Minami-Alps Tatenuma MTB Park

Minami Alps Tatenuma MTB Park is Japan’s largest mountain bike park open to the public free of charge, located in Hiraoka Chubu, Minami Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture, in the Chubu region. There are eight beginner-to-intermediate trails ranging from 168m to 850m.

With a total length of about 3 km and an area of about 7 hectares (70,000 m²), it is more than five times the size of the Tokyo Dome stadium.

Convey the charm of Yamanashi and MTB at Minami-Alps Tatenuma MTB Park!

This Southern Alps Tatenuma MTB Park was created by the volunteers of the Southern Alps Mountain Bike Fan Club, which consists of approximately 140 people run by the Minami-Alps Mountain Guardians.

Aiming to popularize mountain biking (MTB), this park has developed a trail course for beginners, children, and families to enjoy, and has been open to the public free of charge since November 22, 2021. It is one of the largest mountain bike parks in the country.

Through this Southern Alps Tatenuma MTB Park, we are working to spread the charm of the nature of the Southern Alps of Yamanashi Prefecture, the charm of the local area, and the charm of MTB to outdoor enthusiasts and MTB enthusiasts inside and outside the prefecture.

Anyone can enjoy it, including mothers and children

Experience nature at Minami-Alps Tatenuma MTB Park

Minami-Alps Tatenuma MTB Park is perfect for beginners and families!

Minami-Alps Yamamoribito is an organization that has been active for nine years with the aim of popularizing MTB in Japan. One of the biggest reasons why MTBs are not popular in Japan is that there are few beginners and families who make up the bottom layer of the pyramid in the Japanese MTB market. Only when there is an environment where anyone can casually enjoy MTB can MTB become a prefectural-level sport and a national sport.

Minami-Alps Tatenuma MTB Park was opened as “a trail that everyone, including beginners and families, can enjoy without hesitation, recognized by the region and the government.” It is an initiative that will be an advanced example in Japan, and we believe that it will greatly contribute to the spread of MTB in Japan in the future.

Complete with 7 beginner and 1 intermediate courses

Experience the thrill of experiencing nature on your own

The Minami Alps Tatenuma MTB Park is unique in that it is the largest free-to-use MTB park in Japan. The 8 trails (MTB course) are about 3 km long and cover an area of about 7 hectares (70,000 m²), which is about 5 times larger than the ground area of Tokyo Dome (13,000 m²).

This course was developed by the Minami-Alps Mountain Bike Club, which consists of about 140 people. This organization has been working on local history, culture, nature and sustainable trail development since 2013, and is also making efforts to contribute to his SDGs such as maintenance of forests and mountain trails and community contribution activities.

This park does not have a resident manager. We believe that people who enjoy MTB love nature and follow good manners, so we have put up signboards that describe the rules (you can check it on the official website). Please use the park in accordance with these rules. To use the park, please register your user information online in advance.

Locally, the signal conditions for “au” and “Softbank” are poor, so you can’t register for use, so please complete this in advance.

It’s basically a trail that you can enjoy for free, but it costs money to maintain and manage a trail that you can run safely and enjoyably forever. As the first attempt in Japan to secure such financial resources, we have introduced a “voluntary billing system” in which users decide the amount of money they charge themselves.

Thank you for your cooperation. Click here for the maintenance fee.

On the official page of the Minami-Alps Tatenuma MTB Park, an online bulletin board has been set up so that trail maintenance information can be shared. If you register as a user, you can freely post trail information, and park users can participate in trail maintenance together.

If you are with your child, it will also be an education for nature conservation.

Join the Minami-Alps Mountain Bike Club!

Future Developments of Minami-Alps Yamamoribito

This corporation has been working to realize the institutionalization of mountain biking and mountain trails in Japan. First of all, we will realize the institutionalization at Yamanashi Prefecture’s level, and increase the number of light mountain bikers such as beginners and families so that the case can be expanded nationwide.

In addition, we will develop various activities to let many people know the charm of forests and intermountain areas.

We aim to build one of the world’s largest trail networks that will also serve as a base for mountain bikers from around the world. With a population of 30 million in the metropolitan area and close proximity to Haneda Airport and Shin-Shizuoka Airport, the Southern Alps area aims to become a MTB mecca as a perfect place for demonstration experiments.

And we will realize true regional revitalization in Japan by mountain bikers.

Minami-Alps Mountain Club is promoting various initiatives as a demonstration business operator of the Japan Tourism Agency’s “Rediscovering the charm of the region to attract new inbound travelers such as adventure tourism in 2021”. For details, please check the Japan Tourism Agency website.