Experience at Kinosaki Overnight Tour (July 9 2024 Exclusive)
Flanked with wind-blown willows and teeming with old-town charm, Kinosaki Onsen has been a muse for the arts for over a millennium.
As the promise of seven healing bathhouses lure visitors to Kinosaki Onsen even to this day, many creatives look beyond the mystic hot spring mists in search of artistic inspiration.
Shiga Naoya was one such creative.
A writer renowned in literary circles for his existential and autobiographical prose, Naoya made a three-week trip to Kinosaki Onsen after being hit by a train in Tokyo in 1917.
Naoya's creative mind focused on penning a new story, "At Kinosaki," during his time spent in his guest room at Mikiya Ryokan.
While the hot springs succeeded in healing his wounds, some may believe that Naoya's passion for writing healed his trauma after the near-death experience.
Though a century has passed since Naoya's fateful visit to Kinosaki Onsen, the tranquil hot spring town still welcomes literary creatives and readers alike to find their inner peace.
Begin your literary retreat with a guided walking tour of Kinosaki Onsen, followed by a ride up the Kinosaki Ropeway to Onsenji Temple, Kinosaki Onsen's guardian Buddhist temple founded by the monk Dochi Shonin who is credited with creating the town's mystic hot springs.
At Onsenji Temple with a Buddhist monk, learn the ancient bathing ritual for entering the mystic hot springs, passed down from generation to generation.
After checking into Mikiya Ryokan, slip back in time to a Kinosaki Onsen from 100 years ago with a live reading of Shiga Naoya's "At Kinosaki."
You can even follow along with your own copy of the story.
Naoya’s inn of choice, Mikiya Ryokan boasts not only luxurious guest rooms - a mini in-house library and a reading nook with a view of the inn’s impressive koi pond beckon readers and writers to an escape of serenity and creative revelation.
Guests will enjoy this inn in a completely private rental, and they will also have the special opportunity to tour the room Naoya himself called home in Kinosaki Onsen.
Included in your stay is a Kinosaki Must-Visits Pass, your insider go-to for all of Kinosaki's must-see attractions and shops.
Not only do you receive a ticket on Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway, the admission of Onsenji Temple, Kinosaki Museum of Art, and Kamiya Mingei (Kinosaki's famous straw craft workshop), you can get special gifts and discounts at certain local businesses by showing your Must-Visits Pass to shop staff.
DETAILS
- REGISTRATION START
- 2024/07/09
- REGISTRATION ENDS
- 2024/07/09
- SCHEDULE
(Some times may differ) -
July 9
14:00 Meet guide outside of Kinosaki Onsen Station
(luggage will be collected and sent to Mikiya Ryokan)
・Walking tour
・Onsenji Temple
16:30 Check in
・Dinner at Mikiya Ryokan
20:00 Live reading
July 10
7:30/8:00/8:30 breakfast at Mikiya Ryokan
・Check out
- ACCOMPANYING GUIDE
(INCLUDED OR NOT) - Included
- MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE
- 2
- AGE REQUIREMENT
- 18 years and older
- MEETING PLACE
- Kinosaki Onsen Station
- PRICES
(Per person unless otherwise noted) -
Number of People Participating in Total Price Per Person 1 person N/A 2-8 people 58,000 yen
- INCLUDED IN THE PRICING
- 1 night stay at Mikiya Ryokan, hot spring pass, dinner and breakfast at Mikiya Ryokan, Kinosaki Must-Visits Pass, guide fee, reading event fee, "At Kinosaki" photobook
- CANCELLATION FEES
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Day of Cancellation Cancellation Fee (% of activity price) The day of 100% The day before-2 days before 50% 3-7 days before 30% 8-20 days before 20% 21+ days before 0%
- ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPES
- Pay by credit card (VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMEX, DC) via an activity confirmation link in an e-mail that we will send to you following your reservation.
- OPERATOR NAME
- Toyooka Tourism Innovation