Limited to 3 days only on August 12th, 13th, and 14th! Experience the largest dance festival in Japan, Awa Odori from a paid reserved seating area, enjoy Naruto Whirlpools from a cruise, and visit Naoshima island on a 2-day bus tour from Osaka!
Options
2 Peoples / 1 Room Standard Plan (Twin room - Price per person)
1 People / 1 Room Standard Plan (Single Room)
The Highlight
- Experience Japan's largest dance festival, Awa Odori, part of the Obon festival in Tokushima.
- Enjoy Naruto Whirlpools on a cruise!
- Why not find your own favorite art in Naoshima island.
- Stay at The Celecton Takamatsu and Enjoy Breakfast buffet.
The Experience
Experience Japan's largest dance festival, Awa Odori The Awa Dance Festival (Awa Odori) is the country's largest dance festival as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Dancers and musicians known as ren parade through the streets accompanied by traditional instruments, wearing obon dance costumes and chanting. "Awa" refers to the old name of Tokushima Prefecture, and "odori" means "dance". "Odoru aho ni miru aho, onaji aho nara odoranya sonson" (A fool watches a fool dancing, If they're both fools, let's dance). It's the lyrics sung by the dancers during the festival.
※The spectator seats will be S-class seats. ※Feel free to enjoy dinner during your free time in Tokushima City before the event starts, where numerous food stalls will be available at the venue.
Naruto Whirlpool on a cruise We will pass right above the whirlpools in this relaxed trip on a sightseeing boat. We can go very close to the whirlpools and pass right above the whirlpools for everyone to get a good look safely.
Art House Project The Art House Project is an art project underway in Naoshima's Honmura district. It began in 1998 with Kadoya, and currently comprises seven locations: Kadoya, Minamidera, Kinza, Go'o Shrine, Ishibashi, Gokaisho, and Haisha. In this project, artists take empty houses scattered about residential areas and turn the spaces themselves into works of art, weaving in history and memories of the period when the buildings were lived in and used.
Benesse Art Site Naoshima Our fundamental aim is to create significant spaces by bringing contemporary art and architecture in resonance with the pristine nature of the Seto Inland Sea, a landscape with a rich cultural and historical fabric. Through contacts with art and nature, sceneries and inhabitants of the Seto Inland Sea region, we seek to inspire visitors to reflect on the meaning of Benesse's motto - Well-Being. In all our ongoing activities, we are committed to foster a relationship of mutual growth between art and the region, aiming to make a positive contribution to the local communities.
Naoshima Bath "I LOVE YU This is an art facility created by artist Shinro Ohtake where visitors are actually able to take a bath. I LOVE YU was created to provide both a place for Naoshima residents to rejuvenate and as a venue for exchanges between Japanese and international visitors and locals to take place. The exterior and fittings of the bathhouse, from the bath itself to the pictures decorating the walls, the mosaics, and even the toilet fittings, all reflect the universe of the artist.
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Information about tour Place of departure and destination: from OSAKA to TOKUSHIMA Number of days of travel: 2 Days Means of transportation: BUS Name of bus company: Ginga Kotsu Co., Ltd Meals: Breakfast Minimum number of passengers to operate: 20 Peoples Number of GUIDE：1
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Guide Services
Languages Spoken by Guides
- English
Itinerary
- 10:15Meet up at Mainichi Shimbun Building
- 10:30Departure at Mainichi Shimbun Building
- 12:20One restroom break at Service Area
- 14:15Experience Naruto Whirlpoo Cruise (Admission fee is included / 30 minutes)
- 16:00Arrive at Tokushima city
- ※ Upon arrival in Tokushima City, immerse yourself in the festival atmosphere of Awa Odori throughout the town. (Free time activity.) * Please arrange your own dinner. There are also many festival food stalls available.
- 18:00Awa Odori venue (Admission fee of S-class seats is included / 90 minutes)
- 20:00Departure from Tokushima City
- 21:00Arrive at Hotel in Takamatsu
- Include: Breakfast
- 09:00Departure at Hotel in Takamatsu * Please purchase your own lunch before departure.
- 09:15Arrive at Takamatsu port
- 10:14Departure at Takamatsu port (by Ferry/ The fee is included/ 50 minutes)
- 11:04Arrive at Naoshima Miyaura port
- 11:15Naoshima Red Pumpkin (15 minutes)
- 11:40Art House Project (Admission fee is included / 90 minutes) *Admission to some of them.
- 13:40Benesse House Museum (Admission fee is included / 60 minutes)
- 15:25Naoshima Bath I LOVE YU (15 minutes)
- 16:00Arrive at Naoshima Miyaura port
- 16:35Departure at Naoshima Miyaura port (by Ferry / The fee is included / 20 minutes)
- 16:55Arrive at Okayama Uno port
- Return to Osaka *Please purchase your own dinner at Service Area on the way
- 21:00Arrive at Mainichi Shimbun Building
Price Details
How to Use
- Voucher will be sent via email. Please show your e-voucher at designated location.
Purchase Notice
- This is not a private tour, you will enjoy the tour with other guests.
- We might cancel the tour if we do not have at least 20 participants by 14 days before the scheduled departure.
- Drinking alcohol on the bus is prohibited.
- Please note that odd-numbered groups will, in principle, share seats on the bus
- The order of the itinerary may be partially changed.
- Awa Odori may be canceled due to weather conditions. If cancellation is confirmed before departure, the tour will be canceled and a full refund will be given.
Important Booking Information
Important Notes During Bus Tour
- We ask for your cooperation in refraining from drinking alcohol on the bus.
- To the members of the odd-numbered group: Please be informed that you may have to share seats with other passengers on the bus.
- As it is stipulated by the law of Japan, please wear your seat belt on the tour bus.
- Please do not stand up or walk while the tour bus is running.
- Please kindly be punctual and arrive at the designated meeting place on time. The bus will leave on time and will not wait for latecomers.
- If latecomers wish to rejoin the group again afterward, all transportation fees will be at the customer's own expense.
- Please do not use the seat reclining function or change the seat setting.
- Please kindly switch all your electronic devices such as mobile phones and game machines etc. to manner mode with no sound.
- Talking on mobile phones and video calls are prohibited on the tour bus.
- Smoking is strictly prohibited on the tour bus.
- Arrival time at each sightseeing sport may differ depending on traffic conditions.
- Use of drones for shooting or other purposes is prohibited during the tour.
- Please do not use perfume, spray or change baby diapers on the bus, as it may cause trouble to other customers.
- Please kindly manage your valuable belongings by yourself.
- After the tour, please kindly take all the garbage with you and do not leave them on the bus.
- Please do not forget and leave any personal belongings on the bus after the tour.
- If you are unable to follow the above regulations and cause any nuisance on the bus, you may be asked to get off the bus even in the middle of the tour.
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellation made at least 21 day(s) before departure date, Fully refundable (100% refund)
- Cancel during 8 ~ 20 day(s) of departure, will charge 20%
- Cancel during 2 ~ 7 day(s) of departure, will charge 30%
- Cancel on 1 day(s) before departure, will charge 40%
- Cancel on activities date, will charge 50%