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Enjoy the early summer of Hakone with a “hydrangea stay”

2021.05.15

“Hydrangea” is in full bloom in early summer. The Hakonetozan Line, which connects Odawara Station to Gora Station, is nicknamed the “hydrangea train,” and you can see the colorful hydrangeas from the train window. At the hot spring inn “Hoshino Resort Kai Hakone” in Hakone, we will hold an accommodation plan “Hydrangea Exhausted Stay” for a limited time.
You can appreciate the hydrangea while listening to the babbling of the clear stream Sukumogawa flowing in front of you, and in the guest room you can make accessories by combining Hakone’s traditional craft “Hakone parquet” with hydrangea, and Japanese sweets that look like hydrangea. Enjoy a hydrangea-filled stay, including tasting.

Guest room rim and hydrangea

KAI Hakone has only one room, “Hakone Parquet Room, Japanese-style room with a murmuring rim stand”, which is one of the local rooms in “Kai” where you can fully feel the local culture. The guest rooms are arranged using Hakone parquet. Hydrangea blooms around the pedestal approaching the Sukumo River from the window of the guest room, and you can enjoy the babbling of the river and the view of Mt.

Accessory kit that combines Hakone parquet and hydrangea

In the guest room, we will prepare an “accessory kit” that combines Hakone parquet with hydrangea petals and petals. An original Zuku created with the Hakone parquet workshop “Rokuki Woodworks” (thinly cut blocks with a pattern of wood). By combining with hydrangea parts, you can make summer accessories such as hairpins and earrings that match your yukata.

Offering hydrangea Japanese sweets and hydrangea kakigori in the tea room

The guest rooms have a tea room with hydrangea and Hakone parquet hanging scrolls. In this tea room, you can enjoy Japanese sweets such as Neri-kiri that imitate hydrangea with matcha. We will prepare a sweet tray and matcha bowl made of Hakone parquet. In addition, after taking a breath, the original shaved ice “Hydrangea Kakigori” of Kai Hakone, which expresses the colorful blue-purple hydrangea with jelly and syrup, is also offered, and you can taste the sweetness with the theme of hydrangea.

Outline of "Hydrangea stay"

Period: Check-in from June 12th to July 4th, 2021
* It may change depending on the flowering time of hydrangea.
Price: 56,250 yen ~ (tax included per person when using 1 room for 2 people)
Included: Accommodation (Japanese-style room with a murmuring rim stand between Hakone parquet), dinner, breakfast, accessory making kit, Hakone parquet matcha set, hydrangea Japanese sweets, hydrangea kakigori
Capacity: Up to 2 people (1 person can make a reservation)
Reservation: Accepted up to 10 days before the date of use on the official website

>Click here to make a reservation

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Hoshino Resort Kai Hakone
An inn with a river view in all rooms surrounded by nature. You can enjoy a stay where you can experience the beautiful Hakone parquet while being intoxicated by the murmuring of the Sukumogawa River and the magnificence of the towering Yusakayama.
230 Yumotochaya, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0312 / 32 guest rooms
>Hoshino Resort Kai Hakone

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