Nozawa Onsen Cycling
Nozawa Onsen is a great cycling destination for serious cyclists, mountain bike enthusiasts and families looking for some fun and fresh air in the mountains. Cycling in Nozawa Onsen varies from short bike rides to nearby lakes and villages, to fun single-track mountain bike and E-bike trails and downhill mountain biking at Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort.
In spring you can literally ski in the morning and then enjoy some Nozawa cycling in the afternoon. Summer cycling in Nozawa Onsen features some great lake, river and deep green rice field rides. Autumn offers amazing cycling conditions with mountain biking dry sing-track trails or cruising temples and shrines with the fall colors all around. The new gondola in Nozawa Onsen will open for the 2020-20201 season and extend green season, gondola-accessed mountain biking in Nozawa Onsen through Autumn. Cross-country, downhill, fat-tire bikes or E-bikes are available in the village, or bring your own and hit the roads and trails.
Cycling in Nozawa Onsen
NOZAWA ONSEN MOUNTAIN BIKING
Explore the Nozawa Onsen mountain bike trails and logging roads from the top of the mountain down through the hills and nearby lakes. Nozawa Onsen Resort has groomed, well marked trails that end up in the village. To get the most out of your first-time mountain biking in Nozawa Onsen, hire a local, professional MTB guide to take you to the trails that fit your riding level and fitness.
Nozawa Onsen MTB Rentals
Compass Village has mountain bike a and downhill mountain bike rentals in Nozawa Onsen. They also offer mountain bike guiding in and around Nozawa Onsen.
E-Biking in Nozawa Onsen
Nozawa Onsen E-Biking
If you have yet to try an E-bike you don’t know what you are missing. Nozawa Onsen is a great place to enjoy E-biking and e-mountain biking. Compass Village has a fleet of electric mountain bikes that give you that little extra boost when you need it. They are incredibly fun and easy to ride on the trails in Nozawa Onsen, just be warned, once you try one, you won’t want to go back!
E-bike Rentals
Contact Compass Village for e-bike rentals and guided E-bike tours in Nozawa Onsen.
Experience more in Nozawa Onsen
Japan Eco Track
Japan Eco Track is a guide to selected areas around Japan to help travelers enjoy outdoor activities and the natural environment. Nozawa Onsen is located within the Shin’etsu Shizenkyo area and Japan Eco Track highlights cycling and hiking routes throughout the area as well as has information on local restaurants, tourist spots and tons of other valuable information for travelers. Check out the guide online and download the free PDF. Eco Track is brought to you by Japan’s leading outdoor equipment brand, Montbell with the support of local tourism areas.
Japan Eco Track: Shin’etsu Shizenkyo
Check out Japan Eco track for more excited off the beaten path adventures throughout Japan & Nozawa Onsen.