Green and leafy wellness retreat
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Kyotango Forest Park Swiss Village is located within Tango-Amanohashidate-Oeyama Quasi-National Park. This plan lets guests fully enjoy the blessings of nature over two days in a mountaintop hotel with a view overlooking mountains and sea alike. Start with a walk through the surrounding forests to get a feel for the surrounding natural world. Follow the experience up with a soak in the ashi-yu hot footbaths to wash away the pleasant tiredness, and relax with simple local Japanese sweets and Kyotango's specialty blended teas, made by specialists using select Japanese and Chinese leaves. Dinner consists of the finest Kyotango organic vegetables along with the bounty of the mountains and sea. Made using herb and wildflower leaves, "Happa-ga-Chef" is a special dish cooked in a Jomon-style clay pot. It is extremely healthy, concentrating and emphasizing the flavor of the ingredients and eschewing spices. Visitors can also enjoy the starry night skies of the area and herbal baths with seasonal herbs. For the second day, visitors can also tour the craft gin distillery located at Kyotango's highest point. There, take the time for a fun tasting of freshly-distilled gin, and to see aromatic distillation in action using a still on herbs you pick for yourself. For lunch, we serve a tempura assortment with fresh-picked mountain vegetables. This is the perfect spot for a healing journey and experience, surrounding by nature and eating all-natural foods.
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Experience Kyotango's secret to health and longevity from this mountaintop hotel with a view of the sea and mountains
Casual forest walks at 600 meters above sea level. A thrilling time in verdant forests. Satisfy your natural thirst for the wilderness on a course that is cool and charged with negative ions even in the summer
After some exercise, it's time to relax in a hammock over a wooden deck with a view down the slopes
Soak your feet in an ashi-yu footbath while sipping blended Japanese and Chinese tea with skin-beautifying and detoxifying effects. Our blended teas were developed in a team project by a certified herbal pharmacist and NAGI Kyoto with a focus on herbs from the Kyotango summit. The flavor has a sharp, refreshing acidic note, and relaxes the body gently from the inside
Dishes prepared with beautiful wildflowers and clay pots will also win over guests with impressive new flavors unlike anything else. When scorched, the leaves give off a unique fragrance. We have found that transferring this aroma to select organic fruit and vegetables dramatically enhances natural flavors, creating entirely new ways to enjoy dishes
Precisely because the location is out of reach for artificial lights, it offers a stunning 360-degree view of the sky. Spend a magical time stargazing and counting the shooting stars
Kyotango is known as a city with long lifespans, and has been home to the world's oldest person before, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The Forest Park is also known for the healthy, life-extending "Goshoku" (or "five colors") dish. It is an ancient tradition held to enhance health, and consists of a balanced combination of red, white, yellow, green and black ingredients. The use of seaweed in comfort food in the Kyotango region is given as one reason for the long lifespans here, and it forms a part of delicious breakfasts that nourish the whole body
Picking some fragrant mountain herbs on stroll through the park's forests in the morning
Touring the craft gin distillery. Tastings also available
Distilling experience, making unique personal fragrances from herbs you pick yourself
Making a special souvenir!
Information
- Minimum Number of Passengers
- 5 people
- Maximum Capacity
- 8 people
- Meeting and Exchange Areas
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Kyotango Forest Park Swiss Village "Summit Hotel: Kyoto School of the Winds"
2562 Yasakacho Nonaka, Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture - Open Period
- April to November
- Closed Period
- Closed on certain days
- Tour Schedule
- [Day 1] Meet up > Orientation (Health check) > Forest walk > Experience a 360-degree panoramic view from the sky deck in a hammock > Relax in cypress-scented footbaths > Precious free time > The sensory dish "Happa ga Chef" for dinner > Unity with nature and stargazing > Seasonal wildflower bath > Spend night (Kyotango Forest Park Swiss Village "Summit Hotel: Kyoto School of the Winds") [Day 2] Meditation on the sky deck > Goshoku longevity meal (healthy breakfast) > Experience wildflower picking in the fog-wreathed forest > Craft gin distillery tour and distilling experience > Lunch of fresh-picked mountain herbs > Health check > End stay
- Required Time
- Around 2 days
- Provision of Meals
- Meals are provided
- Open to meal requests
- Allergies accommodations available. Please inquire in advance.
- Parking
- Free parking available.
- Notes
- What to bring: Shoes for walking, warm clothing
- Related websites
- https://www.kyotango.gr.jp/ht_program/28292/
- Business name
- agelle Corporation
- E-mail address
- h-tsuda@kyotango.gr.jp
This basic information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.
Please check the official website for the latest information.
