Starting from Asahikawa station, you can visit Arashiyama(253m high) by bike and hike there. You can hike with a snow shoe In winter. Enjoy panoramic view of Asahikawa and learn a little bit of the Ainu people, native people of Hokkaido. After hiking, you can visit some artistic shops in Arashiyama. You can experience tea ceremony, glass artwork or pottery if you like.
Note: Glass artwork and pottery are recommended for expats of Japan. You cannot take your work with you on the day you make it.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Asahikawa station
- I will be waiting for you at the west gate.
Arashiyama park
After one hour ride, we can start climbing Arashiyama. It takes about 40 minutes to climb to the obsevatory. Enjoy a panoramic view of Asahikawa and wild plant park.
It is not steep. You can climb with your sneekers.
Arashiyama artistic area
You can look around some pottery work shops, a dying workshop, a glass art workshop and a tea ceremony. If you try the experiences, they will cost.
Ending Point
Asahikawa station
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Guiding fee
snow shoes( winter only)
*Meals
*Rental bike 3000−4000yen per person (summer only)
*Tea ceremony or glass artwork if you
take it.
It is possible that other tour members will join.
This tour is very easy cycling and hiking. You will not run so fast.
It is not available for the children under 10.
On Saturdays and some Mondays this tour starts from 13:00.
I can guide you in all Japan if you pay my transportation fee.
I could be available even blocked days on my calendar(Not from Sep.19 to Nov. 4) Please ask me for my availability.
Puedo guiarle todos partes de japon si me paga mis transportes y hospedajes.Pregunteme por mi disponibilidad por favor.
Hi, I am Mayu. I can speak English and Spanish (for guiding my Spanish needs to be polished. But I can communicate). I have had experiences as a tour leader for groups of Japanese tourists to foreign countries and foreign tourists in Japan, Tokyo, Osaka. Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kanazawa and many other cities.
I live in Hokkaido. My tours are around my city, Asahikawa. But I can customize your plan and take you around Japan. (Please let me know 2 weeks before your plan.) Even if my days are not available on my calendar, I could arrange them for you. So please ask me for availability.(I am not available from Sep. 17 to Nov. 4 )
I like hiking and cycling. If you are interested in those things, I will make a plan for you.
I am looking forward to showing you around Japan.
Hola, Me llamo Mayu. Soy guia turistica. Puedo comunicar bien en Español. Pero tal vez no sería suficiente para hacer turismo. Si te gusta que te guie, después de comunicar con usted, será un placer.
“Wonderful time in Hokkaido ”
Thank you so much Mayu for your driven us around to a wonderful place that's we want to visit in Hokkaido. We hope to see you again in summer time.
Mayu A.
It was nice to have you and show you around Asahikawa. Thank you so much for the bath salt. I will use it tonight. It was a great gift for my stiff shoulders. If yoi have any question about Japan, please feel free to ask me any time. I hope to see you again.
“Thank you for showing us Asahikawa!”
I want to recommend Mayu sensei to anyone who wishes to visit Asahikawa, Furano, and Biei. Mayu sensei is an absolutely fantastic guide. She drives safely in the snow, treats us with kindness, and planned a fantastic itinerary for us. In the end, we took up more time than we had initially agreed because we were traveling with a toddler, but she was so considerate to us. Apart from the beautiful scenes we enjoyed, my family felt like we made a new friend today. We will find Mayu again the next time, and we strongly recommend her.
Mayu A.
Thank you for your nice words. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed today. It was so nice to have such a happy family like you. I wish I could get to talk to you more. But I had to concentrate on driving. Please keep yourself warm and enjoy the rest of your holiday in Hokkaido.
$86/ per group