[Mercure Kochi Tosa Resort & Spa] We propose a spring stay to enjoy with all five senses, such as a limited sweets buffet "Spring Wind and Citrus Japanese Sweets Garden" using ingredients from Kochi Prefecture such as Yuzu and Tosa tea, and a workshop where visitors can experience the culture of Tosa.
"Spring Wind and Citrus Japanese Sweets Garden" to taste the spring of Tosa Held from March 3 (Tue) to April 24 (Fri), 2026 at dinner buffet
From March 3, 2026 (Tuesday) at Mercure Kochi Tosa Resort & Spa, an all-inclusive resort hotel with a view of Tosa Bay behind the Shikoku Mountains (Location: Geisei Village, Aki-gun, Kochi Prefecture / General Manager: Mion Sawa), we propose a stay where you can enjoy the coming of spring with your five senses. The dinner buffet offers spring-only sweets using local ingredients such as yuzu, Tosa tea, strawberries, and cherry blossoms from Kochi Prefecture. In the lounge on the first floor, there is a terrace seat overlooking the hotel garden, where you can enjoy sake and local sweets from 12 sake breweries in Kochi Prefecture while feeling the spring breeze. In addition, we usually hold hands-on workshops held on weekends every day during the spring break. We have prepared an experience that allows you to leave memories of your trip in shape while touching the culture of Kochi, such as making bookmarks using Tosa Washi.
A stay proposal to enjoy the spring of Kochi with five senses
1. "Spring breeze and citrus Japanese sweets garden" packed with local seasonal tastes
During the spring break this year, we will offer spring-only sweets that incorporate local seasonal ingredients such as fruits and tea from Geisei Village, Kochi Prefecture, where the hotel is located. Including "Yuzu" from Kochi Prefecture, which accounts for about 50% of the national production volume (*1) Tosa tea made from 100% of the prefecture's tea leaves, cherry blossoms and strawberries that make you feel the coming of spring, are available. With a refreshing fragrance and gentle taste like spring, you can enjoy a relaxing moment after meals. In addition, there will be a corner where children can enjoy making original parfaits with their favorite ingredients.
*1 Reference: Trends in Kochi Agriculture (Main Indicators)
<Introduction of all 6 Spring Sweets>
・Yuzu rare cheese with yuzu jam from Kochi prefecture
Uses yuzu juice from Kochi Prefecture luxuriously. Rare cheese cake with refreshing acidity and richness of cream cheese. The yuzu jam attached to the finish and the peel of small chopped yuzu are accents of aroma and color.
・Matcha cake finished with Tosa tea powder
Matcha cake with a moist texture that makes use of the elegant taste and bittersweetness unique to Tosa tea. It is a dish that feels the taste of Japanese with the fragrance of matcha spreading softly.
・Tosa's aburi tea fragrant Hojicha pudding
Using the fragrant roasted Tosa's aburi tea powder, a smooth pudding is added with a rich aroma. Deep roasting incense spreads softly every time it is contained in the mouth.
・Colored cold zenzai
Spring-style Japanese sweets with a gentle sweetness of red beans and fresh strawberry sourness. It is a cool, light and cold zenzai that can be enjoyed after meals regardless of age or gender.
・Sakura-flavored Hitokuchi Sakuramochi
Spring classic Japanese confectionery with the fragrance of cherry leaves spreading softly. It has a simple and gentle taste that retains the sense of the season.
・Kochi's traditional sweet white ball molasses luxury warabi mochi
A luxurious warabi mochi with plenty of special black honey made using "Shiratama sugar" made by traditional manufacturing methods in Geisei Village. The mellow sweetness without astringency or miscellaneous taste enhances the thick texture of warabi mochi.
Period: March 3 (Tuesday) - April 24 (Friday), 2026
Time: 17:30 to 21:00 (last order 20:30)
Location: 13th Floor Buffet Restaurant Locavore
Price: All-inclusive bookings are included in the room rate.
URL : https://mercure-kochitosa-resortandspa.jp/plan/2026spring-sweets-menu/
2. A lounge overlooking the hotel garden where you can relax while feeling the spring breeze
Have a pleasant lounge time at the hotel garden overlooking the pool
The lounge on the first floor of the hotel is an open space overlooking the hotel garden. From this spring, terrace seats will be set up in the lounge and hotel garden to provide a lounge time where you can relax while feeling the flowers and pleasant spring breeze. In the lounge, you can always prepare sake carefully selected from 12 sake breweries in Kochi Prefecture, and enjoy it with local snacks such as Millet biscuits and potato kenpo. In addition, for a limited time, you can also enjoy drinks and snacks that feel the local spring.
Period: Permanent from Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Time: 15:00-18:00
Location: 1st Floor Lounge and Hotel Garden
Price: All-inclusive bookings are included in the room rate.
URL : https://mercure-kochitosa-resortandspa.jp/facility/2621/
[Other Information]
Until February 28 (Saturday), private use of the "Winter Hokkori Kotatsu Private Room" where you can spend a relaxing time in a private room overlooking the hotel garden with Yamakita Mikan or Buntan in Kochi Prefecture.
Period: Held from February Saturday, February 28, 2026
Time: From 15:00 to 18:00 (90 minutes per set)
Location: 1st floor lounge back (2 rooms complete)
Price: 1,000 yen per set
3. Spring break is held every day! Experience-based workshops for both ADULTS and children
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- Making bookmarks using Tosa Japanese paper with a gentle texture
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- Local Discovery Room "The Country of Tosa"
The experience room "Tosa no Kuni", which is usually held every Saturday, is held every day during the spring break. It is a corner where you can experience the culture and manufacturing of Kochi in the hall, and it is also characterized by three generations of parents and children. In addition to the usual experience contents, a new “Tosa Washi bookmark making experience” using Tosa Washi washi started this spring. Tosa Washi is a traditional craft with a history of more than 1,000 years, produced mainly in the town of Ino, Kochi Prefecture, and nurtured by the water of the clear stream and the Niyodo River and the skills of craftsmen. It combines thinness and strongness and is characterized by a wide variety of flavors. At the workshop, Tosa Japanese paper, craft punches, pens, etc. are prepared, and original bookmarks are freely cut, paste, and decorations are freely used to produce original bookmarks. It is also recommended as a gift as a memory of your trip.
Period: March 28 (Sat) - April 4 (Sat), 2026
Time: 16:00〜18:00
Location: 2nd Floor Local Discovery Room “Tosa Country”
Price: Free (included in the room rate)
URL： https://mercure-kochitosa-resortandspa.jp/plan/spring_workshop2025/
In addition, various activities are available, so please enjoy it.
https://mercure-kochitosa-resortandspa.jp/plan/2026spring-locald/
Guests can enjoy in-house activities regardless of weather, putter golf lounge
We will open an all-weather putter golf lounge using the shop space on the first floor of the hotel. It can be used as a service included in all-inclusive and adjacent to the lounge, so you can enjoy it like a game with your child while having drinks and snacks.
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- Full view of Pater Golf Lounge
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- We also have putters for children.
Period: Permanent from Friday, February 20, 2026
Time: 15:00〜21:00
Location: 1st floor shop space
Price: Free (included in the room rate)
URL： https://mercure-kochitosa-resortandspa.jp/plan/2026_puttergolf/
About "Mercure Kochi Tosa Resort & Spa"
A resort hotel where you can enjoy the view of Tosa Bay behind the Shikoku Mountains. It is located on a hill overlooking Kotogahama and the beautiful Pacific Ocean. It is about 20 minutes by car from Kochi Ryoma Airport and about 1 hour from Kochi city, making it an ideal base for sightseeing in Kochi city. You can enjoy an all-inclusive stay at no additional charge, such as evening buffet, alcohol during dinner, lounge, hot springs and activities.
[Official Website] https://mercure-kochitosa-resortandspa.jp/
[Location] 2995, Nishibunko, Geisei-mura, Aki-gun, Kochi
[Fee] All-inclusive 21,000 yen per night ~ (tax included per person per room for 2 guests)
※Some drinks, activities, etc. are charged.
※There is no lunch.