the narihirabashi station, this is the closer you can get to the sky tree tower at this moment, go back to the original route until reaching the Sumida park.

After the park walk towards the riverside and continue along the street until you reach the headquarters of Asahi beer, cross to the other side of the bridge to reach the final destination of Asakusa area.

Asakusa Area “Shitamashi” walk

A 5 Km urban walk in the “shitamashi” low aea, around Asakusa. Easy walk from Kuramae to Asakusa station.


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Starting from the Kuramae station, go perpendicular to the Edo dori, until the shinhori street, continue 3 more blocks and turn left, continue until the kuramae bashi street, on the left side there is the entrance for the Torigoe shrine (founded in 651).


Go back to Shinhori street and turn left and continue for four blocks, turn left again and continue until kokusai street, continue three more block and turn right again and continue two more blocks until Kuramae shrine (founded in 1693). This area is full of wholesale retailers; some of them also sell to regular customers at a discounted price.




Go left and continue until Kosusai street, turn right and continue until you reach kaminari street, the left side of the street is full of traditional stores in business for a long time, take time to visit some of them.



Continue until Kaminari gate, pass through the gate and visit the nakamise where the small shops sell a large variety of souvenirs.
Continue until Senso ji, turn left and visit the Asakusa Shrine at the left of Senso ji.



Go back and continue from the back of Senso ji and visit the small streets of Asakusa shoping district, taking a detour to the Edo shitamashi traditional arts museum, go back and continue until Asakusa station.

Kaminakazato to Ueno walk

Almost 10K of urban walk with gardens, temples, and cultural sites stops. The walk starts on Kaminakazato JR station, go up the hill in front of the station until you reach Hongo street, Hiratsuka temple is located on that crossing, cross the street and continue to left until you reach the magnificent Kyu-furukawa gardens a block ahead. Follow the street as is bends right, continue walking along for around 25 minutes until you get to the entrance of the rikuguen. Continue walking along the street for 40 minutes until you reach mukagaoka high school, turn left and continue until you reach Nippon Medical school hospital, make a small detour to your left to visit the site where the house of the writer Natsume Soseki use to be located. Walk back to the the Nippon Medical school and continue down the road until you reach Nezu shirne, walk to the shrine grounds and exit on the opposite side, turn right and make your way back to Hongo street. Once on Hongo Street, go left until you reach the red gate of Tokyo university, make sure you visit the pond inside, unless there is an special event entrance is allowed. Go back to the red gate and continue on Hongo street until you reach Kasuga street, continue to the left until you reach Yushima tengu shrine, continue along kasuga street until; you reach the Yushima station, turn left now and walk to Shinobasu pond and to Ueno park to finish this walk.

From Yumenoshima to odaiba

A 20 km scenic bike ride on the daiba waterfront and Yumenoshima. The course is mostly flat and no off road.
The start of the course is Shinkiba as there is a parking area at yumenoshima, but it can start from any of the sations of the yurikamome line.
Starting at Shinkiba station going to yumenoshima park, make sure that you visit the waterfront area on this park, cross meijidori and continue along until you go back to 357 road, continue along the road until you reach tatusmino mori park, cross sakura bridge and continue until you reach harumidori.



Continue along the road until you pass the Ariake tenis no mori park. Continue until you reach odaiba kaihin park, take a deturn to visit the daisandaiba park, go back to the course and ride along the odaiba kaihin park until you reach the shiokaze park, continue alomg the waterfront until you reach telecom center, you can enter the west promenade here, continue along the promenade, passing venus fort and palette town, when you reach the big site continue along JR train line until shinonome, continue along the main street until you reach harumi dori. You can see the start Shikiba station from there.

Kururi bike ride

This is a long scenic bike ride, in Chiba countryside, is not a difficult ride but is long and some of the roads have no so well marked intersections, so bring a phone along, fortunately the local people are friendly and eager to send you in the right direction.



The ride starts in Kazusa, mostly because there is a camp site there, where we normally stay, when we go for a ride there. from Kazusa follow the main road to Takataki, cross the bridge across the takataki lake and continue accross the lake line, continue along the kominato railway, until you reach Tukisaki, change direction now west toward kururi, once you reach kururi, go south toward the Kururi castle ruins, after a visit to the castle go back to Kururi and continue toward Makuta, You can follow route 410, along the JR Kururi line or take an scenic route along the route 145, nagaura kazusa line,. Once you reach Makuta continue east back to takataki and to the Kasuza base.

Ancient Lotus Walk in Gyoda

Beginners course on the Saitama countryside; the paths are with no hills that make this course also good for bicycle ride. From Kitakonosu to the gyoda lotus park via the ancient tombs.


The course start at the Kitakounosu on the takasaki line, walk toward the entrance of the sakitama greenway, there is a open air display of scultures along the way, continue along the musashi waterway, taking a small detour to visit the enfuku temple, return to the greenway until you reach the end. Turn right toward the Sakitama ancient burial mounds
, go out from exit 3 continue straight until crossing the small waterway, go up the main road until reaching the ancient lotus park.

Cultural walk around Ueno

Beginners course around Ueno park and surrounding cultural area. The area is full of site of great historical and artistic importance. Start at JR Ueno Station, continue to the center of the park and move to the Tokyo national museum, continue left around the art schools in the area, continue north up to the site of the Tennouji five story pagoda, which burned down in an arson, continue to sendaki station continue along Nippon medical school, cross Nezu shrine, continue until you reach Shinobazu pond, cross Ueno park, back to the starting point.