SHIKOKU, Dec 04 (News On Japan) –
Castles in Japan have opened their gates to luxurious tourism, providing friends a feudal expertise with historic reenactments and bathtub-view illuminations.
For only one million yen an evening (simply over US$6,800), vacationers can emerse themsleves in 300 years of conventional arts and historical past inside a fort in Ozu City, Shikoku Island.
With the yen at historic lows and a surge in inbound journey spending past pre-pandemic ranges, these fort stays supply an genuine expertise, with particular occasions corresponding to a reenactment the 1617 entrance of the primary lord of Ozu Domain, Kato Sadayasu, full with musketeers.
Other extras embody a grand fireworks show, for an extra 400,000 yen, and a novel bathing expertise with a view of the illuminated fort. The whole price for a household of three can attain over 1.6 million yen.
The income from the fort stays, of which roughly 20% is allotted to cultural heritage conservation, has additionally aided in addressing the difficulty of dwindling successors for conventional arts like Kagura.
Ozu City has additionally opened lodges in renovated conventional homes, setting the city alight with historic tourism.
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