Kagoshima
Travel
2022.03.30
At Kai Kirishima, a hot spring inn surrounded by magnificent nature overlooking Sakurajima, we offer accommodation plans to travel to the best power spots in Southern Kyushu.
The local music “Tenson Korin” in Kirishima is a lively performance that expresses the story of “Tenson Korin Myth”. In the performance, gods with faces imitating the nine faces enshrined in Kirishima Jingu appear.
In this plan, after making a special prayer at Kirishima Jingu, you can have a special visit to the real nine faces that are not open to the public at the Kaguraden. It is said that if you worship the “Kumen” enshrined in Kirishima Jingu, you will “improve the craftsmanship”, which is a benefit.
Before visiting Kirishima Jingu, make your own red stamp book with Satsuma Japanese paper on the cover. Choose the cover of your red stamp book from four different designs, such as auspicious hemp leaves and turtle shell.
At Kirishima Jingu, you will receive a special prayer in the precincts where the majestic air flows. With a new vow, at the end of the worship, you will receive a red stamp from Kirishima Jingu.
In the guest room open-air bath overlooking Sakurajima and Kinko Bay, you can cleanse your mind and body with “Purifying salt of the withdrawal Shinsen” in preparation for worshiping at Kirishima Jingu. The salt to be prepared is a Shinsen that was offered to the shrine at a festival held daily at Kirishima Jingu. We will cleanse the filth that God dislikes and prepare to deliver our thoughts to God.
In the guest rooms, we will offer “Kaiun Densetsu”, a shochu that is produced only in a limited number of 1,000 in Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The shochu made by the brewer who is grateful that he was able to spend the year safely and decides to make an effort for the next year has a rich and fragrant taste. We offer such precious shochu in a glass of gold-red Satsuma Kiriko engraved with auspicious patterns.
| Period: | December 1, 2021 ~ Year-round *There is an exclusion date due to the circumstances of Jingu |
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| Capacity: | 1 group per day (1 group is 2-4 people) |
| Price: | From 58,000 yen (tax and service charge included per person when using 1 room for 2 people) |
| Included: | Accommodation fee, special prayer for Kirishima Jingu, shochu, red stamp book, cleansing salt |
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