2024.12.30
Koishiya Ryokan in Shinshu Shibu Onsen, which has been in existence for 1300 years, was built with great taste by craftsmen from the early Showa period. The guest rooms have been redesigned to provide comfortable and informal accommodation in line with modern travel styles, while retaining the atmospheric Japanese-style rooms as they are.
Shibu Onsen is an area famous for its hot springs, with steamy cobbled streets. Visitors to the area can enjoy a moment of togetherness with the locals in the style of an overnight stay.
Nearby is the Jigokudani Monkey Park, famous for its snow monkeys. Many guests visit to see the monkeys soaking in the hot springs in the deep snow-covered mountains.
At Shibu Onsen, visitors can enjoy a tour of the out-spa baths, a rarity in a hot spring area. The out-spa baths, which have been carefully preserved since ancient times, are open to guests staying at Shibu Onsen, and the “Kuyu Meguri (Nine Hot Springs Tour)” allows visitors to enjoy the bounty of Shibu’s hot springs to the full, each with its own unique source and benefits.
Guests can stay in a Japanese-style room with beautiful columns and craftsmanship from the early Showa period.
There are four types of rooms: Japanese-style rooms, Japanese-Western style twin rooms, dormitories and group rooms.
Services have been simplified for your convenience.
A café and restaurant is located on the ground floor of the inn. Coffee, sandwiches and Japanese set meals are served on the breakfast menu, which is also open to non-guests.
Please relax with a cup of coffee from the only espresso machine in the hot spring resort.
The website dealing with “really good things” created by Japanese craftsmen has been renewed.
＜Exclusive interview with Miwa Komatsu＞ -Part1- A trip to Izumo with Miwa Komatsu
Maiko dinner show where you can easily experience Japanese traditional culture
Recruitment of craftsmen to make “a mug that will complete your life” started
[Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store] Held the “42nd Japanese Craftsman Exhibition”, a collection of traditional crafts
Director of “Mobile Suit Gundam”-World Exhibition by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Held at Iwami Museum of Art, Shimane
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
New Onsen Ryokan “Fufu Tokyo Ginza” and “Fufu Jogashima Umikaze no Shirabe
Tokyo
Introducing Wakayama Prefecture, the most famous hot spring resort in the Kansai region, with more than 500 sources of spring water.
Wakayama
[Nagano Prefecture Shibu Onsen]Koishiya Ryokan, a hotel in a traditional hot spring resort with cobblestone streets, began operations on 20 December (Fri).
Nagano
Renewal and reopening of the resort hotel ‘samana hotel Yakushima’ on Yakushima Island with spectacular views.
Kagoshima
[Hoshinoya Karuizawa] Tanada Lounge, an extraordinary all-day lounge where you can enjoy the changing of time and seasons, is now open.
Nagano
A new texture that is both crispy and chewy! HONKAN CREPE NAKAKA (crepe) in two varieties – custard and green tea – will be available from Friday 28 March.
2025.04.04
On 1 April 2025, the coarse-ground buckwheat noodles and satoyama cuisine restaurant SATORI opened in Ujigawa, Kyoto.
2025.04.02
Official licensed product for Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, Myakmyak Cider, goes on sale from 1 April (Tuesday).
2025.03.31
Launch of a new liquor brand ‘kagan’ using Okinawan ingredients.
2025.03.28
[Kai Kinugawa] ‘Hanami onsen stay’ to enjoy cherry blossom viewing in a hot spring or on a special terrace surrounded by about 30 Someiyoshino cherry trees.
2025.03.26
A one-day plan to enjoy seasonal bamboo shoots and wisteria is now available.
2025.03.24
Kyoto
Ohanami
SAKURA
Event
Since its inception in 1989, the “Heian Shrine Red Shidare Concert” has evolved throughout the Heisei era. In 2025, the concert will be held for five days from Wednesday, April 2 to Sunday, April 6.
Tokyo
Art
Event
Due to the popularity of the exhibition “Daikakuji Temple, Former Saga Palace: New Flowers and Paintings Related to the Palace,” which will be held at the Heiseikan of the Tokyo National Museum from Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the museum will be open at night. In addition, from Tuesday, February 18, a limited-edition novelty gift will be distributed to visitors who purchase exhibition merchandise for 4,000 yen or more, including tax.
Shiga
Travel
Event
Culture
The resort hotel ‘KYUKAMURA OHMI-HACHIMAN’, located on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, in Omi Hachiman City, known for its Omi merchants and Azuchi Castle, is inviting participants to join the ‘Biwaichi’ bus tour, which immerses them in the historical romance of Shiga Prefecture, which has flourished as a key transport hub since ancient times, close to Kyoto and Nara.
To ensure that visitors can enjoy Omi in an easy-to-understand way, Mr Yoshiyuki Onuma, Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Historical Resource Development, will accompany them throughout the tour and provide explanations.
Yamaguchi
SAKURA
Event
From 25 March to 6 April 2025, Kai Nagato Onsen Ryokan is offering a “Spring Stay” to enjoy the murmur of the Onshin River, which heralds the arrival of spring, and the cherry blossoms. In spring, the rows of cherry blossom trees along the Onshin River, which flows in front of Kai Nagato, are in full bloom, adding colour to the hot spring resort. This plan allows you to enjoy the rows of cherry blossom trees, which have attracted many tourists to the area, to your heart’s content. This plan offers guests a special seat on the Kawadoko Terrace before dinner so that they can enjoy the cherry blossoms at any time during their stay.
Tokyo
Event
Culture
From Saturday 1 February to Thursday 27 March 2025, the Keio Plaza Hotel will host ‘Hinamatsuri at the Hotel – Setsubuku Cuisine Served with Arita Porcelain and Flowery Hina Furnishings’, featuring approximately 5,000 vines and other decorations. This is the 24th year of the Hinamatsuri event, which focuses on hanging ornaments.
Kanagawa
Food
Meiji Kinenkan’s confectionery brand ‘Kanomi no Mori’ is now available at Odakyu Noborito Station. Please take a look at the varied collection, including piece cakes, decorative cakes and other cakes perfect for Christmas, as well as standard popular sweets.
