2024 Fall Gourmet Onsen Meguri (Discovery)

2024 Fall Gourmet Onsen Meguri (Discovery)

Exciting tour! Enjoy the best Japan has to offer — gourmet seasonal multi-course kaiseki dinners at Japan’s most famous onsen hot spring locales!

• 9 Nights / 11 Days
• 21 Meals (9 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 7 Dinners)
• Escorted from Honolulu
• Includes English-Speaking Local Guide

TOUR DATE AND MANAGER:

October 12 – 22, 2024 • Tour Manager: Michael Lindo

VISIT:

Kansai • Hiroshima • Miyajimaguchi • Miyajima • Izumo • Tamatsukuri • Matsue • Tottori • Kinosaki • Amanohashidate • Kyoto • Nara

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES:

A-Bomb Dome • Itsukushima Shrine • Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion) • Todaiji Temple

HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:

Kimono Dress-up & Okonomiyaki (Savory Pancake) Making

ONSEN HOT SPRINGS:

Miyajima – Iwaso Inn (2 Nights): Located on the World Heritage Miyajima Island, Iwaso Inn features Japanese-style accommodations with beautiful surrounding views. Guests can relax in the indoor and outdoor onsen hot spring baths. Traditional multi-course kaiseki dinners featuring seafood and local ingredients are served at the dining room. A Japanese or Western breakfast is served at the Momiji Restaurant. Iwaso Inn is a 5 minute walk from Itsukushima Shrine and Momijidani Park.

Tamatsukuri – Hotel Gyokusen (2 Nights): Tamatsukuri Onsen is one of the premier onsen resorts in Shimane, widely known for its beautifying effects on skin. Eighteen hotels and ryokans are built along both sides of the Tamayu River. Some of them offer a day spa, and public foot spas can also be enjoyed free of charge. The area also has spiritual locations, high-quality souvenir shops, and cafés for visitors. Rejuvenate in Hotel Gyokusen’s lobby lounge, overlooking a traditional Japanese garden, bringing out the best in the natural beauty of the pine trees and rock garden.

Kinosaki – Nishimuraya Shogetsutei (1 Night): Kinosaki is the quintessential onsen town, with seven public baths and dozens of onsen ryokans (traditional Japanese inn), this is the place to sample the onsen ryokan experience. Enjoy a stroll along the willow lined river. The cuisine of Shogetsutei features only the freshest local ingredients, including crab (available early Nov – late March) from the Sea of Japan and the famous Tajima Beef (the stock cattle of the world famous Kobe Beef).