We're an e-bike outfit in the satoyama hills along the old Nakasendo road — and everything a slow traveler needs around the ride: beds, bags carried, gear lent, guides who grew up on these roads.
Nagiso sits on the Nakasendo, in the wooded hills the Japanese call satoyama — the half-wild country between village and mountain. Everyone passes through; almost nobody stays to play. That's the gap we fill.
Quiet e-bikes are the key that opens this valley, and around them we've built the rest of the toolkit: a guesthouse to sleep in, a shuttle for your bags, gear to borrow, guides to ride with, and honest advice for going alone. Pick what you need below.
Self-guided rides on quiet valley roads — one-way drops, luggage moved free.
How to spend your second day in Nagiso — written out, on foot or by e-bike.
Kashiwaya Guesthouse now; a whole kominka to yourselves in 2027.
Bags moved along the valley so you can walk or ride empty-handed.
Woven Kiso hats, bear bells & spray, swim and winter kit.
A two-hour dawn ride before breakfast, or the full-day Kiso River Downhill.