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Clairebear07 · Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Scotland, UK

Hi,

I'm leaving in May to work at Nova's Multimedia Centre in Osaka.

My big hobby is horses (I've had to sell my own to be able to go to Japan! ;(

So, i'd love to be able to find somewhere to ride when i'm there. I've had a look online and managed to find a few places (although not in this area) but the websites are all in Japanese.. i'm not quite up to scratch with the reading yet! lol

Is there anyone else in the Osaka area who rides/knows of anywhere etc etc? I've heard that it's expensive - but how much is expensive? Any info good/otherwise greatly appreciated.

Claire Wink

canuck · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 1921 Location: Japan

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Also, I did a quick Google search for you and found Miki Horseland Park.

http://www.kanko-otakara.jp/webapps/Contribute/Parser.do?codes=28%7C0626163250%7C282154&prefix=02x01_9MCKI5238zP&l_code=02

Official site (Japanese only here)

http://www.miki-hlp.or.jp/

I found a link to some prices on the site here:
http://www.miki-hlp.or.jp/ekuusu/ekuusu_06.html

And the costs look brutal to say the least. If you are an experienced rider, it looks like it costs 7,000 yen an hour (without a guide).

Have you considered other hobbies? Confused

Sorry dude....

User N. Ame · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 222 Location: Kanto

I don't know about horse riding, but there sure is some mighty fine horse eatin' to be had. Some of the best horse meat can be had in Nagano, Kyushu and Shimane. Best eaten raw with cold sake.

Enjoy!

nawlinsgurl · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject:

Ok also looking for horse riding in Kanagawa area...since I haven't been in almost 2 years.....any info?

Perpetual Traveller · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 651 Location: In the Kak, Japan

Well I live about an hour to the west of Osaka and I ride twice a week. It is expensive but the greatest cost involved was the once off membership fee for the club. I just decided that being here for a year it was worth it. I had a choice of a weekday membership, able to ride Mon-Fri which was around 150,000Y or a full membership, able to ride everyday which was about three times that. I opted for the weekday since I have Mondays off.

I pay a monthly fee of about 15,000Y and each time I ride I have to pay around 1500Y per 45min lesson.

I figured out the cost over a year and it didn't actually work out to be much more than I was paying in Paris and I really wanted to do it for my quality of life and I definitely don't regret it.

PT

Clairebear07 · Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Scotland, UK

Hi PT,

Thanks for your reply. Gosh, that's quite expensive?! What are you actually paying a membership for? Is the riding good, is it just lessons you have or are you able to go out hacking etc?

So, you have to pay a membership and each time you ride? (i miss having my own horse! lol)

Thanks again,

Claire

Precise · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 140

You shouldn't have sold your horses. People in Japan still ride horses to work.

Perpetual Traveller · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 651 Location: In the Kak, Japan