Learn Japanese! Cycling Rules & Useful Expressions for Cycling In Japan

What are some useful Japanese phrases for cycling in Japan? In this video, we will teach you some basic Japanese and important cycling rules and laws for cycling Japan.
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0:27 - Learn Japanese cycling phrases / vocabulary
4:15 - Cycling rules in Japan
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[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks to Nana-chan for helping with this video! Watch our Osaka ride video together here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYGop6SomNZ1bbc Nana's Japanese channel - kzbin.info/door/jR7D_pvnz1Og1IEXfFc2-g Nana's English channel - kzbin.info/door/9bJJKIwns8feyIsoEToL6w

[@ecvent0r]

The level of awkwardness in this video is simultaneously funny and endearing.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Full awkwardness experience for the filming, editing, and publishing portions.

[@nanana_777]

クルーズさん！面白い動画を作ってくれてありがとうございました！また一緒に走りましょう♪

[@zenyxz018]

4:35 lol the way she said “bikes generally need to be ln the main road” and then some dude just rode in the sidewalk 😂 (but you never know, maybe bicycles are allowed in that sidewalk)

[@gianpaologliori3604]

That’s really useful! How about a video on Japanese names for parts of the bike and basic maintenance things? Thanks!

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Sounds like a good idea!

[@yewnammak750]

I feel so happy when ever I see nana chan. She is soooo cute! Please ask her to make more videos! Cheers and thanks Cruise!

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks! She's awesome! :)

[@marioo5149]

ななな！ビックリ‼️ ななちゃん、世界に羽ばたけ

[@eLpELoNdeJaPoN]

Totally useful for me ! This week I was riding around Sano ( Tochigi) and suddenly I overtake some folks riding in the cycling route and as soon they saw me passing they great me with the usual" ohh おはようございます" I felt rude not replying so I had to forget about my target time and stopped for a while to cross some little chitchat with them 😂.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Always fun to chat with fellow cyclists :)

[@rubaiyatu]

Thank you so much for this!! I'm going through and writing all of these down. VERY ESSENTIAL.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Glad it was helpful 🙂

[@2WheelsGood.01]

Good posture dude, I need to stop slouching.... Nana chan is always a nice guest!

[@goto8438]

Some good information. Really enjoyed a talk like this.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Glad you enjoyed 🙂

[@ItsViolaRose]

I’m still looking for a video naming bike parts but I like this one too. ありがと

[@Musketman84th]

Nice little vid...Nana-Chan is cool🤙. Konpai!

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks! She's awesome!

[@dannyeicher6173]

I've enjoyed her channel so far. Thanks for sharing...😃👍👌👊🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

[@TwoWheelCruise]

She's awesome! 🙂

[@TheShotenZenjin]

If you want to get past or overtake someone where there’s only limited room, saying “o-saki-ni” (I’ll go before “honored” you) as you approach seems to be a polite expression often used. Sometimes the other person will say “hai, dozo” (yes, please do) BTW, when you leave work before a colleague, you can say “o-saki-ni shitsurei shimasu” (literally I’m rude for going before you!)

[@TwoWheelCruise]

That's another good one!

[@miker6270]

I love Nana-Chan. She’s awesome.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

She is :)

[@gowikuscommunityproduction4605]

cool, cool, steady, the soul of the video is creative and innovative

[@amuro1701]

Thanks for putting my name up. You guys are my favorite channel.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks for your support! 😁

[@cherieyoungblood806]

Hahaha that awkwardness in the beginning though. I liked this video. Learning about how to cycle in Japan and Japanese phrases is good to hear. Going to check out Nana chan's channel now. Great video.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Glad you liked it!

[@gowikuscommunityproduction4605]

@@TwoWheelCruise extraordinary, amazingly cool

[@gowikuscommunityproduction4605]

extraordinary, amazingly cool

[@sydneecoulbourne5371]

Learned a lot thankyou so much, kiwotsukete kudasai

[@starcoboats]

awesome! thanks a lot

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Glad to help 🙂

[@JaysonHill02]

I really like your videos! Hoping to collaborate with you here in tokyo!

[@gwaping2k]

Yay nana chan 😍

[@MTimotheeM]

Nice video! Could you make a video on Japanese word for more competitive cycling? For example open a gap, close a gap, attack, to be in the front of the group and so on? It is quite hard to find such vocabulary and we don't always have time to ask the bicycle club members to explain everything. :)

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks! Could be a fun follow-up.

[@roytanganbesi4513]

very good content

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks! :)

[@Freedom-Free]

Love this episode...😍 I see a Japanese man in white guy costume.. So funny...😂

[@rexd4581]

HI! I want to go to japan and cycle there cause of u guys

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Hope you can make it over :)

[@somethingelsehere8089]

If you rent a bike, make sure to confirm which side the front and rear brakes are on! Not sure about road bikes though.

[@sevenml6121]

Cool

[@kazuwilliams5222]

How about phrases for flirting with a Japanese cyclist....haha

[@ansom1036]

😅 same thought.

[@kellineburton]

I'm taking japanese courses this year just to fill the gap on my free time and it's a good thing because i was planning to do bike tour there near future when this *REDACTED* dumb thing dies down and what is even more dumb thing, I'll be cycling fixed gear so yeah. Fingers cross that i will complete my tour someday

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Good to study before you come over 🙂

[@josevelasquez3927]

Hello, Great video!! is insurance required to ride in Japan? Are there any groups in the area for biking trips? Maybe over night bike packing? I love your channel.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks! bike insurance may be required depending on where you live.

[@AhidoMikaro]

The big turn is something I was thinking to ask you about, but never got around it. I guess I was doing it the correct way, though, I just thought I am a scary cat for not just going in the correct lane for the turn, but it is true that this goes again "staying to the left" rule. That said maybe at least when you are waiting for the lights anyway, maybe it wouldn't be as much of a problem, but it does feel awkward so I never did it.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Glad this was helpful

[@enriconillo2249]

Ride safe always bro. God bless

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Cheers!

[@fukudahiroshi1897]

Nana chan, you're very cute‼️😆

[@utulicarfootmat2968]

Wow

[@HuSanNiang]

If I would come to Japan the bike riding would confuse me totally. Not only from left or right lane but where you can cylce. I guess for you coming to Austria that would be a change too. If we do group rides on road bikes we do only hand signs. And all members in each ride are asked if they know it. Here in Austria there is a distinction between Road bikes (what we call race bikes ) who are allowed to be used on much more streets than normal bike and you don´t need to use the bicycle lanes. There are certain restriction for frames and wheels . You are also exempt during day time for the compulary lights, reflection pads, bells etc Which I still have due to safety.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks for sharing! That's interesting to hear.

[@vivoslibertos]

That's a very nice osaka style aero bar on nana's bike. Very nice video cruise but what is Strava KOM signal in japanese? MIGI DE SUTORABUUUUAAAAA TORIMAZZZUUUUUU ORE WATUSYOOIII KIMO KIMOO KIMMMMOOOOOO !!!!!!

[@TwoWheelCruise]

It's the same, sutoraba KOM 😅

[@vivoslibertos]

@@TwoWheelCruise SUTORABAMASSSSEEEE!!!! remind me those shnjuku/shibuya arubaito that scream out loud irasshaimase last spurt kinda thing while keep looking at their watch as their part time job hour almost over LoL

[@yuuchann2012]

Nice to meet you A man living in Osaka, Japan He is named Yuichi Her sitting on the bench Look at the pictures of the road bike I also became a road bike from April of last year I came to ride She hasn't seen her yet She always watches her youtube videos I am having fun Although the traffic rules in Japan are different from those overseas, According to the rule that bicycles do not run on the road If you look at it from the car based on it, it will be treated as an obstacle Is the current situation Nana is a very good person and a person who works very hard It ’s also good to run with people from overseas. If you can enjoy the road bike I think it's better Thank you very much

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thank you!

[@paxundpeace9970]

It is like in the UK.

[@unitedislife]

Some of the phrases are so long that by the time the rider behind hears it, it'll be too late... lol. "Shogaibut......CRASH!" hahaha

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Haha that's true.

[@dreamkkh22]

May i know what kind of lock is that?? Seem bike maybe stolen in a minute if lock in singapore using that lock😅hope have video to intro it.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Just a small wire lock, they are everywhere here

[@dreamkkh22]

@@TwoWheelCruise still damn Amazing.. BMC can lock with such small lock... Japan bikes very safe from Thiefs???

[@paceline]

How do you do group rides if you can't ride side by side? Wouldn't cars drive too close when they pass?

[@TwoWheelCruise]

What group rides? They split up into smaller groups of 4 and ride single file.

[@paceline]

@@TwoWheelCruise Oh wow. I'm so used to being in group rides of 20 to 50 people (1,500 in critical mass) that I forget that it isn't like that everywhere else.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Sadly none of those here

[@hachapoh]

Oooh....I have to remember those words....in Malaysia you are NOT ALLOWED to ride on main roads or highways...you will get a heavy fine..plus you need to have front and rear lights & a bell...if you don't you get a heavy fine RM2,000 or YEN 51,290 if you are stopped by the Police

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Thanks for the info!

[@winters4960]

"Two wheel cruise here today, with...." Instead of " Thuong-des", we hear "Nana-des" hehe

[@geneparcellano]

Is bike theft common in Japan?

[@reyskidude]

i know you're tall, but you look massive beside Nana 😆

[@TwoWheelCruise]

🤣🤣🤣

[@luzmarball5392]

You didn't move to Vietnam? Do you know where I could get a $100 road bike to ship to Toronto. Thank you

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Still closed. And sorry, no idea.

[@debbiesaurusrex]

That lock, if I use .. my bicycle will be gone within minutes 🤦 Would like to know for adult tricycle, same rules? How about electric bicycle? Same rules?

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Electric assist bikes are mostly the same rules, but full electric are considered scooters. Adult trikes are likely classified as oversized bikes, but I'm not sure of the rules.

[@debbiesaurusrex]

@@TwoWheelCruise thanks. I saw a few trikes which can ferry kids in Japan so wonder is the same rules or there a different. So power assisted bicycle too no need helmet. Interesting

[@ansom1036]

Watch out for Taxis, they stop without warning. People exiting their vehicles too. Crashing into a car door is never good.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Yes, very true!

[@user-cl6ok5jv1o]

A Japanese word in the video "SHOUGAI-BUTU" would be "Obstacle(s)" in English.

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Yes, that is the translation, but we don't use this word in the same way while cycling.

[@user-cl6ok5jv1o]

@@TwoWheelCruise I did not know that. Thanks for telling.

[@fritzpizarro9072]

Her hands are huggeeee

[@ky94790]

Mr.寒そう。！

[@shiny7998]

you're too tall for that bench

[@TwoWheelCruise]

Indeed 😅

[@sharona6112]

One even mentioned I ns flirting with cyclist....hmm. Trust, control is your issue. Please go first.....show us Japan without seeing your wife in every shot.

[@sharona6112]

Useful tip: you are doing the video. Why don't you go first? I've see the backend of your wife enough! Let us focus on the "other:" view. Thank you. You may find it exciting to control where your wife is at all timed; watching everything she does, who she looks at, who looks at her.....however is it not a cycling video? A video for the sights of Japan? I am sorry to burst your bubble. Your way of showing the sights is to show your wife's backside. Go first dude! It's a video for sights seeing. In the future you may catch on. All your videos showcase the backend of your wife. Once and a while is fine. Not every video!

[@nounours2627]

When you ride with other people, if it's for speed, the weaker ones need to go behind to be protected from the wind, but if it's just to ride casually, it's easier to put the weaker ones in front to let them set the pace be sure to not drop them. On a ride with my wife and a couple of friends, I was casually discussing while in front with the other guy (we were 2 X 2, 2 in front, 2 behind). I was starting to think "we should probably slow down, the wind is now against us" when my friend's wife just asked us to slow. As we slowed down, I was asking my wife is she was ok... No answers... I looked back, my wife was nowhere to be seen! We made a U-turn to look for her, we dropper her few km ago! From then, I always let the weaker ones in front when we are on casual rides. :)