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Refresh your mind and body in the air scented with green leaves
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Last updated:
Jun 17, 2015
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Nagato Tourism Convention Association
Refresh your mind and body in the air scented with green leaves
Today's society is stressful in many ways. Why not reset your mind and body while breathing in the clean air of a hot spring resort in the mountains?
Course Content
Zazen Experience & Daneiji Temple Walk
Time to face yourself slowly.
Hagiyaki experience
You can make your own original Hagiyaki.
Lunch
Pool Garden Restaurant "Foukou
Tawarayama Onsen
One-day bathing at Tawarayama Onsen, a famous hot spring for curing illness
Tawarayama Onsen Town Stroll & Cafe
A stroll through a quiet mountain hot spring town
Refresh your mind and body in the green leafy air" Course Details
1Estimated time required: 2 hours 30 minutes Area: Fukagawa, Yumoto, Shibuki Sightseeing Spots: Watch
Zazen experience at Daneiji Temple, a famous Soto Zen temple.
You may have to get up a little earlier than usual, but zazen in the quiet air is sure to be a pleasant and relaxing time to face yourself. Zazen is available every Monday through Friday morning at Daneiji Temple.
- Schedule
- 7:00 Gather at Daneiji Temple
○7:05 Explanation of Zazen (manners and rules)
○7:10 Zazen experience (30 minutes of Zazen)
○7:40 Dharma talk: History of Daneiji
○8:00 End and dismissal
*Fee: morning Zazen and incense offering fee 1,000 yen
*For 2 persons or more (reservation 3 days in advance
)
- Location
- Daneiji Temple
1074 Fukagawa-Yumoto, Nagato, Yamaguchi 759-4103
- Access
- 15 min. walk from Nagato Yumoto Station on R Mine Line
35 min. drive from Mine IC of Chugoku Expressway
(via National Routes 435 and 316)
- Phone
- 0837-25-3469
- For inquiries, please contact
- Yumoto Onsen Ryokan Cooperative Association
1257 Fukagawa-Yumoto, Nagato, Yamaguchi 759-4103, Japan
Phone 0837-25-3611
FAX 0837-25-3612
After zazen, take a leisurely stroll around the temple grounds.
Daneiji Temple, an old Soto sect temple founded in 1410 by the Ouchi clan, is known as the "Koya of the West" for its grandeur and beauty. During this season, when the air is clean and the streams are murmuring, a leisurely stroll through the temple grounds will refresh your spirit.2 Estimated time required: 2 hours 30 minutes Area: Fukagawa, Yumoto, Shibuki Sightseeing Spot: Experience
Hagiyaki experience
Bansekigama, a Hagi-yaki pottery kiln, is located right next to Daneiji Temple. Even if it is your first time to experience pottery making, you will be accompanied by an instructor. You can make your own original Hagiyaki.
- Fees
- Rokuro course 3,000 yen (including tax)
Painting course 1,000~5,000 yen (including tax)
*Course fees include the cost of materials such as clay.
- Instructor
- Dr. Akio Kanemoto
*Reservations are required by the day before.
- Location
- Bansekigama, Hagiyaki Pottery
〒759-4103
2671 Fukagawa Yuhonmonzen, Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (near Danei-ji Temple)
- For inquiries, please contact
- Phone 0837-25-3513
3areas: Fukagawa, Yumoto, Shibuki Sightseeing Spot: Gourmet Lunch , set meal
Lunch at Pool Garden Restaurant "Fumiko
I recommend this restaurant as a place where you can enjoy fresh seafood from the mountains and the sea.
Pool Garden Restaurant "Fumiko" is located in Otani Villa. Enjoying lunch with a view of the garden spread out before you is a bit of a luxury. Please enjoy the seasonal flavors to your heart's content at this restaurant where you can appreciate the four seasons.
- Location
- Oya Sanso
2208 Fukagawa-Yumoto, Nagato, Yamaguchi 759-4103
- For inquiries, please contact
- Phone 0837-25-3513
4Areas：TawarayamaGenre：Onsen/Lodging
Tawarayama Onsen
One-day bathing at Tawarayama Onsen, a famous hot spring for recuperating from illness
After filling up on a delicious lunch, you can relax in the hot springs. There are two one-day bathing facilities at Tawarayama Onsen.
Tawarayama Onsen is known as a famous hot spring for curing illness. It is expected to be effective in preventing lifestyle-related diseases, inhibiting aging (anti-aging), and creating beautiful skin.
Hot water of a white monkey
This one-day bathing facility includes an outdoor bath, footbath, drinking fountain, and pet bath.
- Fees
- Adults 730 yen, Elementary school students 530 yen, Infants 330 yen
public bath located in a town
A public bathhouse with free-flowing hot-spring water is located in the middle of the outside of Tawarayama Onsen.
- Rates
- Adults 420 yen, elementary school students 160 yen, infants 90 yen, family bath 2,200 yen (2 adults and up to 2 children 2,200 yen) *Reservations required
5Area：Tawarayama Sightseeing Spots：Onsen/Lodging
Walking in Tawarayama Onsen Town & relaxing at a cafe
After the onsen, enjoy a leisurely stroll through the quiet mountain hot spring town.
Tawarayama's specialty "Sanzaru Manju"
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Donkey Bookstore
If you have time, why not take a short walk to "Donkey Bookstore" located in the corner of Tawarayama? It is a very cute bookstore. There is also a small café.
35 min. walk from Tawarayama Onsen Town.
