2026.04.13

[Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Resort & Spa] This event will be held during Golden Week, where visitors can experience the culture and food of Munakata, Fukuoka, such as making traditional crafts "Hakata Okiage" and making mentaiko.

A variety of events for parents and children to enjoy, such as eating chocolate, food education programs to learn about cacao, and parfait making using low sweets ingredients.

A variety of events will be held during Golden Week, from April 29 (Wednesday/holiday) to May 5 (Tuesday/holiday) at Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Resort & Spa, a resort hotel with good access from Hakata and Kokura. In addition to making traditional crafts "Hakata Okiage" handed down to Fukuoka and Hakata, with the cooperation of the local company "Umeya", mentaiko making using local ingredients such as Oshima's specialty "Amanatsu" and akamoku, we hold events on the theme of culture and food unique to Fukuoka and Munakata, such as making experiences. In addition, there are plans for parents and children to participate, such as a food education program where you can enjoy comparing chocolate while learning about the production area and characteristics of cacao, a kids barista experience, and a parfait using low sweets ingredients. We propose a stay for Golden Week that can be enjoyed by families while getting close to the local culture and food.

Golden Week Event Information

Introduction of various events and experiences

1.　Workshop for making Hakata Okiage, a traditional craft in Fukuoka

 

We will hold a workshop where you can experience the making of Hakata Okiage, a traditional craft that has been handed down to Fukuoka and Hakata. In Hakata, "Oshie", which uses cloth and cotton, is called "Okiage". Oshie work, which takes a mold with cardboard or Japanese paper, and uses cotton or cloth to assemble it three-dimensionally on the cut parts, is attractive for the gorgeous fabric texture and unique to hand-drawn expression. This time, we will invite Hiromiko Shimizu, the third generation writer, who inherits the tradition of Hakata Okiage and continues production activities in Fukuoka City, and will hold a workshop where you can experience the charm while actually making it. You can not only experience local traditional crafts while traveling, but also bring back your own works as memories of your trip.

[Overview]
Date: May 3, 2026 (Sun/holiday)
Time: 14:30～／15:45～　※Time required: Approx. 40 minutes
Location: Hotel Special Venue
Capacity: 15 pairs each time
Price: Day trip customer experience only 3,800 yen
Recommended age: 5 years old
All-inclusive plan including Hakata okiage making experience Details and reservation:
https://mercure-fukuokamunakata-resortandspa.jp/plan/shokuhinsample/

2. 　Food education program where you can experience Fukuoka's food culture

・Mentaiko making experience to know, make, and taste Fukuoka's food

 

We will hold an experience event to make Karashi Meitaiko, which is popular as a representative of Fukuoka gourmet, with your own hands. With the cooperation of Umeya, which manufactures and sells spicy mentaiko in Munezo City, Fukuoka Prefecture, you can enjoy making original mentaiko while learning about the history and manufacturing process of mentaiko.
The feature is that you can choose the taste according to your taste, using ingredients related to the local area, such as miso from Munakata, which is a soy-producing area, sweet summer specially produced by Munakata and Oshima, and seaweed from the Sea of Genkai. The finished mentaiko can also be tasted at a dinner or breakfast buffet restaurant. This is a food experience unique to Munakata where you can enjoy Fukuoka's food culture through a series of experiences from children to ADULTS.

[Overview]
Date: May 4, 2026 (Mon./holiday)
Time: 15:30～／16:15～　※Time required: About 20 to 30 minutes
Location: Hotel Special Venue
Capacity: 10 sets each time
Price: Day-trip customer experience only (with two mentaikos) 3,000 yen * Advance reservation required
Accommodation guest experience only (with one belly) 1,500 yen * Front desk reception on the day (limited quantity)
All-inclusive plan including original Mentaiko pickling experience (with 2 Mentaiko side)
Details and Reservations: https://mercure-fukuokamunakata-resortandspa.jp/plan/mentaiko/

・Held a program where you can learn about the production areas and characteristics of cacao and enjoy eating comparison

 

We invite Bean to Bar Chocolate specialty store "UMEYA BRAINERY" in Sozo City, Fukuoka Prefecture, to hold a program where you can enjoy eating comparison while learning about the cacao production area and characteristics. Bean to Bar is a manufacturing style that consistently handles the process from cacao beans to board chocolate, and UMEYA BRAINERY offers everything from buying and manufacturing high quality cacao beans.
On the day, after learning the characteristics of cacao production area and region while looking at the world map, you will also eat and compare commercial chocolate with Bean to Bar Chocolate, and enjoy the difference in taste and impression. In addition, we will also compare chocolates using cacao for each production area. You can enjoy chocolate, which is usually familiar as a snack, from a different perspective, such as learning the background of production and enjoying the difference in taste.

[Overview]
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Time: 15:30～／16:00～　※Time required: About 20 minutes
Location: Hotel Special Venue
Capacity: The first 30 groups each time
Price: Free
Recommended age: 3 years old

3.　Barista experience in which children play a leading role & making low sweets that parents and children can enjoy

・Coffee experience program for kids to enjoy a barista mood

 

We will hold a kids barista experience with Takeshi Takada, who worked on the original blend of our hotel, with coffee. Participating children write their name on the name tag, wear an apron, and experience everything from bean grinding to coffee drip while becoming a barista. It is also a unique point of this experience to be able to serve a cup brewed by your own hands to your family.

[Overview]
Date: May 5, 2026 (Tuesday/holiday)
Time: 10:00～／15:30～　※Time required: 40-60 minutes
Location: Hotel Special Venue
Capacity: Up to 3 groups each time, up to 3 children
Price: 1,000 yen (front reception desk on the day, first-come, first-served basis)
Recommended age: Elementary school students ~

・Parfait making using Munakata strawberry and low sweets ingredients

 

We will have a parfait making experience with low sweets patissier Saori Shindo, who is also involved in food education, as a lecturer. In recent years, low sweets, which have attracted interest with growing health consciousness, are sweets made by making use of ingredients without going through fire, and are characterized by not using dairy products, eggs, sugar, or flour. On the day, in addition to ice cream and nuts that do not contain dairy products, strawberry "Red Hoppe" and "Amaou" grown at the hotel's owner contract "Munakata Strawberry Farm" , Make a mini parfait. Using materials that are gentle to the body, you can enjoy making gorgeous parfaits even in appearance.

[Overview]
Date: May 5, 2026 (Tuesday/holiday)
Time: 15:00～／15:20〜／15:40～　※Time required: 15 to 20 minutes
Location: Hotel Special Venue
Capacity: 5 groups each time (front reception on the day, first-come, first-served basis)
Price: 500 yen (1 mini parfait)
Recommended age: 3 years old

4.　Local characters from Munakata and miniature hoses appear, and a contact event to enjoy in the hall

・Munakata's local character "Ten-chan" appears at the hotel

Munakata's local character "Ten-chan" will appear at the hotel. Ten-chan is a character based on the motif of Hondo Ten, an animal of the Itachi family that lives in Kyushu and Shikoku. There are two types of Hondo Ten, "Kiten" and "Suten", and Ten-chan is based on Kiten, which also inhabits many Munakata. On the day of the event, you can enjoy interacting and shooting in the lobby, making it easy for families to participate easily.

[Overview]
Date: May 2 (Sat.) and May 4 (Mon./holiday), 2026
Time: 16:00～17:00
Location: Hotel 1st floor lobby
＊Time is subject to change.

・One-day limited event where you can interact with miniature hoses

A miniature horse comes to the hotel from the Canadian Camp Riding Club in Munakata City. It is an event on the first day of Golden Week where small children can easily participate and enjoy interacting with animals.

[Overview]
Date: April 29, 2026 (Wednesday/holiday)
Time: 14:00～17:00
Location: Hotel Garden
＊It may be canceled in case of rain or stormy weather.

Dinner & Breakfast Buffet offers a new Marche Buffet in April

Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Resort & Spa celebrated its 2nd anniversary on April 1, 2026. The buffet restaurant Locavore will start offering a new signature menu inspired by CONCEPT Marche. The "fun of discovery" that makes you want to stop your feet unintentionally, the "excitement" of a live kitchen where you can finish cooking in front of you, and the "fresh experience" unique to your travel destination are packed. The hotel, along with a new Marche buffet, will extend the strawberry fair scheduled to be held until the end of April until May 31 due to its popularity. In tie-up with Munakata Strawberry Farm, we offer a variety of menus that utilize strawberries grown by hotel staff and non-standard strawberries from the farm. During the Golden Week period, you can fully enjoy the charm of seasonal strawberries.

Staying at all-inclusive, Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Resort & Spa

Located on the Sea of Genkai, this all-inclusive resort hotel is located in a location overlooking Satsuki Matsubara, which has been selected as one of Japan's Top 100 White Sand and Blue Pines, and islands floating offshore. Located in Munakata, where the culture of Kamijukuru Island, which is registered as a World Heritage Site, lives, it is about 10 minutes by car to the World Heritage Site "Munakata Taisha" and can be used as a base for sightseeing around the area. In the morning and evening buffet, we offer dishes that make use of local ingredients, such as seafood from the Sea of Genkai and Munakata beef. All-inclusive, including dinner and drinks in the lounge, you can enjoy meals and lounge use during your stay. It is easy to access by car from Fukuoka City, and can be used in conjunction with sightseeing in the Munakata area.

Location: 1303 Tano, Munezo, Fukuoka 811-3514, Japan
TEL： 03-5539-2612 (Reservation Center)
Price: All-inclusive 1 night from 19,000 yen (per room for 2 people, including tax and surcharge)
※There is no charge for lunch.
Access: About 20 minutes by car from JR Togo Station, about 1 hour by car from Fukuoka Airport
Official Website: https://mercure-fukuokamunakata-resortandspa.jp