A masterpiece! 450 weeping cherry blossoms “Hanamiyama” Ohanami lunch × Natural hot spring × Superb view fishing pond × Sweets Healing spring trip ♪

2020.03.01

AoAwo Naruto Resort will launch a one-day plan with a cherry blossom lunch box from March 20 to April 15, 2020.

Hanamiyama, a cherry blossom spot boasting the 450 largest weeping cherry trees in Japan, is a 10-minute walk from the hotel. You will be fascinated by the superb view overlooking the Naruto Strait-Onaruto Bridge-Awaji Island. Please feel the coming of spring in the sound of BGM that sings in the spaces set up in various places. After the cherry blossom viewing, you can enjoy sweets at the hotel with a hot spring, superb view fishing pond, and a cafe overlooking the sea.

Hanamiyama

You can enjoy 450 weeping cherry trees and warbler chirping. By the end of the cherry blossoms, 17,000 azaleas have bloomed. In addition, there are seasonal flowers and trees such as 200 Japanese maples, 2000 Japanese yellow plums, 600 Japanese ash, 1000 Japanese golden sausages, 1000 Japanese sardines and 200 camellias. The observatory is a superb view spot where weeping cherry blossoms can be taken against the backdrop of Onaruto Bridge.

Heart letter house

“Letter of heart” that reaches the future like a time capsule. Letters such as wedding anniversary, twenty years old, birthday celebration, graduation anniversary, and long-lived spirits are delivered to you in the future after your desired years. Why don’t you give a “heart letter” that will reach your future family, family and important people over time?
(10:00〜16:00/Closed on Tuesdays)

Naruto Onsen open-air bath / outlook bath

A relaxing time at a natural hot spring that is also famous as “Beauty Hot Spring”. There are 4 different baths, open-air bath and view bath. * Equipped with bath towel, towel, shampoo, body soap.

Terrace Cafe Auger

A café where you can relax while looking out over the sea. You can also enjoy local menus such as Naruto bream cutlet burger, Awa juicy hamburger, Anami pork fillet cutlet sandwich, Naruto bream bone ramen, Naruto Kinki sweets, Sudachi juice.

Naruto sea bream fishing pond

Let’s catch Naruto sea bream while looking at Onaruto Bridge and the Seto Inland Sea! You can take out the fish you picked up as souvenirs or enjoy it at dinner with your preferred cooking method (extra charge).
* Free lending bucket, ash, work gloves
* Aoa Beach 10: 00-17: 00 (about 30 minutes / 500 yen including tax)

AoAwo Naruto Resort (Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture)

A 5-minute drive from Awajishima, in the Seto Inland Sea National Park. Overlooking the sunrise and moon road rising from the sea from the guest rooms and natural hot springs, Ocean View Hotel Tokushima offers delicious cuisine at a wide variety of restaurants, including a culinary buffet Awa Sanmai, charcoal grill, French kaiseki, and Japanese Kaiseki. There are many programs including Naruto Strait cruising, fishing pond, Naruto wakame fishing, Otani porcelain painting and indigo dyeing experience, Awa Odori live, local esthetics. There are plenty of sightseeing spots nearby, such as the Whirlpool Road, the Otsuka Museum of Art, and the first bill.

■Hanamiyama Cherry-blossom viewing day plan (with Cherry-blossom viewing lunch + hot spring bath + fishing pond + cake set)

Period: March 20-April 15, 2020 * reservation required by 17:00 3 days before
Fee: Adult 4,730 yen / Elementary school student 2,970 yen (including tax) * Elementary school children are provided with a lunch box.
Contents: Cherry-blossom lunch (with tea) * Delivery time 10: 00-14: 00
 Hot spring bathing (open-air bath / observation bath)
Fishing pond (Aoa Beach Land)
Cake set (Terrace Cafe Auger)

★ Luxury! There is also a three-tiered cherry blossom viewing box with a Yuzan box
Price: ¥ 12,650 per person (including tax)

* “Yusan box” is a traditional craft from Tokushima that has been handed down since the Edo period. It was used as a lunch box when children went to the mountains, the sea, and the fields to watch the mountains.

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