横浜みなとみらいセグウェイツアー
This time, I participated in a guided Segway tour around Yokohama’s Minato Mirai area. It was a typical Segway experience, and even just riding around the plaza was fun, but riding a Segway in the city was exceptional! The price seems to be the same whether you apply through the Segway Japan website or via Asoview or Jalan. However, those participating in Segway Japan’s direct tours in various locations receive a discount if you apply directly. The price is reasonable at 9,800 yen for two and a half hours, including practice time. A private tour is available for up to four people for 32,000 yen, so it’s a good idea to add a few more people and rent the entire tour. On our trip, there were only three people who applied, and the other participant, a Chinese person, didn’t contact us and ended up no-showing, so we ended up having the whole tour to ourselves. They extended our tour to make up for the lost time, and we even went to the Osanbashi Pier, off the course! Unlike Segway experiences in parks or private property, this one involves riding on public roads, so a driver’s license is required, which is a key difference from other Segway experiences. However, the route is generally open to light vehicles on the sidewalk, so it’s not dangerous. Even those who have never ridden a Segway before can practice thoroughly. Tocotoko-kun has experience, but I was nervous about riding on public roads for the first time, but I was grateful for the ample practice before we set off. Behind the APA Hotel Yokohama Bay Tower, which became famous as a quarantine facility during the COVID-19 pandemic, we practiced slaloming on the mini-cones shown in the photo and climbing up and down steps. Once the guide approved, we set off on the public road tour. By the way, if you participate in a Segway Chapin tour, you’ll receive a logbook, and in addition to the repeat customer discount mentioned earlier, from your fourth time onwards, you’ll be able to use the full time on the advanced tour without any practice or testing. The route took us from Kishamichi to the Cosmo Clock Ferris wheel, then via the Landmark Tower and InterContinental Hotel, to the Red Brick Warehouse, a tea break at Elephant’s Nose Park, and then up to the Osanbashi Pier, conquering all of Minato Mirai’s attractions! By the way, using your phone is prohibited while riding a Segway, so this photo was taken by the assistant who accompanied us. One advantage of a private tour is that you get more photos and videos. So, here are some videos taken at various points along the way by a very experienced assistant. Experienced people are really good at taking videos! I should learn from them. Riding a Segway on public roads is definitely fun! It seems that public road tours are only available in Yokohama, where permission has been granted by the local government, and while Mario Kart has been criticized, this is a tour that is very considerate of others and prioritizes safety, so I hope everyone will support it. There don’t seem to be many Segway public road tours in the world, but it seems that one is being held in Washington DC in the US, and Umami-chan thought she would like to experience it someday. See you next time!
日本で公道を走れる唯一のセグウェイツアーに、横浜みなとみらいで参加してきました。オフロード型のセグウェイで公園を爆走するのも楽しいですが、街中をセグウェイで回るツアーは格別です。自分で走るだけでも楽しいのに、ガイドさんが付いて、アシスタントの方が周囲の安全に配慮しながら写真と動画撮影もしてくれるという、至れり尽くせりのツアーでした。
インバウンド観光客の方はもとより、トコトコくんのような横浜出身の方でも楽しめるツアーで、みなさんにオススメします。
全国各地でセグウェイジャパンがツアーを開催しているので、一度参加するとログブックが貰え、二回目からはリピーター割引、四回目からはアドバンスドツアーに参加することができるようになりますよ。
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