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Special Night Admission to Itsukushima Shrine, Bugaku Dance Viewing, and G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023 Attraction Tour
This tour will include a guided walk around the island of Miyajima, as well as lunch at Akushu Restaurant, which uses ingredients with ties to Hiroshima and the G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023. The tour will then visit the Miyajima History and Folklore Museum for a participatory cultural experience, followed by dinner at Momijidani Park, where guests will have the opportunity to watch a ceremonial performing art known as "kagura" on stage from dedicated spectator seating. The highlight of this tour grants guests special access to Itsukushima Shrine after hours for a bugaku dance performance. Finally, projection mapping created especially for this tour will be shown against the backdrop of the Japanese garden at the Miyajima History and Folklore Museum. This will be a four-part program comprising “Nature and Religious Beliefs from Ancient Times,” “Medieval Period: Itsukushima Shrine and the Rise and Fall of the Taira Clan,” “Early Modern Period: Development as a Trading Post and the Prosperity of the City,” and “Modern Period: War and Reconstruction, Peaceful Times, and the G7.”
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Hiroshima Prefecture Fukuyama Castle Stay
This one-of-a-kind experience of history and culture is exclusive to Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture
1. Fukuyama Castle Lord Experience
Step inside the castle grounds and be transported back in time. The park is full of traditional arts, historic buildings, and other intangible assets for you to explore.
Take a glimpse into a bygone era brought back to life with the newly reconstructed 400-year-old Castle Lord's Bathhouse. The bathhouse sauna evokes the steam baths of old, and the entire bathhouse itself is inspired by the Edo period.
Finally, your "Castle Lord Feast" dinner will feature food showcasing all the rich produce that Fukuyama has to offer.
2. Fukuyama Hotspots Experience
Fukuyama is home to many charming and historic towns, such as Tomonoura and Kannabe Honjin. It also features many traditional arts like Noh.
Customize your Fukuyama Castle Lord experience beyond the basic itinerary at Fukuyama Castle Park to include any of the above.
Your concierge will tailor your stay based on your specific requests, and Fukuyama Castle Park, along with all of its facilities, will be at your complete disposal. -
UBE Biennale: Sculpting a legacy of art and community
Finally, Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture has the honor of being the first city in Japan to hold a large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition. Started in 1961 as a citizen-led project to beautify the town with greenery and public art, the Ube City Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition has been held every two years since and eventually evolved into the UBE Biennale. The city has amassed a collection of roughly 400 pieces, which remain on display in Ube’s plazas, public facilities and airport.
Perhaps the most scenic location of all is lakeside Tokiwa Park, where several of the largest and most noteworthy installations are on permanent display. This is also the customary viewing venue for new award-winning sculptures. With the festival’s upcoming 30th iteration scheduled for October 27 to December 22, 2024, visitors taking a stroll around Tokiwa then won’t just be going for a walk in the park, but a walk through 60-plus years of contemporary sculpture on vibrant display. -
Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama: Celebrating northern Okayama Prefecture’s bountiful nature through art
Okayama’s most famous attractions, like Okayama Castle and the canals of Kurashiki, are in the southern part of the prefecture. Head north into the mountains, though, and you’ll be ensconced in beautiful mountain woodlands, where the Forest Festival of the Arts will take place from September 28 to November 24, 2024. Through its featured exhibits, this festival shines a light on forests and Japanese nature as a source of inspiration for community engagement. This cooperative nature of the festival aspires to create a “new form of capital” that enrichens the local area.
A wide genre of domestic and international creators that include artists, musicians, dancers, architects, designers, flower artists, chefs and more will showcase their work at the festival, which will be spread across a dozen venues in the towns of Tsuyama, Nagi, Niimi, Maniwa and Kagamino in the Chugoku Mountains of Western Japan. These installations will transform and further enhance the already stunning locales, including Tsuyama’s historic Joto district, Niimi’s Makido Cave and Kagamino’s Okutsu river valley, famous for its vivid autumn colors.