Limited Period Tea Ceremonies at Ritsurin, Shikoku in October
Wabunka has just launched two exclusive tea ceremony experiences at Ritsurin Garden, on Shikoku Island available only in October:
- October 6th to 9th: Authentic Tea Ceremony, Delicious Kaiseki, and Expert Commentary at Kagawa’s Famed Ritsurin Garden
- October 15th to 22nd: A New Take on a Traditional Tea Party at Kagawa’s World-Famous Ritsurin Garden
This is a rare opportunity to visit one of Japan’s most beautiful gardens while enjoying an immersive cultural experience.
Authentic Tea Ceremony, Delicious Kaiseki, and Expert Commentary at Kagawa’s Famed Ritsurin Garden, 6th to 9th October 2024
Overview
Experience a premium chaji tea ceremony at Ritsurin Garden, a nationally recognised scenic beauty. This limited-time event combines traditional tea ceremony with plant-based tea kaiseki dining.
Enjoy a guided garden tour, learn about Kagawa lacquerware from a "living national treasure" artist, and savour a plant-based tea ceremony and meal prepared by a historic local restaurant.
Key Features
- Join an intimate group experience of tea ceremony, plant-based kaiseki tea ceremony cuisine, and art appreciation.
- Enjoy an unusual opportunity to explore and spend time in the sprawling and gorgeous Risturin Garden, nationally and internationally recognized for its beauty.
- Get to know Kagawa’s culture and history through a deep dive into the local lacquerware craft and culinary traditions that form a part of tea ceremony
*This experience will be held for a limited time only: October 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th (3:00pm-8:30pm) 2024
A New Take on a Traditional Tea Party at Kagawa’s World-Famous Ritsurin Garden, 15th - 22nd October
Overview
This unique event at Ritsurin Garden blends tradition with modern creativity. Experience the tea ceremony with local wasanbon confectionery, themed cocktails by a master mixologist, and architectural installations.
Explore the garden's ever-changing vistas while engaging in group activities that showcase its beauty, history, and cultural richness.
Key Features
- Partake in an adventure of joyous discovery and interaction including tea ceremony, tea-themed activities, cocktails, traditional sweets, architecture and landscape design.
- Enjoy a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in five tea spaces created for this event.
- Enjoy an unusual opportunity to explore and spend time in the sprawling and gorgeous Risturin Garden, nationally and internationally recognised for its beauty.
- Get to know Kagawa’s living culture and history through an experience you can only have here, created by masters working at the tops of their fields.
*This experience will be held for a limited time only: October 15th-22nd 2024
Checking Flights to Japan Using Skyscanner
Wherever I'm flying, I almost always begin my search using the Skyscanner website (but they also have an app if you prefer). I like it because once you add in your flight preferences, it quickly scours the web across a wide range of airlines and pulls all the results together on one page.
If necessary, you can then apply filters to the results to whittle down the matches list to choose the best flights for your needs.
Filters are varied but include some really useful ones, such as whether you want direct, 1 stop or 2+ stops flights included in the results, limiting outbound and return flight times, including or excluding individual airlines, and more.
It has a clean and clutter free interface which is increasingly rare these days (I hate those sites that barrage you with pop-ups and ads) - which makes getting to the information you want quick and easy.
Skyscanner also lets you set price alerts - handy as ticket prices change all the time.
Hiroshima Google Map 2.0 Released Miyajima Lodging Added
I've just released Version 2.0 of my Hiroshima Google Map.
The focus of this latest update was on increasing the range of accommodation options.
To Hiroshima itself I've added the Aki Grand Hotel (pictured above) and Miyajima Hanare-no-Yado Ibuku. Both are just a few minutes from the Miyajima Ferry, making then good choices for those who want to stay on the mainland but be close to the island for day trips.
I've also added a new category specifically for accommodation options on Miyajima Island itself. There are 7 new hotel and ryokan options.
If you already own a copy, when you open the updated Google Map, scroll to the bottom of the menu items to see the new Miyajima accommodation listings.
Here's the full list - details, photos and booking links for all of these are viewable inside the map.
- Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto (pictured above) ****
- Miyajima Kinsuikan ****
- Hotel Miyajima Villa ***
- Itsukushima Iroha (厳島いろは) *****
- Jukeiso ***
- Mizuhaso Bettei Hamorebi ****
- Miyajima Seaside Hotel ***
As always, the goal with all the products and content I create for you is to make your trip planning quicker and less hassle, resulting in easier travel for deeper, richer experiences.
I hope this helps. There's more FREE Lifetime Updates to come!
3 Months in Japan - No Japanese
From time to time I receive emails from customers. One I received out of the blue recently was from the American writer Stephen Sawicki.
Last year Stephen purchased one of my eBooks. At that time he told me the thing he was most concerned about was overcoming the fears he'd built up in his imagination about going to Japan.
Fast forward a year, and Stephen returned from his "amazing" first trip to Japan and told me all about it. He spent 3 months, travelling from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, all without being able to speak Japanese.
I was so taken by his story, that I asked him if I could share it with you.
He agreed, so here's Stephen's message (with some photos taken on his trip) in which he shares his journey overcoming his Japan travel fears...
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