Enjoy Japanese Authentic Summer at Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en with Hot Springs

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Enjoy Japanese Authentic Summer at Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en with Hot Springs

[PRESSWIRE] HAKONE, Japan – 06.08.15 — Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en will host “Nature of Hakone, Hospitality of Japan – Experience Cool Amid Japan’s Summer” until August 31, 2015. This event, specially tailored for foreign visitors to Japan, provides an opportunity to luxuriate at an authentic hot springs resort while experiencing the summer lifestyle and culture of Japanese people firsthand.

During the event, staff will contribute to the festive atmosphere by greeting visitors clad in Japan’s traditional “yukata” attire. A number of exhibits with a theme based on Japan’s summer will also be presented at the Hotel. In addition to an exhibit featuring goldfish, especially popular with foreign visitors, there will also be a not-to-be-missed display of 500 lovely wind-chimes that adorn the corridor leading to the hotel’s Japanese garden.

Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en Event Overview

Stylish Yukata Rental Service (July 18-ongoing)

Rental fee is waived for guests who enjoy the evening Japanese cuisine. “Enjoy Japanese elegance and charm by savoring Japanese cuisine in a yukata.”

The hotel offers a rental service for yukatas. Compared with kimonos, this apparel is a more informal and accessible way to enjoy the Japanese summer.

Experience Green Tea Overlooking the Garden (August 8-16) (Charges apply)

The hotel has built a brand new tea room in the garden, “Seseragi Tea Room,” where guests are welcomed to experience traditional Japanese Matcha.

Sake Cocktails at the Bar Lounge (until August 31) (Charges apply)

At the bar lounge the hotel offers original cocktails based around Japanese sake, which is becoming increasingly popular among foreign visitors.

Experience Creating a Odawara Paper Lantern (until August 31) (Charges apply)

Make an original traditional Odawara paper lantern by illustrating it with your own one-of-a-kind illustration or characters.

Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun Event Overview

Japanese Temple Festival Experience (July 18-August 31) (Charges apply)

At the bathing facility Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun, built next to the hotel, enjoy a wide assortment of traditional fun and games. Become a child again and enjoy yo-yo fishing, target practice, and a number of other entertaining activities together with your family.

Please visit Hakone Kowaki-en’s website for more details at http://hotel.hakone-kowakien.com/

Do not miss this chance to visit Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en in this summer – established in 1959 in Hakone, the hot spring resort featuring abundant hot springs, easily accessible from Tokyo in just 90 minutes.

Contacts

Inquiries
Fujita Kanko Inc. Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en
Hisao Yamamoto / Akiko Hattori / Ayami Inada, +81-460-82-4111
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