2024.11.11
Hoshino Resort Bandaisan Onsen Hotel will open a bar in a snow field, the Yukin-naka Bar, from 30 January to 28 February 2025. Yukin-naka Bar is a bar made of snow, located on the slopes in front of the hotel. Visitors can enjoy sake and snacks from the Aizu sake region while viewing snow lanterns and illuminated sake bottles.
A range of unique sake cups from the Aizu Sake Brewery. They are delicious on their own, but can also be arranged in a way that is unique to winter.
■King peach rillette wine.
Hot sake is a real treat in winter. As well as the usual hot sake, you can enjoy delicious hot sake with roasted dried fish such as dried sardines and dried squid.
■Hot and warmed sake from Himono.
Hot sake is a real treat in winter. As well as the usual hot sake, you can enjoy delicious hot sake with roasted dried fish such as dried sardines and dried squid.
In addition to cuppa sake, the Yukinaka Shukuba also offers ‘snow sake’, which is matured in snow chambers where the room temperature is kept at around 2°C and the humidity at around 90%. Sake matured in stable snow chambers has a moderately rounded and smooth taste. It can be enjoyed with ‘misozuke’ made at Aizu’s long-established miso shop.
The Snow Bar features the iconic giant Kamakura bar. Seats surrounded by a wall of snow are lit by the soft glow of snow lanterns and sake bottles, creating a unique experience in the land of snow. This year, gondola seating has also been added, allowing visitors to choose their seats according to the number of people and atmosphere.
| Period: | 30 Jan – 28 Feb 2025. *Subject to change depending on snow conditions. |
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| Opening Hours: | 19:00-21:00 (last order 20:30) |
| Prices: | Sake (1 sake) from 1,000 yen |
*For overnight guests only.
Experience-based event “Seaside Art Festival” to support Okinawan art
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Ikebukuro Sunshine Aquarium Christmas
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
Hokkaido
[Kyoto Hachikan]Winter trip to Ohara, Kyoto, with a view of the snowy landscape and Osechi cuisine.
Kyoto
[KAI Tsugaru]Tsugaru Nanayuki Kamakura Apero’, an amuse-bouche featuring tunas from Oma and limited-edition sake, inspired by the Tsugaru Nanayuki snowfall.
Aomori
[Minoh, Katsuo-ji Temple.]‘Zero congestion’ measures during the autumn foliage season, such as ‘dedicated shuttle bus service’ and ‘special night-time lighting’, will commence from 9 November 2024 (Saturday).
Osaka
[Hoshino Resort Bandaisan Onsen Hotel]Snowy Bar, where you can taste Aizu’s local sake while watching the snowy landscape.
Fukushima
Nippon Kodo launches limited-edition incense and incense burner sets with a ‘Snake’ design, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025.
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Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
2024.12.16
OnigiriBurger ‘Eel Kabayaki – Double Eggs’, newly launched as part of Kansai International Airport OnigiriBurger 1st anniversary menu.
2024.12.13
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
2024.12.11
Third FUKUCHA brand shop ‘Uji Store’ opens.
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Winter-only ‘Torafugu Kaiseki Plan’ at Ryotei Hansuiro is now on sale.
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Hiroshima
Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.
Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.
Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
Travel
Culture
Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.
Kyoto
Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
