All along the Tama river to Haneda ride

[guest]

Has anyone done a ride along the Tama river ? I understand one can start in the Tama area and ride all the way down to where the Tama flows into the bay near Haneda? I love to get a route map as there are places where one has to cross the river or jut through some city streets. I've been on parts of it and the sidewalk/path was fairly wide.

Thanks,
Mark

[J.D.]

Check out bikely.com for cycling routes. I found the following by doing a search for Toukyou routes:

<A Href="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Half-Fast-Ride-Haneda-Full-Tamagawa" target="_blank">http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Half-Fast-Ride-Haneda-Full-Tamagawa</A>
<A Href="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Tamagawa-Cycling-Road" target="_blank">http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Tamagawa-Cycling-Road</A>
<A Href="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Itsukaichi-Okutamako-Loop" target="_blank">http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Itsukaichi-Okutamako-Loop</A>
<A Href="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Half-Fast-Ride-Tamagawa-Haneda" target="_blank">http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Half-Fast-Ride-Tamagawa-Haneda</A>

I hope you get a chance to try some of my routes and will leave comments:
<A Href="http://www.bikely.com/listpaths/by/katakanadian" target="_blank">http://www.bikely.com/listpaths/by/katakanadian</A>

Cheers
J.D.

[admin]

Although the following site is written in Japanese, the map may helps you.
<A Href="http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/tamariva/map.html#map" target="_blank">http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/tamariva/map.html#map</A>

Hope you can enjoy your Tamagawa cycling!

[paullb]

If you are willing to take the city streets for a little bit, a detour via Kawasaki-daishi. A large temple complex, is worth a detour. It terms of trains, there is a station by the same name on Keikyu. (Google Maps link <A Href="http://local.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=ja&q=%E5%B7%9D%E5%B4%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=35.533466,139.728574&spn=0.007954,0.01075&om=1" target="_blank">http://local.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=ja&q=%E5%B7%9D%E5%B4%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=35.533466,139.728574&spn=0.007954,0.01075&om=1</A>)

[J.D.]

Website for the temple:
<A Href="http://128.121.227.65/daishi/english/access.html" target="_blank">http://128.121.227.65/daishi/english/access.html</A>

Nearby is a shrine that holds the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamara_Matsuri">Kanamara fertility festival</a> in early April. Also worth a visit.