Category: Shiga

Biwa-ichi: Loop of Lake Biwa (ビワイチ)

Biwa-ichi (ビワイチ) is a popular cycling route that takes riders around the shores of Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest freshwater lake, located in Shiga Prefecture. This scenic loop is approximately 200 kilometers long and offers...

Tokyo ~ Kyoto (Nakasendo)

Tokyo ~ Kyoto (Nakasendo)

Riding the Nakasendō from Tokyo to Kyoto offers a journey through history, following one of Japan’s five major Edo-period highways. Unlike the coastal Tōkaidō, the Nakasendō winds through the mountains, passing preserved post towns,...