Nara Private Family E-Bike Tour with Lunch

Explore Nara by private family e-bike tour, visiting key temples and shrines with an included daytime izakaya lunch.

Getting started

Begin your Private Family E-Bike Tour with Lunch by meeting your guide and getting set up with your bicycle for the day. After a brief orientation on riding and safety, helmets for riders are provided if requested or required. Once everyone is comfortable on their e-bikes, you set off toward Nara Park, with the first stretch kept easy so all ages can settle into the ride.

What to expect

Nara Park and Nandaimon Gate

Nara Park is your first major stop, known for its open spaces and free-roaming animals that live within the park. Here you also make your way toward Nandaimon Gate, a grand entrance on the approach to Todaiji Temple.

Features

• Time in Nara Park lets you explore the park environment and admire the animals living there at your own pace, including a chance to feed the deer with crackers near Nandaimon Gate if you choose.
• Access to Nara Park and Nandaimon Gate is included as part of your tour, with all fees and taxes already covered so you can focus on the experience rather than on-site payments.
• Your bicycle keeps transfers between areas inside and around the park relaxed, and water refills at different spots are available so you stay hydrated between rides.

Todaiji Temple

From Nandaimon Gate, you continue by e-bike and on foot toward Todaiji Temple, one of Nara's central religious sites. The route brings you into the temple area where the scale of the complex becomes clear as you approach.

Features

• Inside Todaiji Temple, you enter the hall that houses the biggest Buddha statue in Japan, giving you a close view of its size and detail from the main visitor area.
• Todaiji Temple is one of the key visits included in your itinerary, and all fees and taxes tied to your planned stops are already taken care of within the tour price.
• During the approach and visit, you can pause nearby for water refills at different spots before continuing your e-bike route to the next location.

Kikuichi Knife Shop

Next, your route takes you through Nara's streets to the Kikuichi Knife Shop. This venue is known as a former samurai sword maker, now focused on knives.

Features

• Inside the Kikuichi Knife Shop, you see how a former samurai sword maker now presents a range of knives, giving you a look at how traditional metalworking skills have evolved.
• The stop at Kikuichi Knife Shop is part of the planned visits listed for your tour, so your time here is already factored into the schedule and overall fees and taxes.
• Extra food and drinks or any shopping and souvenirs at Kikuichi Knife Shop are optional personal expenses, which keeps the core tour focused on the included experiences.

Kasuga Taisha Shrine

You then ride on to Kasuga Taisha Shrine, located in a more wooded part of Nara. The e-bike approach helps you reach the shrine area without long uphill walks.

Features

• At Kasuga Taisha Shrine, you can take in the atmosphere of this Shinto site and learn about Shinto spirituality while observing the shrine buildings and surrounding grounds.
• The visit to Kasuga Taisha Shrine is one of the key inclusions of your Private Family E-Bike Tour with Lunch, with its fees and taxes incorporated into the overall booking.
• Your guide can pause near refill points so you can use the provided paper cups or your own bottles for water refills at different spots before or after exploring the shrine area.

Daytime izakaya lunch

Around the middle of your ride, the group stops at a local daytime izakaya for lunch. This break is planned to suit all ages in your family group.

Features

• Lunch within budget at izakaya is included, with a variety of dishes for all ages so both adults and children can find options that suit their preferences.
• The lunch included within budget at izakaya is already covered in the tour price, so you only pay separately if you choose extra food and drinks beyond what is provided.
• During the lunch stop, you can rest from cycling, use nearby facilities, and prepare for the final e-bike segments that take you back toward the end point of your tour.