🚲 Komatsu Share Cycle Tour Part 3: Junigataki Falls 🚲
Next up on our adventure with Global Citizenship (☝️see previous post), on Komatsu's own e-bike sharing service, is Junigataki Falls 🌊
While not a very tall falls, what's unique about Junigataki is its composition of 12 cascades, as the name "Twelve Waterfalls" alludes! 😮
Watching the 12 streams falling side-by-side is a refreshing sensory experience any time of year 😌
But just like the aforementioned Lake Kiba Park, spring is our favorite time to visit, when the falls gain a natural frame of sakura blossoms 🌸 for that perfect Insta shot 😍
🔎 Check explorekomatsu.com for a detailed guide on how you can leverage the Komatsu Share Cycle to explore hidden gems like Junigataki Falls
🚲 Komatsu Share Cycle Tour Part 2: Lake Kiba Park 🚲
Our next stop on this cycling adventure with Global Citizenship (☝️see previous post) is none other than the beloved park + Mt. Hakusan viewpoint 🏔️ of Komatsu locals @ Lake Kiba❣️
While the sakura tunnels 🌸 in early April are our favorite scene, as the only lake in Ishikawa maintaining it's original state, it's a nature sanctuary that will heal and amaze you anytime of year 😌
🔎 Check explorekomatsu.com for a detailed guide on how you can leverage the Komatsu Share Cycle to explore hidden gems like Lake Kiba!
🚅 Take the Shinkansen to Komatsu: And Explore on E-Bike! 🚲
Just 2 weeks until the Shinkansen Opening on 16 March!! 🥳
We've been introducing fun experiences you can enjoy near Komatsu Station, even with just a brief stop,
but if you have time we definitely encourage lingering longer to truly immerse in the local culture and nature 😌
And a great way to venture further out is by Komatsu Share Cycle! 🚲
A convenient bike-share service with:
・All bikes electric-powered ⚡️
・Easy station pick-up and drop-off at any port throughout the city
・Available 24/7 🕓
・One-day passes purchasable in advanced online 📲
Steps:
①Purchase a 1-day pass online / on-site (Komatsu Station souvenir store counter)
②Look for a port: Komatsu Station, Awazu Station, Komatsu Airport, and many other sightseeing spots!
③Unlock the bikes using your smartphone / physical pass
④Set forth on your adventure!
⑤Return at any port
❗️Shinkansen Opening Weekend Campaign❗️
For just 16th and 17th March, first-time users of the share cycle service will get their first 30 mins FREE! 🤩
*Only for per 30-min use using the Docomo Bike Share app
*Any time exceeding 30 mins will be charged the regular fee of 110 yen/30 mins
It's not just convenient transportation, but a great way to soak in the scenery and enjoy your journey 🤗
Not to mention the Shinkansen coming just in time for sakura season 🌸
(☝️stay tuned for subsequent posts on sakura spots, all accessible by bike!)
🔎Check our article on https://www.explorekomatsu.com for a more detailed guide!
🚅 Take the Shinkansen to Komatsu for:
A Taste of Local Passion 🚅
Continuing our Shinkansen Countdown, another hidden gem you'll find near Komatsu Station is the historical Hokkoku Toorimachi street 北國とおり町
The former commercial center of the city, it's where you'll find family businesses succeeded over generations and atmospheric shophouses preserved from generations before.
But the biggest treasures of this street are really the passionate shop owners, who will happily be your personal guide, and share the proud heritage they have inherited ❤ (as Cheeserland can vouch for 🤗)
*While this tour does not have an official booking channel yet, feel free to DM us and we'll see what can be arranged! 👍
*We recommend pairing this with a kabuki experience at MIYOSSA nearby! (see previous post)
1. Choboya Tea Shop 🍵 長保屋茶舗
Sample tea from the very first tea cultivator in Hokuriku, with a history of over 360 years and 12 generations! 🤯
2. Nakade Butchers 🍖 本格炭火焼豚 中出精肉店
Then snack on some karaage chicken or chashu pork at this well-loved local butcher 🍗
Using all-Ishikawa ingredients such as Komatsu miso and barley, and Noto pork.
3. If you're lucky they might just unveil their neighborhood's massive festival float! 🥳
If not, pop by MIYOSSA Gallery 小松曳山交流館 みよっさ next door where floats are displayed all-year (see previous post)
4. Takimoto Gozaten 滝本茣蓙店(たきもとござてん)
Step into the oldest building of the street, a goza mat shop (thinner versions of tatami) built over 500 years ago.
Where you can make your own unique tatami-reed coaster, with guidance from the 26th-gen owner. 🧵🪡
5. Cafe Machiya Bunko ☕ 町屋文庫
Tie it all together at this recycle book cafe housed in an over 90-year-old townhouse.
With a cup of Choboya's tea 🍵 on your freshly-made coaster 🪢, alongside a bowl of Nakade's roast pork donburi 🥩! 🤩
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