札幌三輪觀光車

Recently NHK News reported the following:

本格的な春の観光シーズンを前に、札幌市の中心部では３輪の自転車に観光客などを乗せて走る「ベロタクシー」の運行が始まりました。
ベロタクシーは、ドイツで開発された電動アシスト付きの３輪自転車のタクシーで、環境に優しい乗り物として各地で導入されています。札幌市でも環境を守ろうというまちづくりのＮＰＯが、おととしから期間限定で運行を始め、ことしも、２４日から大通公園を中心とした３キロの範囲で営業が始まりました。ベロタクシーは市民や観光客にすっかり定着していて、２４日は早速、親子連れなどが乗り込み、ゆっくりとしたスピードで中心部の街並みを楽しんでいました。運賃は５００メートルまでの初乗り料金が大人１人３００円で、ことし１０月まで、午前１０時から日没まで運行されるということです。乗客の札幌市の女性は「初めて乗ってみて楽しかったです。今度は大きな買い物袋を持っているときなどに利用してみたいです」と話していました。

Just ahead of the start of the formal spring sightseeing season, the operation of "Velo Taxi" that took tourists on the three wheels bicycle in the central portion of Sapporo City had begun.
The Velo Taxi was an environment-friendly three-wheel bicycle taxi vehicle with the electric assistance developed in Germany and had been introduced to various places. In Sapporo City the city planning office NPO that had committed to defense the environment had started operating it at limited time since last year, and this year business would start on the 24th and the range is within three kilo using Ohdohri Park as the center. Because the Velo Taxi was completely established for the citizens and the tourists, as early as on the 24th, parents taking children could board the taxi and enjoy the street in the central portion at a slow speed. An adult's first ride up to 500 meters had a charge of 300 yen in fare, and until October this year it would be operated from 10:00AM to sunset. A woman passenger in Sapporo City said ｢I was happy to get on for the first ride. I want to use it next time with big shopping bags in hand ｣.

I know there is a Japanese language learning school in Sapporo and it is quite popular among some Hong Kong people. I hope they can enjoy this three-wheel bicycle ride when they are studying in Sapporo.