The article about LIVESTRONG Century Charity Ride which was held in September is now on Cycle Sports Magazine November Issue.

We had 17 riders and went around Mt. Norikura for Century Charity Ride. It was 140km route. These kinds of found raising events are not so familiar to Japanese though we would like to keep doing this evert.

We are so sorry for that we have not posted anything for a while. We have been doing busy though we have had lots of guests enjoyed good weather and good condition of Norikura. Colors of leaves are turning prettiest time and it would be a best season for MTB riding.

To tell the truth we had a full house group guest for this coming weekend but due to influenza, they needed to cancel. Then we offer following MTB tours. It is so sudden though the tour comes with the Hida Beef BBQ. Don’t miss this special offer!.

Fall MTB Ride

Tour A: From 9:30AM on Sat. Oct 10th to 12:00PM on Sun. Oct 11th.
Tour B: From 1:30PM on Sun Oct 11th to 3:30PM on Mon. Oct 12th

Fee: ¥17,000 (incl: 1.5 days of guiding, 1 night lodging with 2 meals, Hida-Beef BBQ)
Group Size: Up to 20 people.

Reservation: Please visit our Reservation Page
Contact: E-mail or Phone (0263.93.1688)

*Also the following weekend (Oct 17th to 18th) is available for 8 people. Please contact us.

It has been an uncomfortable rainy season this year. We have not had any dry condition even for our staff free riding since starting actual mountain bike season this summer. Even though trails or Norikura have such great natural drain systems, we sometime need to cancel MTB tour to protect trails. Of course we want our guests to ride, when the condition allows we have a short breaking clinic before we start each tour.

It is really basic technique and most riders might know it. Moving your waist and your Center of Mass to the rear wheel helps when breaking. For breaking, using front break much more than the rear break, actually almost not using rear break. This technique will help you to go down steep and slippery section of trails. Both shifting your weight and breaking make this happen and it is kind of hard to learn but once you learn you will not hurt trails as much. Basically the best way to save a trail is to not ride on rainy day.

We have just finished building our new bike maintenance area and installed our new Park tools. While you stay at NORTHSTAR our professional bike staff can now service you Mountain or Road Bike. If you are interested in servicing your own bike we also have another stand and tool kit set aside for our guests to use. 

Finally, mountain biking season has come to Norikura.

We are looking forward to having good time with you this season too.

It would be in July to open all the trails though we posted the detail of our MTB guide tour for this season. We are looking for your coming.