Despite the small size, every corner of this shop is packed with bikes, frames, and other cycling goods. This has been my regular go-to bike shop in Japan during the time that I have lived here. The owner, Batta-san is a great guy, speaks good English, and has been very helpful with my bike mechanical troubles.

If you are looking for an English-friendly bike shop in the Nagoya area in Japan, I highly recommend this shop.

Official website: https://www.fb-kaze.com/

Do you want to see more bike shop tour videos in Japan? Here is my playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

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This is a brand new Specialized concept store, and actually the very first one of its kind in the Chubu region of central Japan. While the inside of the shop is not very large, it’s packed with a bunch of interesting bikes and unique only in Japan items and jerseys.

There’s also some very nice high end road bikes and TT bikes, which my wife Thuong quickly took a liking to.

Another great attraction with this shop is it’s location. It’s located at Meijo Park, which has it’s own short 2km cycling course and has nice views of Nagoya Castle.

To see more bike shops in Japan, see our entire “Bike Shops in Japan” playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

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There are a lot of new 2019 models on display, mostly road bikes including Propel, TCR, as well as a bunch of other bicycles, including mountain bikes, kids bikes, cross bikes, women’s liv bikes, accessories and more.

My wife Thuong once again ran into her dream road bike, the GIANT TCR Sunweb team edition.. Unfortunately, we’re not in any position to buy any new bikes at the moment..

This is a great bike shop conveniently located along the Higashiyama-doori (green road) and on your way out towards the mountains from the city.

I hope you guys enjoy these bike shops in Japan tour videos. Be sure to leave your comments down below of other bike shops you’d like us to visit.

Address:
１０１ Sunago, Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture 480-1112

Hours:
Wednesday 11AM–8PM
Thursday 11AM–8PM
Friday 11AM–8PM
Saturday 11AM–8PM
Sunday 11AM–8PM
Monday 11AM–8PM
Tuesday Closed

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Today is the first episode of this series, and we’re visiting Y’s Road in Nagoya (ワイズロード名古屋). Y’s Road is a mega bicycle retailer chain in Japan, with locations in all of the major cities.

Their lineup of bicycles is massive, with lots of major brands in stock like Cannondale, Bianchi, Scott, BMC, De Rosa, Trek, and more! They also have a very large stock of various parts, including stems, handlebars, accessories, tools, etc. Almost anything you need you can find here.

This bike shop is actually split into two parts, the main bike shop, and then the cycle wear and other goods shop. They are both part of the same main building, but you will need to walk outside and around to the entrance to the second building. We’ll be going over the cycle wear shop in a separate video.

Part 2: Cycle Wear Shop

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今日はモリコロパークのサイクリングコースを紹介したいと思います！

This park is an amazing cycling facility nearby our home in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture Japan, which is just east of Nagoya.

愛知県の長久手市にあります。私たちの自宅からほぼ５キロだけでよくここに遊びに来ます！

The Morikoro Park cycling course is open only to bicycles, and completely closed off to all other pedestrians. It is a very wide path with lots of space for safe cycling, and the course is about 5.1 km in length.

There are distance markers along the course, as well as rest areas and even restrooms, along with many other park attractions that you can stop at. Eventually, this park is also going to turn into a Ghibli theme park of sorts..

One extra thing to be aware of on this course is that you must stop and get off of your bike after each lap and walk back over to the start if you want to do another lap.

More information about the Morikoro Park Cycling Path Usage

This course is free to use if you bring your own bike. There are also lockers that you can use for free to store your valuables.

You can also rent bikes (kids or adult size) for 100 yen ($1) per lap.

You must wear a helmet on the course, and sandals must have an ankle strap.

Once you arrive, make sure to sign your name on the sign in sheet, and write the number of laps you completed next to your name once you finish so they know you are no longer on the course.

Access to Morikoro Park

Most people go by driving over with their bike, or riding over, but there is also a train stop right at the entrance on the LINIMO train line which connects at Fujigaoka (the end of the Higashiyama line).

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元生徒が私を会いに名古屋まで来てくれました。私は自転車で名駅まで行って彼と一緒に名古屋市内（栄、大須観音）をぐるぐるしました。

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I decided that this was the perfect opportunity to finally try out the ride from Nagoya to Kyoto (which is about 150 km).

I just bought a new bike rack for my road bike with the goal of doing some more longer adventure type rides. The problem though was that I didn’t yet have any pannier bags, and didn’t really want to spend more than $100 on a… bag… So I made my own easy and cheap solution using Japan postal service bags, which are waterproof! I was able to tie it to my rack using some shoelace, and it luckily held up for my whole trip!

I left a couple hours before sunrise so that I wouldn’t be stuck riding in the Summer heat under the sunlight for too long. A good portion of the route I took was just along lake Biwa (Japan’s largest lake), so it wasn’t too bad of a ride.

I definitely noticed a difference in the weight of the bike though, which made me a bit more tired than I usually would be after a 150km bike ride.

Anyway, I finally made it to Kyoto, where Kroske, his son and I went around a couple of the popular tourist spots.

Since they were heading back to Tokyo that evening via shinkansen bullet train, I decided to continue on and ride to Osaka to visit another one of my friends whom I hadn’t seen in a while.

Again, I spent most of my riding time while the sun was down, which was a lot easier and cooler than riding during the daytime. Fortunately, the ride to Osaka from Kyoto is quite simple and I mainly just had to follow a nice river cycling path most of the way.

One of the nice things about summer cycling in Japan is that it is still warm at night, so it’s easy (and free!) to do hammock style camping.

I fueled up with some breakfast at a local convenient store and then was off to see my friend, though my real motive was to see her dogs and take them for a walk 🙂

I originally was planning on riding back to Nagoya from Osaka, but the weather was looking like rain for most of the time, and I didn’t really want to ride 200+ KM back home in the rain, so I decided to take the shinkansen back home.

Nagoya to Kyoto & Osaka VLOG

You can watch the full video from this trip here

Cycling Route Details

Here are the routes that I took

Nagoya to Kyoto
https://www.strava.com/activities/642406661

Kyoto to Osaka
https://www.strava.com/activities/642820226

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