Horseback Riding Club Spots in Japan

  • Crane Riding Club Tokyo
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    Tokyo Machida-shi Shinkojimachi 1227
    This riding club boasts good access, being approximately 30 minutes from Shinjuku. It has 122 horses and about 2000 members, and is one of the largest in Tokyo. The variety of courses is particularly attractive and includes courses that support beginning riders, ones where visitors can participate without bringing anything, horse riding for health for those over 50, and children's horse riding for elementary and middle schoolers. Whether for health, stress relief, fitness or simply just a love of horses, people of all ages visit for a variety of reasons.
  • Yamato Horse Park
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    Ibaraki Pref. Sakuragawashi Okunitama 4432-6
    A horseback riding club located a five-minute drive from Yamato Station on the JR Mito Line. The club offers an environment in which men and women of all ages can enjoy horseback riding. The club offers horseback riding lessons which include conscientious instruction for those who have never ridden before, horse trekking with trotting sections for those with experience, and more. The club also offers horseback archery using real bows and arrows. The club rents the appropriate archery wear and equipment and instruction is provided personally by the club president. Thanks to exposure via SNS, there are many participants from foreign countries as well.
  • Ichinomiya Horse Riding Center
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    Chiba Pref. Chouseigunichinomiyamachi Ichinomiya 9963
    This horseback riding club is in the Ichinomiya section of Ichinomiya Town, Chosei County. Their popular Kaigan Course gives you the chance to ride a horse along the coast, getting the full-feel for nearby Kujukuri Beach. An instructor leads the horses along, so it's fun for beginners, too.
  • SUNSHINE STABLES
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    Chiba Pref. Sambugunkujukurimachi Sakuda 5610
    This horseback riding club in Kujukuri Town, Sanbu County offers basic lessons on-site, rides on Kujukuri Beach, as well as the chance to put on a costume and get your photo taken in the saddle. They have an American Old West themed restaurant and a barbecue area, too. Their facilities can even be used for shooting films.
  • SRC Sayama Horse Riding Center
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    Saitama Pref. Sayamashi Sasai 716
    A horseback riding club located in Sasai, Sayama City. The club keeps around 88 horses. The club offers horseback rides for beginners which provides everything participants need to ride, a three-day course through which participants can gain a Class 5 horseback riding license, horseback rides for children, and more.
  • Nomauma Highland
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    Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Noma A8
    At this family park you can ride the Noma pony, Japan's smallest native horse. The Noma ponies, designated cultural properties of Imabari, can be ridden by children under 30 kilogram in weight from 3 years-old to 6th grade elementary students (helmet and padded vest must be worn). You can also pet rabbits and guinea pigs in the small animal petting zoo area. In the Makiba Hall in the center of the park you can use computers in the Noma Pony Knowledge Classroom to learn about Noma ponies making this a common field trip location.
  • Tsushima City Mehoro Dam Baji Koen Park
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    Nagasaki Pref. Tsushimashi Kamiagatamachiseta
    This horse-riding facility is located in Seta, Kamiagata-cho, Tsushima City along Prefectural Route 180. It breeds Taishu horses, a breed native to Tsushima used for transport and agriculture that stands approximately 1.2 meters tall, and you can experience riding and leading horses.
  • MY STABLE
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    Hokkaido Katougunshikaoichou Sasagawa Kita7sen 11-3
    This equestrian facility is located along Nissho Pass (National Route 274) in Sasagawa, Shikaoi Town, Kato County. In addition to horseback riding lessons and introductory trekking experiences, the stable also offers trekking along a range of courses such as a riverside course, a mountain forest course, and a one-day course (reservation required). Several endurance rides, events in which riders on horseback compete to set the best time covering a long distance, are held in Shikaoi Town each year. The stable provides support for participants in these events.
  • Horse Riding Club Daisen Riding Center
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    Tottori Saihaku-gun Daisencho Akamatsu 2459-130
    Whether it's your first time on a horse or you're an expert, this riding club is open to riders of all levels. They also have a cafe restaurant and a cottage to help you enjoy your riding experience to the maximum. For beginners they recommend a plan where staff leads the horse by a tether. Children two to five years old can ride with their parents, and they provide help mounting and dismounting. Once you get used to it, you can set out on their trekking course over mountain trails and roads. Practice with the reins inside the riding area, and then a guide will accompany you for worry-free horseback riding while enjoying the view.
  • Tsurui Dosanko Farm
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    Hokkaido Akan-gun Tsuruimura Kuchoro 71-1
    "This is a farm where you can enjoy horse riding with ""dosanko,"" the common name for the Hokkaido Pony that is one of the eight types of traditional breeds in Japan. For horse trekking around the Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, there are five-hour course and two-hour course, and you can ride surrounded by nature depending on how much time you have. There is also a horse-riding experience on the farm."

    We were hoping for an interesting farmstay experience, but all they give you is a small room and there is nothing to interact with on the ranch except the ponies (which we were told to move away...

  • Nikappu Horoshiri Horse Riding Club
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    Hokkaido Niikappu-gun Niikappucho Seppucho 71-11
    Located in the Hidaka region, this club is where you can enjoy horse riding and trail riding for beginners and experienced riders alike. One of the highlights of the club is that there are many thoroughbreds that were former racehorses. You can also rent horseback riding equipment.
  • Hiruga no Kogen Kiso Horse Ranch
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Gujo-shi Takasucho Hirugano 4670-3654
    A ranch about a 15-minute drive from the Hirugano Kogen Smart Interchange on the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway (only accessible with electronic toll collection (ETC) cards). They care for Kiso-uma, Honshu's only Japanese native horse species, and also run a tourist ranch where you can enjoy horseback riding. Kiso-uma average about 135-centimeter-tall and are stocky with short torsos and a friendly disposition. Since they are gentle, everyone from small children to adults can ride worry-free. Their Hirugano Hoplodge pension on the grounds offers a horseback riding package where visitors can get in a lot of riding on both the day of their stay and the day after.
  • Ena Horse Riding Club
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    Gifu Ena-shi Iwamuracho Tomita 2330-8
    "A riding club in Iwamura-cho, Ena City, which is said to have the ""nicest rural landscape in Japan."" It's Gifu Prefecture's largest riding club with 56 horses and about 700 members. A variety of programs are available that cater to people's level and reason for riding. These include a beginner course for those with no experience at all, a riding school for those who want to take it up as a hobby and continue day-to-day, and a course that lets you master the basics in 10 sessions, leading to a 5th level riding license. Helmets, boots, and safety vests are included in the participation fees, so you don't need to bring anything in particular."
  • Horse Riding Club Wrangler Ranch
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    Yamanashi Hokuto Kobuchisawacho Kamisasao 3332
    A horse-riding club just a five-minute drive from the Kobuchizawa Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. Surrounded by the magnificent nature of the Yatsugatake mountain region you can enjoy a leisurely ride and meet horses that have appeared in historical dramas and movies. There are riding experiences and classes offered and instructors will teach you carefully according to your individual ability. They also hold horse riding training camps and you'll be able to fundamentally improve your horse-riding ability in just a short period with their one day two saddle lessons.
  • Horseland Azumino
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    Nagano Azumino Toyoshina Minami Hotaka 3800-1
    A tourism farm primarily dedicated to horses. Raising horses and goats, the farm's spacious grounds encompass a horseback riding course and pasture area. The farm offers riding activities for children as young as one year of age. Children up to three years of age can ride together on the same horse with a parent. An instructor accompanies all such courses and holds the reigns, insuring rider safety. The farm also offers a full array of fully fledged horseback riding lesson courses, enabling customers to choose the course which meets their needs and aims. In the petting zoo area, visitors can feed goats and horses (additional fee required).
  • Tateshina Riding Farm
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    Nagano Chino-shi Kitayama 6153
    A 30-minute, 14 kilometer drive from the Suwa Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. This visitor-oriented horseback riding facility offers lessons and outdoor rides under the clear highland sky. Aiming to make it easy for anyone to ride a horse like a bike or motorcycle, the facility employs a cowboy-style riding system inspired by the old American west. Focusing on outdoor riding, via rope-led rides to full on lessons, everyone from beginners to advanced riders can have fun riding a horse here. The facility's beginner lessons are open to people of elementary school age and older. While outside riding, you just might encounter a deer or other wild animal.
  • Nihon Trekking
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    Nagano Iida-shi Kitagata 3462
    A horseback riding center situated among the mountains. The center's riding ground is right in front of a guesthouse and hotel, while a panoramic view of the Southern Japan Alps stretches into the distance in the background. The center has rental riding equipment and offers lessons for beginners on up. The center also offers programs such as a farm stay which includes lodging and food, and pony camps for elementary school- to high school-aged students.
  • Shikaoi Town Riding Park
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    Hokkaido Kato-gun Shikaoi Cho Urimakunishi 3
    This is the only horse riding facility in the eastern Hokkaido. The grounds have a riding school, and a park golf facility as well. This is the perfect place to spend some time away from the workaday world and ride a horse through the beauty of the great outdoors, and it's perfect for guests of all ages. Even small children and beginners can try horse riding at ease. It's connected to Roadside Station Umariku, so this is a great place to stop by on your long Hokkaido drive to buy some fresh mountain vegetables, potatoes, black garlic and more Hokkaido produce at the farm-direct sales section.
  • Northern Pacific Ocean Seaside Line Horse Riding Club
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    Hokkaido Akkeshi-gun Hamanakacho Esashito 12
    This horse-riding club is along the North Pacific Seaside Line, a coastal rode stretching 321 kilometers from Hiroo-cho in Tokachi to Cape Nosappu in Nemuro City. Not only can you enjoy a woodland ride, but they offer ocean-side rides to enjoy the quiet lapping of the waves. The family owners offer gentle guidance, so it's a great place even for beginners. The grounds serve as a course for local races, and they offer lessons as well, so they have a wide variety of services. The advanced courses offer a journey through trackless forest that surely offer views not normally seen.
  • Western Village Sahoro
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    Hokkaido Kamikawa-gun Shintokucho Niinai 637
    This equestrian center is located in Shintoku Town, the fourth largest town in Japan. Visitors can challenge the horse trekking in Shintoku Town which is comparable to half the size of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. This trekking course, which is open to sixth-grade children to 65-year-olds, is a wild course that you can walk in the forest of Sahoro following beast paths and fords. If visitors are lucky, they may encounter wild deer along the one-hour course. Children aged five to seven can ride on the back of a horse with a guide. There is also a farmers' cafe, so after enjoying the horse trekking, visitors can also buy puddings and cakes, as well as egg-topped rice, all made with eggs laid the very same day.

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