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2008 Mt. Fuji Ecocycling & JCN One Day Tour - Tokyo to Mt. Fuji

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On Sunday, September 7th, Mt. Fuji Ecocyling will be held. In connection with this event, Japan Cycling Navigator offers an optional tour to cycle from Tokyo to Fuji on Saturday, September 6th, the preceding day. This is a result of the collaboration between the Foundation of Japan Cycling Association, one of the organizers of the Mt. Fuji Ecocycling event, and JCN.  We'll take you from Tokyo to the foot of Mt. Fuji on the safer route that we chose for this event. Once you get out of the metropolitan area, you will be less annoyed by the traffic and will enjoy beautiful scenery. A support car will be available so that you can travel light while you ride your bike. The "JCN One Day Tour - Tokyo to Mt. Fuji" - nicely complements "Mt. Fuji Ecocycling" to make your expedition even more ecological.  

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Hokkaido section has came out!

JCN publishes Hokkaido section of the Length of Japan cycling route

Tokyo, Japan— June 20, 2008 - The Japan Cycling Navigator (JCN) announced cycling route information of the Hokkaido section of the Length of Japan, which is now available on the JCN Web site .


JCN Newsletter

We launched our newsletter. Vol.1 No.2 has came out!

What's new?

  • Start to accept application for 2008 Mt. Fuji Ecocycling & JCN One Day Tour - Tokyo to Mt. Fuji.(1/7/2008)New!
  • JCN publishes Hokkaido section of the Length of Japan cycling route(20/06/2008)New!
  • Add Hauke's report to Rider's Report. Thank you very much Hauke! (08/3/2008)
  • We launched our newsletter.(22/2/2008)
  • Announced A Free Guided Tour in Kanagawa (21/2/2008)
  • JCN-organized one day cycling tour is intended to provide urban residents with an opportunity to get away and cycle on rural path between rice fields in Chiba, 50km east of Tokyo. It's free of charge.(26/11/2007)
  • The questionnaire is closed.(09/2/2007)
  • Start lobbying against legislation that allows bicycle to ride on sidewalks.(06/1/2007)
  • Bikes in Japan and Bike Shops pages are updated. Let us introduce the aspect of bikes in Japan and recommended bike shops.(25/12/2006)
  • Japan Cycling Navigator forms a partnership with Tokyo Great Cycling Tours. Let us introduce their well considered route.(07/12/2006)
  • Japan Cycling Navigator forms a partnership with Japan Hopper. Enjoy sharing your experiences with others, not apply only to biking.(03/10/2006)
  • Updated "Biking" page. Let you know law and reality involving biking in Japan. (6/7/2006)
  • JCN Offline Meeting will be held in Tokyo, Sunday 25th of June 14:00-15:30. (4/6/2006)
  • We renamed our course guide as "Length of Japan". We are designing this route as a part of the "Japan Cycling Route Network".
    "Length of Japan:Hokkaido", "Length of Japan:Tohoku" and "Lenght of Japan:Kyushu" is under construction.(16/4/2006)
  • We will have Offline Meeting! Please join us on 19th Feb. 2006 in Tokyo.

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Please enjoy cycling in JAPAN !


Where should bikes be in?

The National Police Agency of Japan is going to introduce into the Diet a bill to widely apply more sidewalks to the bikes and increase the number of roadways that aren't allowed to ride a bike. If this bill passes, pedestrians are exposed to risk by bicycles and also it nullifies bike's functions and advantages. What do you think of it? We Japan Cycling Navigator strongly believe bikes should be in roadways as with cars! Thereby we have to leave sidewalks securely for pedestrians.

We opposes this bill and lobbies for it. This is just a domestic issue though, we're really interested in foreigner's experiences and impressions as for sidewalks in Japan. Also your answers must be valuable data to clearly show the aspects of Japanese sidewalks and roadways, and these might be compelling reason to abandon the bill.

If possible, please ask your company, your country's embassy in Japan, government-affiliated organizations, lobby groups or so - to bring pressure on The National Police Agency of Japan and Japanese government. As you may know, Japan may be not good at foreign pressure. If they only receive inquiries from some countries, it can throw them into a panic.

If you read Japanese, read Hikita's mail magazine. Mr. Hikita is a TV producer who loves cycling and knows inside informations. He debunks that some high government officials of the police hate bicycles and they draft that bill. Also read NPO Bicycle Usage Promotion Study Group's site. They take the leadership these protest movement.

link.gifHerald Asahi: Allowing cyclists on sidewalks defies logic

link.gifThe Japan Times: Share the road

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