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Kuroko Boutique Tours | Small Group Tours to Japan | Japan Tours & Experiences | Japan Travel Specialists | Custom Japan Tour
Kuroko Boutique Tours | Small Group Tours to Japan | Japan Tours & Experiences | Japan Travel Specialists | Custom Japan Tour

Kilns & Flowers

Starts in Hatkata. Ends in Takeo Onsen.   2 seats remaining

An 11-day kiln hopping tour amidst the blooming spring flower season, travelling through 5 prefectures on the Southern Island of Kyushu. Ceramic (Tōgei) is one of Japan's oldest art forms, dating back to the New Stone Age. Japan boasts one of the world's oldest ceramic traditions. Japan is further distinguished by the unusual esteem that ceramics hold within its artistic tradition, owing to the enduring popularity of the tea ceremony, embodying the aesthetic principles of wabi-sabi.  Along our journey of visiting kiln villages, we experience tea making at the most delicious green tea producer, sand bathing and learn about Kamikaze, Japan’s special attack unit during WW Ⅱ.  


This is a fully guided small group tour. We welcome pottery and flower enthusiasts ready to travel deep into rural Japan and enjoy some serendipity during the colourful spring season. The tour starts in vibrant Hakata, home of Tonkotsu Ramen (milky pork bone broth), and finishes in Takeo Onsen, an Onsen town with a 1300-year history. We travel by private vehicle throughout the tour with one Shinkansen ride.

Destinations

DAY 1:

Hakata, Fukuoka

DAY 3:

Kurokawa Onsen

DAY 5:

Amakusa

DAY 7:

Kagoshima

DAY 9:

Takeo Onsen

DAY 11:

Embark on next destination

DAY 2:

Karatsu

DAY 4:

Kumamoto

DAY 6:

Ibusuki

DAY 8:

Kagoshima

DAY 10:

Takeo Onsen

Overview

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April 3 - 13, 2025

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11 days

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8 to 12 travellers

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Easy

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Private vehicle + Shinkansen

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6 Onsen

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Most of meals

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Hakata, Kumamoto, Amakusa, Kagoshima, Arita etc

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JPY 768,000 Per Person

(Twin-Share)

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Single supplement fee of 

JPY 100,000

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