Osaka Street Art Bike Tour: Discover Urban Canvas & Local Delights
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Osaka
Discover modern Osaka's hidden street art scene on a bike tour through the hip neighborhoods of Tenma, Juso, and Nakazaki-cho. Immerse yourself in the city's urban canvas and explore vibrant street art while enjoying the local culture and delicious food.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Osaka - Pedal through an urban maze of train lines, rivers, bridges, graffiti, street art and gorgeous modern skylines. Enjoy a commentary from a local resident and learn about the underground life in Osaka.
What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Bicycle use
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Only available for ages 20 and up.
Additional Information

Discover the edgier side of contemporary Osaka by embarking on a journey through the dynamic, yet lesser-known districts of Tenma, Juso, and Nakazaki-cho. Delve into Osaka’s burgeoning Street Art movement, where a mix of homegrown and global artists showcase their work on the city’s metropolitan façade.

Alongside the captivating art, anticipate a rich tapestry of cityscapes featuring a labyrinth of railways, waterways, bridges, and an array of street graffiti and art against the backdrop of Osaka’s stunning urban skyline.

In addition to our regular stops, you’ll have the chance to taste exquisite specialty coffee, traditional Japanese ‘tachinomi’ (standing bars), and a piece of regionally made pizza!

Location
Cycle Osaka
We are in the shop with the red sign, look out for ‘Cycle Osaka'
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mattandblair_w
Apr 7, 2024
A unique and fun way to see Osaka - We had an amazing time touring Osaka with Eric and our group. Not only did we get a great overview of the city while biking around, but the street art was very cool. Being an artist himself (and creating one of the pieces!), Eric had awesome insights into the art we saw and made it a more enriching experience. We also had tasty drinks and eats from places we’d otherwise not go. Everywhere we went people stopped Eric to say hi, so I get the sense he is very embedded in the city! We’d recommend this tour to anyone looking for a fun day in Osaka.
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Christopherct2995fc
Mar 23, 2024
Best thing we did in Osaka - These guys really went out of their way to make our day fun - saw a bunch of things we would not find by our self. The guide knew many of the artists and had personal stories about them - highly recommend
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871carltond
Mar 7, 2024
Art and Osaka; the perfect combination - The chance to see Osaka off the beaten path was an experience I didn't know I needed, but so glad I did. My guide Erik's knowledge of street art in Osaka is top-drawer. Cycling around some of the many neighbourhoods, getting a glimpse of the real Osaka is something I can't recommend highly enough. Along the way we stopped a few times to eat and talk at a couple of terrific places only someone with proper inside knowledge could have taken me to. Erik is a lovely, warm guy with a great sense of humour and an infectious lust for life and love of Osaka. His knowledge of the various artists, their work and the Osaka urban art scene in general is a must for anyone intrigued by what's really going on in this wonderful city. There's a reason Cycle Osaka are always booked up. They run memorable, memorable tours. I look forward to joining them again.
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Gabes616
Feb 20, 2024
Cycling tour of Osaka seeing some great art with a super fun and knowledgeable host - Had such a great time on this tour! My husband and I have been to Japan four times now and this was a highlight of every trip! Eric was super friendly and took us to places we would never have found on our own and had such great knowledge of all the pieces of art he showed us. Only suggestion is to offer fixed gear bikes! Haha 😉
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I7228rageorgeb
Jan 17, 2024
Perfect Day - What an awesome tour! I had a fantastic time. It was a good balance of outdoors, side streets, great food/drink, cycling and of course street art. A real experience of Osaka. The guide is an experienced local, deeply knowledgable in the scene, with even some works of his own in the area. The bike I had was well maintained, and shifted effortlessly. I have spent a cumulative of 30mins on a bike in the last 7 years, but despite this I had no difficulty keeping up and out of trouble. Thank you for the great time
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278averye
Jan 17, 2024
Amazing Street Art Bike Tour!!! - What an amzing experience! Erik, the guide for this tour, is actually an artist & painted the first mural on our tour. We had a blast riding throug the streets of Osaka & couldn't believe how much Street Art is out there. We had stops for gourmet drip coffee, snacks at a nearly century old standing bar & awesome NYC style pizza at a super cool pizza parlour thanks to Alex at Hughes Pizza. The terrain was virtually flat so really easy to navigate & Erik knows so much about the art scene and artists is was truly a joy to spend the day with him & learn what he had to share. One of the best bike tours we've ever taken & we've been on quite a few. I highly recommend this tour!!!
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918lorrainem
Jan 4, 2024
Deep Art Cuts in Juso! - Excellent tour. Guide Eric was knowledgeable & friendly. I hope this tour takes off as it should!!!!
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C7178uesunnyj
Jan 2, 2024
Osaka Street Art Bike Tour - The Street Art Bike tour took us by surprise and over exceeded our expectation. Great way to pedal around streets of Osaka and witness some excellent art work from both local and international artist. To top it off, the guys running it such as Eric speak fluent Japanese( Eric has been living in Japan for years) and well versed with Japanese culture/etiquette which makes the whole tour delightful experience. Bikes are almost new and in excellent condition with couple of stops for refueling the body with drinks along the way. Eric was friendly, funny and is an artist himself. Highly recommend.
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Danyka1
Dec 22, 2023
Great ride through Osaka’s urban art side - Don’t want to give too much away with this post about Eric’s urban art mural bike tour, but for people who love biking, street art, strong coffee, tachinomis, and @hughespizza you have something incredible planned for a three-hour tour in Osaka.
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C7139ofmattm
Dec 11, 2023
Amazing bike adventure filled with street art. - I usually take a bike tour when visiting new cities and this was one of my all time favorites. Eric showed us a side of Osaka I wouldn't have found otherwise and expertly weaved together stops to view street art and food/coffee. The day was well paced and covered a lot of ground, but never felt tiring or overly strenuous. Eric is very connected to the street art scene in the city and showed us a wide variety of artist's work, including one piece that was actively in progress.
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