2023 Summer Northern Kyushu, Iwakuni & Osaka Gourmet Tour

2023 Summer Northern Kyushu, Iwakuni & Osaka Gourmet Tour

• 10 Nights / 12 Days
• 24 Meals (10 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches, 7 Dinners)
• Escorted from Honolulu
• Includes English-Speaking Local Guide

TOUR DATES AND MANAGERS:

July 02 – 13, 2023 • Tour Manager: Geri Ichimura

VISIT:

Fukuoka • Sasebo • Nagasaki • Unzen • Shimabara • Kumamoto Beppu • Shimonoseki • Iwakuni • Hiroshima • Osaka

GOURMET HIGHLIGHTS:

Seasonal Multi-Course Kaiseki Dinners • Umegae Sake Brewery Tour and Tasting Horse Meat Teishoku Lunch • Jigoku-Mushi (Geothermal Steam Cooking) Lunch Fugu (Puffer Fish) Special Dinner • Okonomiyaki (Savory Pancake) Lunch Kobe Beef Shabu Shabu Dinner

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Uminonakamichi Seaside Park • Fukuoka Tower • Tochoji Temple Kujukushima Cruising • Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park • Glover Garden • Chinatown Dejima • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum • Nagasaki Peace Memorial Park • Unzen Jigoku Unzen Ropeway • Shimeiso Garden • Shimabara Bukeyashiki (Samurai Residences) Ferry Ride to Kumamoto • Sakura no Baba • Kumamoto Castle • Suizenji Park Umi and Chinoike Jigoku – The Hot Spring Hells • TOTO Museum • Akama Shrine Kintaikyo Bridge • Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii • Orizuru Tower Shinkansen Bullet Train Ride • Kuromon Ichiba Market • Dotonbori Shopping Shinsaibashi Shopping • AEON Mall Rinku Sennan

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE:

Kimono Dress-up • Okonomiyaki (Savory Pancake) Making

ONSEN HOT SPRINGS:

HOTEL & RESORTS BEPPUWAN (BEPPU): Beppuwan is one of Japan’s most famous hot spring towns. The open-air rock bath in Hotel & Resorts BEPPUWAN is sourced by the Nisshutsu Onsen. It is a sodium chloride hot spring with a fountain in the premises. You can enjoy the view of Beppu Bay while soaking yourself in the hot water. For the ladies’ onsen, a special rose bath is also available. There are also Japanese-style bathhouses available, equipped with a sauna, and key lockers for your convenience.

IWAKUNI KOKUSAI KANKO HOTEL: Located right in front of Kintaikyo Bridge, enjoy Japanese-style rooms and public indoor/outdoor hot-spring baths.