10 cycling places in Kanto
- The three national government parks—Showa Kinen Park, Hitachi Seaside Park, and Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park—charge adults ¥600 for 3 hours.
- The Ringring Road charges ¥2,500 a day for a cross bike, with reservations required at least 3 days ahead.
- Watarase Cycle Park costs ¥300 per hour for non-residents of Tochigi City, while Lake Tanzawa costs ¥500 per hour.
This page compares 10 places in the Kanto region where you can rent a bicycle and ride, by rental fee, course length, winter rental and whether you need to book. The three national government parks (Showa Kinen Park, Hitachi Seaside Park and Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park) each have a cycling-only course, and an adult pays ¥600 for 3 hours. The Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ringring Road around Lake Kasumigaura is about 180 km long, and renting a bike there requires a reservation at least 3 days ahead.
In short
- To ride with children away from cars: the three national government parks (cycling-only courses, ¥600 for 3 hours).
- For a long ride lasting a whole day: Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ringring Road (cross bike ¥2,500 a day).
- For hilly coastal roads with an electric-assist bike: the Miura Peninsula (¥1,000 for 3 hours) or Yugawara.
Checked with official pages on November 1, 2026 (Japan time).
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1. Compare the 10 places by fee, course and booking
A city bike at Teganuma or Odawara costs ¥500 per rental, and the Ringring Road is the one place with about 180 km of course. At the three national government parks, you also pay park admission on top of the bike fee (¥450 for adults at Showa Kinen Park and Hitachi Seaside Park).
| Place | Nearest station / access | Fee (adult, basic) | Course | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Showa Kinen Park | About 2 min from Nishi-Tachikawa Station to the Nishi-Tachikawa Gate | ¥600 for 3 hours | Cycling only, about 14 km | Not needed |
| Hitachi Seaside Park | – | ¥600 for 3 hours | About 13 km | Not needed |
| Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park | – | ¥600 for 3 hours | About 13.5 km per lap (about 17 km in total) | Not needed |
| Ringring Road | Rentals at 12 places, including Tsuchiura and Iwase station fronts | Cross bike ¥2,500 a day | About 180 km in total | Up to 3 days before |
| Teganuma | Bus from the south exit of Abiko Station to “Michi-no-Eki Shonan-mae” | City bike ¥500 | Around the lake | Not needed |
| Miura Peninsula | Rentals at Misakiguchi and Miurakaigan stations | Electric-assist ¥1,000 for 3 hours | One-way returns among 5 ports | Web booking for full-day rentals only |
| Odawara | Rentals at the east exit of Odawara Station and other sites | City bike ¥500 per rental | City and Hayakawa | – |
| Yugawara | Rental at the tourist information center in front of Yugawara Station | Electric-assist ¥1,000 for 3 hours | Hot spring town and surroundings | – |
| Watarase Cycle Park | 15 min on foot from Fujioka Station | ¥300 per hour (non-residents of Tochigi City) | Cycling-only course, about 1.5 km | – |
| Lake Tanzawa | – | ¥500 per hour | Lakeside | – |
A dash (“-“) means the official pages do not state the item. Sources: official pages of each park, operator, local government and Kanagawa Prefecture (checked November 1, 2026).
2. Good to know when choosing a cycling place in Kanto
In winter the parks close early and bikes are lent only until 1 hour before closing, so plan to arrive in the morning. Showa Kinen Park closes at 4:30 p.m. from November to February, and rentals are accepted until 3:30 p.m.
You can return a bike at a different place from where you rented it (one-way return) at the Ringring Road (¥500 per bike a day), the Miura Peninsula (¥600), Yugawara (¥200), and for Teganuma city bikes and children’s bikes (weekends and national holidays only). At the three national government parks, you return the bike to the cycling center where you rented it.
Bicycle insurance is mandatory in Tokyo and Saitama. The bikes rented at the national government parks carry a red TS mark, which includes insurance. If you bring your own bike, check that you are insured.
3. Showa Kinen Park (Tachikawa, Tokyo)
You can ride a cycling-only course of about 14 km, with no cars or walkers, for ¥600 for 3 hours (adult). Fees for 3 hours are ¥600 for adults (¥100 for each additional 30 minutes), ¥350 for junior high school students and younger (¥50 for each additional 30 minutes), ¥800 for a cross bike and ¥1,500 for a tandem.
There are three cycling centers, at the Tachikawa, Nishi-Tachikawa and Sunagawa entrances. Rentals are accepted from 9:30 a.m. until 1 hour before closing, and bikes must be returned 30 minutes before closing, to the center where you rented. The course is cycling only, so you cannot walk on it, and bikes with training wheels and kick scooters are not allowed.
Park admission is ¥450 for adults. The Nishi-Tachikawa Gate is about 2 minutes from the park exit of Nishi-Tachikawa Station on the JR Ome Line, and the Nishi-Tachikawa cycling center is about 2 minutes on foot from the gate.
| Name | Showa Kinen Park Cycling Center |
|---|---|
| Address | 3173 Midori-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo |
| Hours / Closed | Reception 9:30 until 1 hour before closing, returns until 30 minutes before closing (closing 16:30 November–February) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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4. Hitachi Seaside Park (Hitachinaka, Ibaraki)
The park has a cycling course of about 13 km, and its 4 cycling centers lend about 1,400 bikes. For 3 hours, adults (high school age and older) pay ¥600 (¥100 for each additional 30 minutes), children pay ¥300, an electric-assist bike is ¥900 and a tandem is ¥1,500. A one-day pass is ¥800 for adults and ¥400 for children, but it is not sold during the busy spring and autumn seasons.
Rentals are accepted until 1 hour before closing, and bikes must be returned 30 minutes before closing. The South Gate cycling center opens only on weekends and national holidays. If you bring your own bike, you can ride the course for free (park admission is ¥450 for adults).
| Name | Hitachi Seaside Park Cycling Center |
|---|---|
| Address | 605-4 Onuma, Mawatari, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki |
| Hours / Closed | Reception until 1 hour before closing, returns until 30 minutes before closing |
| Phone | 029-265-9001 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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5. Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park (Namegawa, Saitama)
You can ride a course of about 13.5 km per lap among trees, and rent an electric-assist bike (¥1,000 for 3 hours). For 3 hours, adults pay ¥600, children ¥350 and a cross bike is ¥800. Electric-assist bikes are lent to high school students and older at the south, central and west cycling centers.
The course follows the natural terrain, with steep slopes and sharp curves. On weekdays from December to early March, the south and west cycling centers lend bikes at the ticket gate. You return the bike to the center where you rented it.
Photo source: Press release by Parks Japan.F, November 21, 2024 (Japanese)
| Name | Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park Cycling Center |
|---|---|
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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6. Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ringring Road (Ibaraki)
At this wide-area rental service, you can rent and return a bike at any of 12 places along the route, and a cross bike is ¥2,500 a day. The course totals about 180 km, combining the former Tsukuba Railway line and roads along Lake Kasumigaura. Fees are per bike per day: cross bike ¥2,500, road bike ¥3,000, e-bike ¥3,500 and junior cross bike ¥1,000.
You must reserve in the booking system at least 3 days before the day of use, and individuals can book up to 5 bikes. Returning a bike to a different place from where you rented it costs ¥500 per bike per day. Ringring Square Tsuchiura is open 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and takes cash only. Takasago Ryokan in front of Iwase Station is open 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
| Name | Ringring Square Tsuchiura (Wide-Area Rental Cycle) |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-30 Ariake-cho, Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki |
| Hours / Closed | 10:30–16:00 (Open daily, subject to temporary closures) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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7. Teganuma (Kashiwa and Abiko, Chiba)
Kashiwa City’s Teganuma rental cycles cost ¥500 for an adult city bike, ¥300 for a children’s bike, ¥700 for a cross bike or mountain bike, and ¥1,000 for an electric bike. Rentals are available on weekends, national holidays and during public elementary and junior high school spring breaks, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April to September, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in October, November and March.
The station at Michi-no-Eki Shonan lends bikes on weekdays too, all year (except the year-end and New Year holidays), and the Kita-Kashiwa Furusato Park station lends bikes on weekdays only, from December to mid-March. To get to Michi-no-Eki Shonan, take the Bando Bus bound for Teganomori New Town from the south exit of Abiko Station and get off at “Michi-no-Eki Shonan-mae”.
| Name | Michi-no-Eki Shonan (Teganuma Circuit Rental Cycle) |
|---|---|
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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8. Miura Peninsula (Miura, Kanagawa)
All Miura Rental Cycle bikes are electric-assist bikes with 3 gears. The fee is ¥1,000 for 3 hours or ¥1,800 for a full day. A bike with a child seat is ¥1,500 for 3 hours or ¥2,500 for a full day.
You can return a bike at the ports at Misakiguchi Station, Misaki Port, Jogashima, Miurakaigan Station and Nagai (Soleil Hill), and returning to a different port from where you rented costs ¥600 (Jogashima is for returns only). Web booking is for full-day rentals only; for 3-hour rentals, go directly to a port. The Misakiguchi Station tourist information center is open 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in winter, and closed from December 29 to January 3.
| Name | Miura Rental Cycle Misakiguchi Station Tourist Information Center |
|---|---|
| Address | 495 Shimomiyata, Hatsuse-cho, Miura-shi, Kanagawa |
| Hours / Closed | Winter 9:30–17:00 (Closed December 29–January 3) |
| Phone | 046-888-0588 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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9. Odawara (Odawara, Kanagawa)
“Gururin Odawara,” run by the Odawara City Tourism Association, costs ¥500 per rental for a city bike, and ¥1,000 per rental for a cross bike or an electric-assist bike.
Rental sites are the parking lot at the east exit of Odawara Station (Citizens’ Exchange Center), open 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last rental 3:30 p.m.); the Odawara City Tourism Exchange Center, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last rental 3:30 p.m.); and the Hayakawa temporary tourist information office, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (last rental 3:00 p.m.).
| Name | Gururin Odawara (Odawara Station East Exit Parking Lot) |
|---|---|
| Hours / Closed | 9:00–16:30 (last rental 15:30) |
| Phone | 070-5456-2288 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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10. Yugawara (Yugawara, Kanagawa)
“Tabi-Chari” from the Yugawara Onsen Tourist Association uses electric-assist bikes: ¥500 for 1 hour, ¥1,000 for 3 hours, ¥2,000 for a day and ¥3,000 for one night. Returning to a different place costs ¥200, and returning late costs ¥500 per hour.
Rental sites are the Yugawara-machi Station tourist information center (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), the shop counter on the first floor of the Yugawara Art Museum (9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), and the Yugawara Onsen Tourist Association (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
| Name | Tabi-Chari (Yugawara-machi Station Tourist Information Center) |
|---|---|
| Hours / Closed | 9:00–17:00 |
| Phone | 0465-63-4181 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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11. Watarase Cycle Park (Tochigi, Tochigi)
This is a cycling-only course of about 1.5 km inside the Watarase retarding basin, and using the course is free. It is open from January 4 to December 28, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Road bikes, cross bikes, mountain bikes, BMX bikes and tandems are lent at nearby Heartland Castle: ¥200 per hour for Tochigi City residents and ¥300 per hour for non-residents. Except for the tandem, bikes can be ridden only inside the cycle park. You must wear a helmet to use the facility. It is a 15-minute walk from Fujioka Station on the Tobu Nikko Line.
| Name | Watarase Cycle Park |
|---|---|
| Hours / Closed | 9:00–17:00 (Closed December 29–January 3) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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12. Lake Tanzawa (Yamakita, Kanagawa)
You can rent a city bike at the Tanzawako Memorial Hall (Yamakita Town Environment Development Corporation): ¥500 for 1 hour, ¥700 for 2 hours, ¥1,000 for half a day and ¥2,000 for a day.
| Name | Tanzawako Memorial Hall |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0465-78-3415 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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13. Choose by purpose
- To ride safely with small children: Showa Kinen Park or Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park (cycling-only courses, children’s bikes available).
- To ride easily along hilly coastal roads: the Miura Peninsula or Yugawara (electric-assist).
- To ride long distances on a proper bike: the Ringring Road (road bike ¥3,000 a day).
- To rent on a winter weekday: Michi-no-Eki Shonan at Teganuma.
FAQ
Do I need to reserve a rental bike at the national government parks in Kanto?
No. At Showa Kinen Park, Hitachi Seaside Park and Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park, you rent on the day at the cycling center. Rentals are accepted until 1 hour before closing.
Can I rent a Ringring Road bike on the same day?
No. The wide-area rental requires a reservation in the booking system at least 3 days before the day of use.
Official information checked on November 1, 2026 (Japan time). Fees and hours may change.
Sources
19 pages we checked
- Showa Kinen Park: Cycling
- Showa Kinen Park: Fees
- Showa Kinen Park: Opening hours and closing days
- Showa Kinen Park: Access
- Hitachi Seaside Park: Cycling
- Hitachi Seaside Park: Fees
- Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park: Cycling
- Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ringring Road: Wide-area rental cycles
- Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ringring Road: Top page (about 180 km in total)
- Kashiwa City: Using the Teganuma rental cycles
- Miura Rental Cycle: User guide
- Miura City Tourism Association: Rental cycles
- Miura Rental Cycle: Top page (news)
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Rental cycles list (Odawara, Yugawara, Lake Tanzawa)
- Watarase Cycle Park: FAQ
- Watarase Cycle Park: Access
- Watarase Cycle Park: Cycle course
- Tochigi City: Watarase Cycle Park guide (PDF)
- Japanese version of this page (日本語版)
Checked with official pages on November 1, 2026 (Japan time).
