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Ibusuki Sand Bath & Chiran Samurai Houses
Moderate Activity
Includes meal
Shopping Opportunities
Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
Your full-day tour begins as you board your motorcoach and travel south to the Satsuma Peninsula. Your first stop is Ibusuki, the Satsuma Peninsula's foremost resort, famed for its therapeutic sand baths, a "tonic" for circulation and general health. Hot springs heat the sand to approximately 180 degrees Fahrenheit. Upon arriving at the hotel, you'll don a kimono and sit back as you're covered with warm sand up to your neck, followed by a shower and a Japanese-style bath.
After a truly relaxing spa experience, you'll enjoy a Japanese-style lunch at a local restaurant.
Continue on to Chiran, once the stronghold of the Shimazu samurai, which boasts a lane lined by residences of warriors who lived in Edo period (17th through mid-19th centuries. You can see provincial samurais' sense of beauty when you enter their gardens. Stroll down a street lined with well-preserved samurai houses and their small gardens.
Your tour concludes with a relaxing drive back to the pier.
Points of interest
Ibusuki
Schedule
Special Notes
Passengers are provided with a cotton kimono and small towel for their sand bath. Passengers will need to undress when using the shower and the hot spring. Changing facilities are available.
Passengers with a history of high blood pressure, heart problems, skin problems cannot participate on this tour; a medical release must be completed prior to participation.
Tatoo is not allowed.
The hot sand bath is not wheelchair accessible; This tour is not recommended for passengers with walking difficulties.
We suggest passengers carry local currency for purchases.
Tour will not visit inside the samurai houses.
Tour order may vary.
Medical Restriction
Passengers with a history of high blood pressure, heart problems, skin problems cannot participate on this tour; a medical release must be completed prior to participation.
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Moderate Activity
Includes meal
Shopping Opportunities
Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
Your full-day tour begins as you board your motorcoach and travel south to the Satsuma Peninsula. Your first stop is Ibusuki, the Satsuma Peninsula's foremost resort, famed for its therapeutic sand baths, a "tonic" for circulation and general health. Hot springs heat the sand to approximately 180 degrees Fahrenheit. Upon arriving at the hotel, you'll don a kimono and sit back as you're covered with warm sand up to your neck, followed by a shower and a Japanese-style bath.
After a truly relaxing spa experience, you'll enjoy a Japanese-style lunch at a local restaurant.
Continue on to Chiran, once the stronghold of the Shimazu samurai, which boasts a lane lined by residences of warriors who lived in Edo period (17th through mid-19th centuries. You can see provincial samurais' sense of beauty when you enter their gardens. Stroll down a street lined with well-preserved samurai houses and their small gardens.
Your tour concludes with a relaxing drive back to the pier.
Points of interest
Ibusuki
Schedule
Special Notes
Passengers are provided with a cotton kimono and small towel for their sand bath. Passengers will need to undress when using the shower and the hot spring. Changing facilities are available.
Passengers with a history of high blood pressure, heart problems, skin problems cannot participate on this tour; a medical release must be completed prior to participation.
Tatoo is not allowed.
The hot sand bath is not wheelchair accessible; This tour is not recommended for passengers with walking difficulties.
We suggest passengers carry local currency for purchases.
Tour will not visit inside the samurai houses.
Tour order may vary.
Medical Restriction
Passengers with a history of high blood pressure, heart problems, skin problems cannot participate on this tour; a medical release must be completed prior to participation.