パレスサイクリング
Palace Cycling
Tokyo, Japan · Chiyoda (Imperial Palace, Uchibori-dori) · Open streets · Social
- When
- Every Sunday, 10:00 am local timeSundays, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Off for the summer break (July 19 to Sept 13, 2026), on Oct 18, 2026 (Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon), for the winter break (Dec 27, 2026 to Jan 24, 2027) and on Mar 7, 2027 (Tokyo Marathon). Called off when the Friday 11:00 am JMA forecast gives a 50% or higher chance of rain.
- Starts at
- Palace Cycling course, Iwaidabashi to Hirakawa-mon (Imperial Palace), 祝田橋～平川門 (Iwaidabashi crossing to Hirakawa-mon), Imperial Palace, Tokyo Map ↗
- Pace
- Not a race course: the organizers ask riders to keep speeds down and pass only when it is safe
- Hosted by
- Japan Bicycle Promotion Institute (自転車産業振興協会)Nonprofit
- Cost
- free
- Kind of ride
- SocialOpen streets
- Made for
- Family
- Language
- Rides in Japanese
For visitors
No sign-up. Free loaner bikes (about 70, adult city bikes down to kids' bikes) from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, back by 4:00 pm, one lap per loan; you register on your phone with a QR code at the tent. Since March 2026 you must get off and walk the U-turn at the Hirakawa-mon crossing. Cars come back at 4:00 pm sharp.
First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
- Bring
- a helmet, water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
- Arrive
- Ten or fifteen minutes before 10:00 am. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
- Pace
- Not a race course: the organizers ask riders to keep speeds down and pass only when it is safe.
- Check
- Look at the host's website the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.
First group ride? Start here →
About the パレスサイクリング group ride
パレスサイクリング is an open-streets program in Tokyo, Japan: streets closed to cars and open to bikes. It runs every Sunday from 10:00 am local time.
Every Sunday the road along the Imperial Palace moat closes to cars and opens to bikes: a flat 3 km out-and-back between Iwaidabashi and Hirakawa-mon. It is a family course, not a training loop; kids, tandems and tourists share it and staff ask fast riders to ease off. Free loaner bikes since April 2026 make it an easy first ride in Tokyo.
Checked Oct 1, 2026 against source 1, source 2. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.