Kamakura and Pulled rickshaw 鎌倉

Without the suggestion and Kindness of Kazumi San, I won't have the opportunity to experienced Kamakura by riding this human-powered transport.

It's a special experience that you can browsing street on the higher view.


We had one day sightseeing in Kamakura and Yokohama. By Imada San's recommendation, we had tasted the シラス（白子英: Whitebait）as lunch. For sea life preservation reason that we are advised, not eating it.

Left upper bowl is Whitebait dish.

Kazumi and Imada San are Naho San's friend ,I had worked with Naho when I was working holiday in New Zealand. Imada San was the host as traveled to Tokyo.

We accepted Kazumi San's recommendation to ride the Pulled Rickshaw, I was surprised about how expensive of the price riding on the human-powered transport. Consider the expensive human resource ,I should not have this expression. 

Before taxi were becoming a normal traveling way. Pulled rickshaw was very popular in 19th of Japan. All my impressions were from the movie. 

And what impressed me was this old cart has a heater under cushion .

The feeling was fresh that some one pulled the cart for you ,I was not comfortable for this when some one did this physical job for me .

The Rickshaw staff was very thinkable , he knew that I don't speak Japanese.  He tried to introduce the town to me in poor English. 

Imada San was taking another rickshaw behind us . The staff was encourage him to apply this job as high season they are very busy and short of rickshaw staff.

There were people love to ride rickshaw . It cost us 5000 yen per person for half hour rickshaw tour. It's not a cheap vehicle ,I can take the train from Nagoya to Tokyo from this price .

You know it's a luxury entertainment to ride the rickshaw . Attractive rickshaw drivers were the main reason make people always come back again and again.

As the staff said one of the customer was willing to have 5 hours riding,only because want to chat with the driver . 

I agree it's a very easy and luxury way to explore a sightseeing in Japan. Appreciating to Kazumi San made me have the chance to try it .