Vanessa and Camillo from Italy - All Japan

Dear Rental819,

I write to thank you. My husband and I had a very good experience in Japan. Our trip was wonderful without problems. We want to thank  the guys of Rental819 shop in Narita Airport, they were very kind and professional with us.

We hope to come back in Japan next year for visit the north of the country...by motorcycle..of course!

hope to write you again next year.

Kind regards,

Vanessa and Camillo

Withidchai and Boom from Thailand - Mount Fuji & Hakone

Dear Rental819

Thank you very much all for the kind service and arrangements.

From the moment we sent an inquiry until we returned the motorcycle it couldn't have been better.

The staff is so friendly and has a great service attitude in mind. And the motorcycle was in perfect condition. I was very impressed. If I have another chance to visit Japan I will definitely contact Rental 819 again.

Please pass my GRATEFUL REGARDS AND BIG THANK YOU to the staff at the shop too.

Yours sincerely,


Boom and Withidchai

Emma and Tim from New Zealand - Honshu

On the spur of the moment, Emma and I rented a Yamaha FJR1300AS from Rental819 in Ikebukuro for several days. The booking process was remarkably easy, and I was really impressed at how we were forwarded plenty of information in advance about the rental process, road rules in Japan, and the bike itself (including a PDF of the FJR1300 user manual!).

Picking up the bike was very straightforward – we chose jackets and helmets, checked over the bike, paid the rental fee, packed the panniers, and got on our way. I had initially been concerned that a Japanese rental company might not have appropriately-sized gear, but the shop had several viable options.

Over the course of seven days we covered about 1500km. To give an idea of how far you can comfortably travel, our route was:

Day 1. Tokyo-Hamamatsu (250km)

Day 2. Hamamatsu-Nagoya (115km)

Day 3. Nagoya-Kyoto (130km)

Day 4. Rest

Day 5. Kyoto-Katsuyama-Kyoto (400km)

Day 6. Kyoto-Nara-Nagoya (200km)

Day 7. Nagoya-Tokyo (350km)

We had initially planned to do the trip by train, but the rental fee, toll fees, and fuel costs added up to be only marginally more than that of two JR rail passes.

When we booked the bike, I hadn’t been aware that June/July is a ‘rainy season’ in Japan. We were lucky enough to have pockets of excellent weather; whenever we got caught in the rain, though, it was relatively safe to soldier on, given that Japanese roads are extremely well-engineered, and drivers seem to be reasonably level-headed.

Other visitors to Japan will be oblivious to the existence of the small towns, farms, and landscapes that we were privileged enough to ride through. The Shinkansen might be convenient for intercity travel, but nowhere near as fun as a bike, and can’t get you in to those out-of-the-way places that can make a vacation unique.

Anthony from Lebanon - Kansai

I had a great ride and easy rent. Roads are in great condition, lots of nice off the beaten path roads! 

I started in Osaka > Kobe > Awaji > Naoshima > Okayama> Himeji > Osaka

I have a couple of friends coming in September we will probably rent a couple of bikes. 

Best,

Anthony 

Daniel from Canada - Fuji and Izu Peninsula

Daniel rented his dreambike, a Ducati Streetfighter, and his girlfriend rented a Ducati Scrambler to do a tour around mount Fuji and Izu peninsula:

It was great, we got to experience everything we expected and more! All the staff at Rental819 and the stores were wonderful to work with! Will rent again for sure!!

Sami from Finland - All Japan

I just want to thank Rental819 for helping us to arrange our trip in Japan. 

Everything went well and we are very happy with the roads, scenery, people and basically everything in Japan.

We managed to visit all the places we intended to, so from that point of view the trip was also a success. Our total traveled distance was around 7500kms in 18 days as we spent one full day of our 19 days  in Fuji-Q :)

The bikes were working perfectly and it was really a good fun.

So thanks again for your help, I will definitely recommend your company to anyone traveling to Japan!

With kind regards,

Sami

PS: Find attached photos from the top of Fuji ountain and Matsumoto Castle 

Matthew from Canada - Motegi Moto GP

I am back home after an excellent weekend. I still can't get over the noise of the Moto GP bikes... 

I wanted to thank Rental819 again for all their help and advice with choosing a shop and a bike.  The Ducati Hyperstrada was really nice and comfortable on the highway.  Everyone at the shop was pleasant, and we managed to get back roughly in time.

Next year we will definitely use Rental819 again if we are going back to Motegi Moto GP.

Sincerely,

Matthew 

Masaru and Cary from USA - Honshu

Somewhere in the hills around Sera, Japan

Greetings!

We had a great ride into the hills surrounding the farming communities around Sera, located between Hiroshima and Okayama.  On the way back we headed south to Onomichi and took the coastal route, arriving at Rental819 just in time to return the bikes.  My friend Cary and I were able to visit his ancestral homeland and we even went to “ohaka maeri” and to visit a nearby local shrine.  So peaceful and pleasant.

I would like to especially recognize the staff person at Rental819 who helped us rent the bikes. While we were getting ready to ride out, he gave us some great tips on the local okonomiyaki scene and it was great to see how concerned he was about our plans the next day.  I regret that I did not get his name, but please give him our best regards and thanks.  I travel often and it’s the people who you meet on your journeys that make the trip!

I hope that we can ride again with Rental819 bikes in the future and of course, I will recommend Rental819 to my other friends and mention how easy the rental process was for us.  The bikes were brand new, too!

Sincerely,

Masaru

Cary

Chun from Hong Kong - Kyushu

I would like to thank Rental 819 for their service.

It was a fantastic trip that I had always dreamed before.
The staff at Rental 819 Fukuoka Marina were really nice and helpful.

I rode from Fukuoka to Kumamoto's Aso mountain with a Kawasaki ZRX1200DAEG, it was about 200km. It was a pity that I only had a day to enjoy the touring.

I will choose rental 819 again next year!

Vaune Phan from Singapore - Kyoto

Vaune Phan, the famous blogger and Ducati enthusiast from Singapore, came to try at first hand how nice is to ride in Japan.

Check out the complete article about her experience in her blog!:

http://vaunephan.blogspot.sg/2014/11/konichiwa-lets-ride-japan.html

Bryan from Australia - Tokyo & Kyoto

During a recent trip to Japan, at the last minute I decided I would like to ride a bike for a day. With only little more than a days notice, the helpful team at Rental 819 was able to hook me up with a sweet MT-09 and a helmet and send me on my way for a day of adventurous Tokyo riding. With the help of my trust compass and the setting sun, I had a ball of a time getting used to the amazing Japanese way of life on the roads.

Then a few days later when I was in Kyoto I decided to ring up the 819 crew once more and this time get a bike for three days, so I could sample some of the sights and tackle some of the twisty stuff around Lake Biwa.

I was not disappointed! This time with a little more warning, I was able to walk into the Kyoto store and steal away with a ZX14-R (that I fell in love with) and had the most fantastic time of my whole trip. The roads around Kyoto and Lake Biwa are like a bikers Disneyland. Breathtaking. And the crew at Rental 819 was able to make it happen for me.

I will definitely be hooking up with them again next year when I travel the length of the gorgeous island of Japan in 2015.

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Jorge & Seulki from Spain/Korea - Okinawa

We wanted to say "thank you" to Rental 819 for their great service, and explain how much fun we had thanks to the motorcycle, but it is best that you see it by yourselves watching this video I made:

Mr. and Mrs. Beese from U.K. - Hokkaido

My wife and I would like to express our sincere thanks to Rental 819 for making our trip around Hokkaido such an easy journey.

Their assistance allowed us to focus on the trip and not about any arrangements around the bike part. All worked perfectly from when we landed.

The recommendations on where to go made sense and we did about 1,500 km. The bike ran flawlessly and the NC750 proved a good ride even with both of us being over 6 feet tall.

We would like to recommend Rental 819 to all our rider friends. Thank you!