PEDAL GUILD runs small-group e-bike tours starting from Asakusabashi, Tokyo.

We don't show you landmarks. We show you the air of the place.

Born in Okinawa, raised in Tokyo, guiding both

I'm Maki, the manager of PEDAL GUILD. I was born in Okinawa and grew up in Tokyo. Both are home, and in both I've always felt slightly like an outsider. Maybe that's why I keep looking for the places where people actually live, rather than the places a city puts on display.

In 2023 I started a cycling tour on Kokusai-dori in Naha — one street back from the guidebook route, riding the roads locals take every day. Guests responded to it, and over three years our rating has stayed at a perfect 5.0.

Now I'm doing the same thing in the city I grew up in. We start from Asakusabashi and Yanagibashi, stations most visitors never get off at, where a Tokyo nobody has written about yet is still there.

A bike shop that runs tours

PEDAL GUILD is run by e-CHARIty, a company that has spent 18 years giving electric bicycles a second life — buying them back, restoring them, and putting them on the road again, from our shops in Yokohama, Kobe and Ayase.

Nothing is newly manufactured for our tours. Each e-bike you ride has been professionally restored by the same mechanics who work on bikes every day as our main business. We think the quietest way to help the environment is simply to keep good machines running.

Places you won't find in guidebooks — or on social media

Backstreets you couldn't reach on your own. Corners where the history and daily life of the city are still visible. With electric assist, hills and distance stop mattering, so we can take you to the Tokyo that doesn't show up in a search.

Intercom helmets: safer, and far more to hear

Every guest wears a helmet with a built-in intercom. The helmet keeps you safe; the intercom keeps your guide's voice right there with you. You hear the stories clearly while riding, so we don't have to stop every time there's something to explain — and if the group spreads out in traffic, we can still reach you instantly.

Three years in Okinawa, and still five stars

Our cycling tours began on Kokusai-dori in Naha. Three years and 156 reviews later, our rating is still a perfect 5.0 on Tripadvisor. We've brought the same approach — and the same care for every single group — to Asakusabashi, Tokyo.

We look forward to riding with you. See our tours