2025 Cherry Blossoms Gourmet Onsen Meguri (Discovery)

2025 Cherry Blossoms 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
• 22 Meals (9 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 8 Dinners)
• Escorted from Honolulu
• Includes English Speaking Local Guide

TOUR DATE AND MANAGER:

April 04 – 14, 2025 • Tour Manager: Janie Tomihara

VISIT:

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

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES:

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

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 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 Momiji Restaurant. Iwaso Inn is a five 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 Japanese-style ryokan inns 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 the rock garden.

Kinosaki – Nishimuraya Shogetsutei (2 Nights): Kinosaki is the quintessential onsen town, with seven public baths and dozens of onsen ryokans, 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 November – late March) from the Sea of Japan and the famous Tajima Beef (the stock cattle of the world famous Kobe Beef).