| Date |
December 2, 2018
＊Rain-or-shine event. If the weather is difficult for walking, only a meals will be served. |
| Start/Finish |
Harazuru Onsen area, Asakura-shi,
Fukuoka
Japan
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| Registration period |
From November 15, 2018 Open until November 26, 2018 |
| Office Address |
ONSEN Gastronomy in Asakura・Harazuru Onsen Executive Committee |
| Email address |
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| What is ONSEN Gastronomy Walking? |
ONSEN・Gastronomy Tourism is a new tourism that introduces the charm of hot spring resorts in Japan by walking and experiencing the food, nature, culture and history of local areas.
We open this event, ONSEN Gastronomy Walking, to enjoy a stroll through the beauty of hot spring areas, to experience our history and nature, to taste local foods and beverages, and finally to soak in a soothing hot spring at the end of the tour. |
| The number of paticipants |
200
＊Registration will close as soon as capacity is reached. |
| Clothes and items to bring |
Please participate in comfortable clothes and walking shoes. (bring your own rain gear)
Beverages are provided at each point, but you can also bring your own favorite drinks.
Hot spring tickets will be provided, but please bring your own towels, etc. |
| Parking |
There is a free parking lot at Sunrise Haki (Asakura City Multipurpose Facility・Haki Area Promotion Center). (150 spaces)
Parking spaces are limited. Please use public transportation, if possible. |
| Direction to the venue |
[Courtesy bus]
A free courtesy bus will operate from Hakata train station
[Train]
10 minutes by car from Chikugo Yoshii station on JR Kyudai Honsen
[Bus]
Take the Nishitetsu Express Bus "Bound for Tsuetate, Takatsuka, Hita" and get off at Haki bus stop. 5 minutes by car from the stop.
[Car]
5 minutes from Haki IC
10 minutes from Asakura IC
About 50 minutes from Fukuoka Airport |
| Accommodation inquiries |
Harazuru Onsen Ryokan Cooperative Union
【TEL】0946-62-0001
【URL】http://www.harazuru.jp/ |
| Reception venue on the day of event and schedule |
[Reception venues on the day of event]
Sunrise Haki (Asakura City Multipurpose Facility, Haki Area Promotion Center)
[Starting Line]
View Hotel Heisei, Hana-noka (＊there will be a free shuttle bus from the reception site to the starting line)
[Finish line]
Sunrise Haki (Asakura City Multipurpose Facility, Haki Area Promotion Center)
[Starting time of opening ceremony]10:00～
＊Reception desk opens at 9:30. Please complete the reception 30 minutes before the entry starting time.
[Finish]17:00 |
| Gastronomy menu |
・Menu made with vegetables from Asakura
Enjoy dishes made with seasonal vegetables from Asakura.
・Haki special product ”Fuyuu persimmons”
Asakura・Haki is a persimmon village. Not only can you experience picking your own Fuyuu persimmon, you can also enjoy tasty dishes made from local persimmon.
・Menu with ”Amazake, sweet sake” by Shinozaki Corporation
Enjoy a selection of dishes made with ”Amazake, sweet sake” prepared by the students of the Fukuoka Culinary Confectionery Cooking School
Also, sake tasting is available. Enjoy local sake with ”Tarawata, dried cod spine”.
・Asakura local specialty, hearty soup, ”Dabu-jiru”
An old traditional food of Asakura, ”Daba-jiru” is a soup made with pure arrowroot flour that is known for its delicate taste and for warming the body.
This hearty soup also uses a blend of vegetables grown in Asakura that are specially chosen to be delicious, nutritious, and to warm the body.
・Asakura regional dish ”steamed rice cake soup”
Although common in the Chikuzen Asakura Area of central Fukuoka Prefecture, Asakura steamed rice cake soup is unusual for the way in which it is steamed.
Enjoy the tasteful ingredient of this rice cake soup that combines steamed eggs with a traditional Japanese New Year dish.
・Horse sashimi
A delicious horse sashimi will be served that has been prepared by a famous restaurant in Asakura that has also been shown on TV.
Please look forward to more dishes and beverages prepared with Asakura specialties! |
| Scenic point |
・Chikugogawa River
Kyushu’s largest, the Chikugo River flows through Harazuru Onsen. Starting in Horikawa, a series of triple water wheels control the floods of the Chikugo River and provides a steady supply of water to rice paddies. These triple water wheels still operate from mid-June to mid-October annually and irrigate an area of 35 hectares.
Benefitting from such valuable resources of water, the rural scenery has retained a refreshing, old-fashioned atmosphere full of deep emotion.
・Scenery from Takayama
Beyond the persimmon orchards, you can enjoy the magnificent Chikugo River and the scenery of the gentle Chikugo plain.
・Experience persimmon picking at the persimmon farm
A picking experience of Fuyuu persimmons of Haki is offered. (1kg per person)
The hand-picked persimmons will be handed out at the finish line.
・Enseiji temple
Enseiji temple was built by the Jyushin minister, Bingo Kuriyama, the first Fukuoka Clan member to venerate the Bodhi of Josui Kuroda. At this temple, Buddhist mortuary tablets and images of Josui Kuroda, Nagamasa, and Bingo are venerated. The bell housed in the tower beside the main hall is said to be the one which Nagamasa Kuroda brought back from Watarison, Hita-gun and is the oldest Korean bell in the country. In the past, it was said that the bell had miraculous powers to bring rain. Therefore, in times of drought, there was a custom to immerse this bell into the Chikugo River.
In Enseiji Temple, a zen meditation experience will be available for interested persons. (30 minutes required including explanation time)
1st session from 12:40, limited to 20 people
2nd session from 13:30, limited to 20 people
・Fumon’in
Kodaiyama Fumonji Temple has the oldest main hall in the prefecture and a minor hall with a three-way, single layer, pyramidal roof with Hongawara tiles. Reportedly, Fumonji was constructed by the monk Gyoki in the delta of the Chikugo River in Tenpyo Era 19 (747 A.D.). The temple’s name was later changed to Fumon’in, and it was relocated to the present location because of frequent flood damage. The current Fumon'in was rebuilt in the Kamakura period and is designated as a national important cultural property (special protected structure) as the oldest wooden building in the prefecture.
Due to heavy rains in northern Kyushu in 2017, the compound was damaged by earth, sand, large stones and driftwood; however, there was no damage to the main hall and restoration work has continued to the present.
・Shiwahomangu Shrine
Hakishiwa, where Shiwahomangu Shrine is located, is an old village on the right bank of the Chikugo River. The shrine is surrounded by a forest of trees that normally grow in more temperate climates and has been designated as a natural treasure of Fukuoka. If you walk along the road where you can just see the Chikugo River, pass the stone torii gate of Shiwahomangu Shrine, ascend the stone stairs to the grounds of the shrine, you will begin to see a giant camphor tree on the gentle slope to the left. According to legend, Sorin Otomo burned all the shrines and temples in the territory during the Sengoku Period and hid a sacred figure containing the spirit of a deity in the roots of this giant camphor tree.
・Oshiroi Matsuri experience (white powder festival)
The Oshiroi Matsuri is an unusual festival where locals paint their faces with fresh rice powder and water to show thanks to the gods for the prosperity of the shrine and a rich harvest and to offer prayers for the coming year.
At the event, interested participants can experience a mini face powder festival! If you are interested, please join.
・Harazuru Onsen
The well-known Harazuru Onsen, is a hot spring resort on the banks of Kyushu’s largest river, Chikugo River, in Asakura City, Fukuoka. It is famous for its ”high-quality water for beautiful women”.
The water of the hot springs of Harazuru contains sulfur and is slightly alkaline. It is popular among customers inside and outside the prefecture as a ”W (double) beauty spring” having properties that both whitens skin and removes dead skin cells.
Two popular folk tales tell about the discovery of these hot springs. The first says a fisherman discovered the hot spring while searching for a place free of snow. The second tells of a injured crane who soaked in a puddle, healed its wound, and flew away leaving a hot spring.
【Hot Spring Water Quality】 Simple alkaline hot spring, simple weak alkaline hot spring, simple sulfur spring
【Positive effects】
＜Bathing＞Chronic skin disorders, chronic gynecological disorders, cuts, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, stiff shoulder, motor paralysis, joint stiffness, bruises, sprains, chronic gastrointestinal disorders, hemorrhoids, chills, recovery after illness, etc.
＜Drinking (sulfur spring)＞ diabetes, gout, constipation |
| Locations of toilets along the course (except starting and finishing points) |
Five locations |
| Information on hot springs |
You can use the following designated facilities on Harazuru Onsen Street. (Exchange for bathing ticket) ＊Available until 18:00
[11 hot spring locations]
・Roppokan （0946-62-1047）
・Yaguruma-so （0946-62-0700）
・Taisenkaku （0946-62-1140）
・Hanamizuki （0946-62-3940）
・Enmeikan （0946-62-1133）
・View Hotel Heisei （0946-63-3515）
・Sato-so （0946-62-0657）
・Ryokan Toyotomi （0946-62-0225）
・Ryokan Kisen （0946-62-0047）
・Hotel Parens Onoya （0946-62-1120）
・Kanseikaku （0943-75-2121） |
| Event policy・Disclaimer |
1. In order to hold the event smoothly and safely, participants shall comply with the regulations specified by the organizer and the traffic regulations.
2. The organizer shall not take any responsibility except for emergency measures in case of injury, loss or other accident.
3. The change of time or cancellation by personal reason is not accepted after registration.
4. The event may be canceled in case of an unexpected accident such as natural disaster, stormy weather, or new strain of influenza epidemic, etc. In that case, we can not compensate for the individual expenses such as participation fee, transportation or accommodation expenses.
5. Please check the event homepage for a cancellation notice.
6. It will be an event involving alcoholic beverages. Please enjoy the appropriate amount and please refrain from acting to disturb other participants. (loud voice, excessive drinking, etc.)
7. We may ask for an identification card for age verification. Driving cars, bicycles, etc. with drinking is prohibited by law. Please use public transportation.
8. The posting rights and portrait rights of the convention videos, pictures and articles, records, applicants' names, ages, addresses (country, prefecture/province) to magazines, Internet, etc., belong to the event organizer. |
| Additional notice from the event office |
Experience of Zen meditation (30 minutes) is available at gastro point, Enseiji Temple.
Basics of Zen meditation is ”three modes of tuning, conditioning, centering”, in other words ”straighten your posture, set your breathing, calm (empty?) your mind” is a procedure.
Why don’t you refresh your mind with Zen meditation experience?
＊Reception Hours・Number of Participants is limited. Select the start time for Zen experience when applying for the event. |
| Participation notice |
No participation notice will be sent to early registrants.
■ For internet registration
After the payment is made, please show a copy of the confirmation email or a screen shot of the ”payment confirmation” or ”entry confirmation” at the reception desk.
■ For phone registration and payment at convenience store
A transaction slip and/or receipt issued at the store can be used as certificate of payment. Please present the receipt at reception.
■ For phone registration and payment with a credit card
Please present an identification card on the day of the event at the reception desk. |
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