Kyoto
Travel
2022.10.05
“Hoshinoya” offers overwhelmingly extraordinary experiences at each facility with creative themes. The “Mountain Sleeping Winter Stay”, which proposes a relaxing stay in Arashiyama in winter with clear air, will be held from December 15, 2022 to March 10, 2023.
The Heian aristocrats used to indulge in fragrances during the relaxing winter season by combining fragrances. At the beginning of your stay in Kyoto, you can follow the culture of the Heian aristocrats by mixing your own favorite ingredients for winter fragrance. Powdered fragrant wood and natural fragrant ingredients are mixed and kneaded together with honey and plum paste.
*Taken from the official website of Yamada Matsukamokuten
The next morning, you will rent the elegant yakatabune “Jade” on the Oigawa River, which flows right in front of Hoshinoya Kyoto, and enjoy tea and seasonal sweets prepared by the staff while burning incense mixed by yourself.
The Jade Boat, surrounded by windows on all sides, allows guests to enjoy a quiet cup of tea while admiring the winter scenery of the valley, which resembles an ink painting. This is a time to relax and enjoy time as the aristocrats of the Heian period did when they enjoyed boating and admiring the seasonal scenery of the valley.
For breakfast, we will prepare a special breakfast of winter vegetables and chicken balls in a white miso broth. Shiro-miso, an essential ingredient for winter in Kyoto, has a mild, sweet taste that will warm you up on a chilly morning. We have also prepared teriyaki yellowtail with fatty fish and dashimaki tamago (rolled egg) with yuba bean paste. Enjoy them in the comfort of your guest room while gazing at the dignified winter scenery of the valley.
For dinner, we will enjoy a suppon nabe, which is rich in nutrients and warms the body from the core. In addition to suppon, vegetables that store sweetness in winter such as kujo leek, turnip, and kintoki carrot, and ginger are prepared. To finish off the meal, guests will enjoy zosui (rice porridge) in a soup stock filled with the umami of the ingredients.
Kue, a typical winter food, is served as mukozuke, gindara is grilled in Saikyo style, and crab is served as chawanmushi (steamed egg custard). In the chilly Kyoto winter, you can spend a quiet and relaxing time in your guest room illuminated by the light of the Japanese lanterns while enjoying the warmth of the dinner.
| Duration: | December 15, 2022 to March 10, 2023 |
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| Time: | 15:00～12:00 next day |
| Price: | 90,000 yen per person 2 people 111,000 yen (Both include tax and service charge) *Accommodation fee not included |
| Includes: | Making kneaded incense, dinner, breakfast, rental of an elegant Yakatabune “Hisui”, matcha green tea, Japanese sweets |
| For: | guest |
| Capacity: | 1 group per day (1-2 people) |
| Note: | Event contents may change depending on the situation. |
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