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Full disclosure: This article was written in collaboration with Trekkling to promote a cycling experience people can enjoy near (or more accurately, in) Tokyo. Trekkling provided me with a complimentary 4-hour tour so I could write this article, and if you book a tour with Trekkling through this article, you will receive a discount, and Voyapon will receive a small promotion fee. Everyone wins: Voyapon, Trekkling, and especially you. Book your tour and receive a 1000 yen discount now.<\/strong> (Be sure to mention VOYAPON when making your reservation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust me; I understand why people choose to visit Tokyo. I would call it a larger-than-life city, except it isn’t. Everything people say Tokyo is, it is, and more. So people come. They come from all over the world, all over Japan, to drink from the overflowing cup of frenetic energy the city both creates and feeds off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet this energy can become overwhelming, and after a few days of trying to soak it all in, some find themselves exhausted, looking for a way to recharge. And that’s when the great outdoors calls. One of the best things about Tokyo is how easily you can escape from it<\/a>. Suppose you want a day trip to a relaxing destination where you can take a peaceful cycling tour through shady mountain forests<\/strong> and hear the bubbling of clear streams nearby. What if you never even had to leave Tokyo to do it? That is what Trekkling<\/strong>, a cycling tour and bicycle rental company in Okutama<\/a>, has to offer you.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Lure of Okutama: Tokyo’s “Border Town”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

West of the glitter of Shinjuku and the cement and steel behemoths that make up central Tokyo, you sail through a seemingly endless sea of suburban Tokyo in the quiet comfort of a JR train. About an hour later, you’ll reach Ome, where the Kanto Plain butts against the lush mountains separating western Tokyo from Yamanashi Prefecture. Remain seated for another 40 minutes or so as the train follows the Tama River into the mountains until you reach the end of the line. This is Okutama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n