Discover the journey.

Local Discovery

The story of the land you can meet at a hotel

While being casual
The journey gets deeper.

"Local Discovery" in Grand Mercure / Mercure delivers such experiences only to guests at the hotel.

In every region, there are stories that the people living there have been carefully spinning. I want you to make your trip even richer with the sparkle scattered in everyday life. From such a thought, we have prepared a selection of activities.

For example, make crafts yourself and experience traditional culture.
Try to taste the specialty products in the same style as the locals.
Take your mind and body in nature and feel the air of the land.

There are discoveries and excitement that can only be encountered by approaching the "people who travel", one step further from the "people who live".

With a comfortable stay style of all-inclusive that can be enjoyed together with meals, lounges, and hot springs, the story unique to the area where you can enjoy without special preparation.
The warmth that is passed down over time and connects people and breathes together, will be a memory that will deeply permeate the heart, never ending with fun memories alone.

Discover the journey.
Please go out on a journey where "Local Discovery" awaits you to touch, taste, and feel.

Index

Make and touch

Local Discovery - Make

Activities to move your hands, touch local culture, and create crafts.
The warmth of handwork and the thoughts passed down from generation to generation are deeply engraved in your heart.

Pendant assembly experience with Ainu patterns

Sapporo

Pendant assembly experience with Ainu patterns in collaboration with the Ainu Traditional Crafts Museum "Ureshipa" in Hiratori-cho, Hokkaido.
You can create your own original pendant by combining strings and beads with a laser-processed pendant top with Ainu patterns as you like.

The pendant top uses wood from Hokkaido such as Ezo pine and wig.
Please enjoy the experience that you can bring back as a memory of your trip while touching the Ainu culture.

Nature Craft Experience

Zao

Nature craft experience that inflates images from pine cones and acorns in nature to make things that make use of their shapes and materials.
While strolling around the hotel, you can collect natural materials and make your own original work.

Red Beko Painting Experience Red Beko Painting

Urabandai

Aizu's traditional red beko painting experience.
"Akabeko" is a local toy of Aizu and is widely known as a charm and lucky charm for evil.
Let's draw your own red beko while inheriting that tradition!

Digital drawing

Nasu Kogen

You can enjoy free expression while painting a large screen or drawing a line. The sketch with motifs of animals popular in the Nasu Animal Kingdom, such as Manurneko, Snake, and Alpaca, is a composition that leaves a margin, and a single picture is completed by adding a child.

Craft experience made with materials from Minami Boso

Minami Boso

At Cape Obo, where the hotel is located, there is a forest of "Matebashii" that grows like acorns fall in the fall, and the beautiful scenery of the sea and forests is attractive.
You can enjoy making original works such as woodworking crafts and photo frames using pruned materials, acorns, and shells. A special experience unique to this land.
※Items are changed daily

Making Kanei era tsuho bracelets with six-monsen motifs

Matsushiro

Matsuyo is a land related to Nobuyuki Sanada, the first lord of Matsuyo Domain.
With the motif of the family crest "Rokubunsen" that remains everywhere in the town, you can experience making a bracelet for Kanei era treasure.
Please enjoy your own original bracelet while thinking about history.

Hokuriku Mizuhiki experience plum knot

Tonami

Experience making plum knots using the auspicious traditional craft "Mizuhiki".
Plum knots are said to be "hardly tied" and "opening luck" and are popular as gifts and amulets.
Please enjoy only one Mizuhiki work in the world while touching the culture of Hokuriku.

Experience making silk braided misanga

Miyazu

Experience making silk braided misanga realized in collaboration with Yosano Town Tourism Association.
Using 100% silk thread unique to the birthplace of Tango Chirimen, we knit it with four wishes.
Please enjoy making only one Misanga in the world.

Made with Yoshino handmade Japanese paper! Original bookmark

Kashihara

Craft experience using traditional handmade Japanese paper from Yoshinocho and Fukunishi Washi Honpo.
You can make only one original bookmark in the world while touching Yoshino handmade Japanese paper, which is also used for the restoration of cultural properties.

Tatami Coaster Making Experience

Kashihara

Experience making coasters using tatami mats in collaboration with Kashihara City and Fukumoto Tatami Store.
Why don't you make an original tatami coaster in the ancient city of Nara while touching the history of tatami born in the Nara era?

Experience of making wood from Nara Prefecture

Kashihara

Woodworking experience to enjoy with free ideas using scrap wood from Nara Prefecture.
Please enjoy making only one work in the world where both ADULTS and children can be absorbed in.

Lease craft experience made from trees in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture

Kashihara

Lease craft experience using trees in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture.
Let's make a wonderful original wreath while enjoying the scent of cypress and cedar.

Blowback making experience

Awajishima

Experience where Awajishima can hand-craft a traditional toy "blowback" that boasts 80% of domestic production.
You can freely choose colors and patterns to make original blowbacks.
Please spend a time with the whole family, from children to ADULTS.

Making Karatsu-kunchi original arrangements

Karatsu

Experience of making arrangements for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Karatsu-kunchi".
Why don't you make your own arrangements used in the festival where 14 Hikiyama and Hikikos travel around the castle town?
It is a perfect experience for memories of Karatsu's trip.

Let's taste it.

Local Discovery - Taste

Experience of enjoying local specialties in traditional works and local styles.
There is a time waiting for a different taste and lid taste, not just delicious.

Shizuoka tea tasting experience of "Shibukawa Garden"

Hamanako

"Shizuoka" is one of Japan's leading tea spots.
Please try Shizuoka tea with a fragrant and refreshing taste of Shibukawa-en, which has been making tea for generations in Mizumiiro, the famous production area of Motoyama tea, when staying.

Toyama folk song Sasara (Japanese musical instrument) and knitted hat try-on experience

Tonami

Experience touching folk songs and Japanese musical instruments "Sasara" transmitted to Toyama, and knitted hat culture.
While enjoying the sound of Sasara and actually wearing a knitted hat, experience the traditions and world of dance rooted in the community.
Please enjoy watching, listening, and feeling the culture unique to Toyama.

A faucet with yuzu drink

Tosa

A unique experience with refreshing citron drinks when twisting the faucet.
It is a device that you can enjoy from children to adults and want to take pictures unintentionally.

Okuyama's flush coffee hand drip experience

Daisen

Slowly taste with hand drip, local roasted coffee moment.
"Oku Oyama's flush coffee", which is roasted at the foot of Oyama and washed fresh beans with Okuyama's water, has a refreshing taste without miscellaneous taste.

Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Blend Coffee Hand Drip Experience

Munakata

Original "Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Blend" supervised by local Withcoffee barista.
It is characterized by an elegant bitter taste like dark chocolate and a subtle sweetness of citrus that spreads at the back mouth.
Please enjoy the beans selected by Honduras, Brazil with a hand drip.

Experience with Karatsu-yaki tea utensils

Karatsu

Karatsu ware, a traditional craft that has been loved by tea masters since ancient times.
Why don't you enjoy the world of tea while touching specialty products with Karatsu ware that Saga boasts and Ureshino tea, one of the five major production areas?

I can feel it

Local Discovery - Feel

The scenery, culture, and climate unique to the land that you can enjoy with your five senses. You can experience the charm of the area while holding your mind and body in a quiet air.

Starry sky viewing

Yatsugatake

You can see countless stars in the Milky Way in summer and the clear night sky from autumn to winter.
You can also encounter multiple shooting stars in one night, such as when you are in a meteor shower.
Please enjoy the spectacular view of the excitement in making memories of the whole family.

The sound of wind chimes of Takaoka copperware

Tonami

Takaoka copperware with a history of more than 400 years.
The sound of the clear and beautiful wind chimes created by the craftsmanship creates a comfortable moment.

The Mystery Solving Road of Hideyoshi and Hidenaga

Lake Biwa

The historical mystery begins in the hotel building that reproduces Kitaoumi.
You become Hidenaga and go on a journey with Hideyoshi and Sakichi Ishida to pursue the secret treasures of the Asai family.
Please enjoy the experience-based mystery solving that solves mysteries while walking and immerses in the world of Sengoku.

Shakyo Experience

Kashihara

In Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara, experience the sutra of Kofuku-ji Temple, the ruins of Kawahara-ji Temple in Asukamura Village, which is said to be the first place in Japan.
Please use the brush and ink of the long-established brush maker "Akashiya" to enjoy a moment of touching the history and culture of Nara through sutras.

Footbath

Minabe

With the footbath drawn from the hot water of Chiri-hama Beach Onsen, you can spend a relaxing time both physically and mentally while watching the sea and the sunset.

Tosa Benkaruta

Tosa

"Tosa Ben Karuta" where you can enjoy learning about Tosa Ben unique to Kochi.
It is an experience that touches dialects and culture while playing, and is exciting regardless of generation.
Please enjoy it with your family and friends to make memories of your trip.

Narikiri Ryoma photo spot

Tosa

A photo spot where you can take a commemorative photo by becoming a hero at the end of the Tokugawa period, Ryoma Sakamoto.
Why don't you take a picture with Ryoma as a memory of your trip to Kochi?

Pilgrimage experience (white costume try on)

Tosa

Dressed in white costumes and experienced the costume of a pilgrim.
This is an experience where you can feel the pilgrimage feeling casually while touching the culture of pilgrimage.

Ryukyu Bira Tiss

Okinawa Cape Zanpa

An original morning program that incorporates music that feels Ryukyu culture and the movements of Acer and Kachassi.
Under the supervision of Bira Tss instructor, even beginners can easily participate and start the day comfortably.

Choose by Purpose

Choose by purpose

According to the purpose of the trip and how to spend
You can choose your stay experience.