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[Grand Mercure Beppu Bay Resort & Spa] W award! Special accommodation plan to commemorate the award of Rakuten Travel Silver Award 2025 and Rakuten Travel Japan's Inn Awards 2025

We have prepared more than 10 types of spring-only experience programs together with leaders and instructors who connect traditional culture that has been carefully protected to the future. We propose a unique encounter that can be enjoyed by ADULTS and a child's "first time" shine.

"Grand Mercure Beppu Bay Resort & Spa" (Location: Hijicho, Hayami-gun, Oita Prefecture / General Manager: Park Boram) won the "Rakuten Travel Silver Award 2025" and "Rakuten Travel Japan's Inn Award 2025" at the "Rakuten Travel Awards 2025" announced on February 9, 2026. As a commemoration of the award, we will start selling "All-inclusive plan with award-only original mini seafood chirashi sushi". From March, a spring-only experience program that can be enjoyed in the hotel will begin, and you can enjoy a high-quality stay unique to all-inclusive in Beppu Bay in spring overlooking the sparkling sea.

Rakuten Travel Award 2025
[Silver Awards 2025] All-inclusive with award-only original mini seafood chirashi sushi
https://grand-mercure-beppubay-resortandspa.jp/plan/original-mini-seafood-chirashi-sushi/

※The "Rakuten Travel Award" is a system that commends accommodation facilities registered in Rakuten Travel nationwide that have achieved remarkable results over the past year and have received high praise. "Rakuten Travel Japan's Inn Award" is an award for accommodation facilities included in leisure categories such as resort hotels and inns.
Reference: https://travel.rakuten.co.jp/award/

Beppu Bay Spring Program ~ Local Culture Experience with Five Senses~

At Grand Mercure Beppu Bay Resort & Spa, a resort hotel surrounded by landscapes woven by the nature of the mountains and the sea standing on the calm coastline, we offer workshops and stage events where you can experience connections with local communities through the fields of food culture, manufacturing, historical culture, and music. This spring, the seasonal experience program that you can meet the area while traveling and enjoy with your five senses will be further enhanced, adding new attractions.

[Name] Beppu Bay Spring Program ~ Local Culture Experience with Five Senses~
[Period] Please check the details of each program
[Place] Grand Mercure Beppu Bay Resort & Spa Hotel
[Fee] Free or charged depending on the program content
[Details] https://grand-mercure-beppubay-resortandspa.jp/plan/spring-program-26/
※Reservation required for paid programs. We will close the reception as soon as the capacity is reached.
※Brands are subject to change depending on the purchase situation.


Let's try some matcha.
Appearance: This is a matcha experience where you can taste the Yame tea "Hoshi no Ro" that represents Kyushu by inviting a lecturer to convey Japanese culture through the tea ceremony Urasenke (Katsuyama Shachu) tea ceremony. Touching stories about tea ceremony and tea, you can enjoy delicious spring with fragrant matcha, along with fresh sweets inspired by cherry blossoms in spring, specially made by Take Hayashido, a long-established Japanese confectionery store in Beppu City.
Period: Friday, March 27 28 (Sat) 29 (Sun)
[Capacity] 5 groups of 10 people each time
[Recommended Age] 6 years old or older / No age limit
※Limited capacity / paid program
※Brands are subject to change depending on the purchase situation.


Jodoji miso making experience
Thank you for your cooperation: Saburo Abe Shoten
"Saburo Abe Shoten" in Hiji-cho is a long-established miso store that focuses on additive-free and handmade, and continues to make miso using rice from Oita Prefecture, a manufacturing method that has been handed down for three generations and has been handed down. Between the preparation of the popular combination miso "Jodoji Miso", you can enjoy the fragrant miso soup and experience the craftsmanship of craftsmen and the depth of fermentation culture.
Period: April 3rd (Fri) 4th (Sat) 5th (Sun)
[Capacity] 5 groups of 10 people each time
[Recommended Age] Over 3 years / There is no age limit
※Limited capacity / paid program
※You can take your miso home and taste it at home after the fermentation period.


Let's touch the bamboo work
Take bamboo craft, a traditional craft of Oita, will be invited by a bamboo craftsman who is active in the local area as a lecturer, and challenge the basic bamboo technique "Sixth Knitting". Touching the suppleness of bamboo and the depth of manufacturing, the work knitted leaves the fun memories of the trip in shape.
Period: March 20 (Friday/holiday) 21 (Sat) 22 (Sun)
[Capacity] 5 groups of 10 people each time
[Recommended Age] 11 years old or older / No age limit
※Limited capacity / paid program


Let's play steel bread
Appearance: Steelpan player Seiji MIYAKAWA
You will experience actual performances while learning the characteristics of the percussion instrument "steel pan" with a scale born from drums and the mechanism of sound. Wrapped in a mysterious tone and a pleasant rhythm, you can fully feel the world of sound unique to Steelpan.
Period: Saturday, March 21 Saturday, April 4
[Fee] Free


Time slip at a picture-story show
Appearance: Picture-story show master Ishiyama
We have prepared a new special work, "Umehime Monogatari," a picture-story show that conveys the local culture and history of Hiji-cho. Children of the digital age can enjoy freshness as their first picture-story show experience, and ADULTS enjoy a heartwarming time with parents and children.
Period: Thursday, March 26 Wednesday, April 1
[Fee] Free


Kids Patissier Experience
This is a "Kids Patissier" experience where you can dress in a cock coat and try to make sweets in a patissier mood. We will freely decorate fruits and creams, and create original sweets that are only one in the world while cultivating imagination and creativity. I am looking forward to the smiles of the children at the moment they are finished.
Period: Monday, March 23 30 (Mon)
[Capacity] 5 people each time
[Recommended Age] 11 years or older
※Limited capacity / paid program


Yufu hasama drum
Yufu Hasama Taiko, based in Hasama-cho, is a Japanese drum organization that inherits the traditional culture of the region and connects to the future. In the open view of Beppu Bay, you can enjoy the powerful and gorgeous sound of Japanese drums.
Period: Saturday, March 28
[Fee] Free
[Place] Outdoor poolside
※In case of rain, the event will be held in the hall

Let's touch the charm of Hiji-cho, Oita Prefecture! Hiji Craft Marche held

It is a Marche full of Japanese beauty and playfulness, with "seeing, knowing, connecting, and enjoying" that does not stop the excitement of spring. Through sightseeing information and limited products of Hijimachi, which is rich in nature surrounded by the sea and mountains, you can enjoy the spring where your mind and body can play through workshops on the land.
Period: Tuesday, March 24 25 (Wed) 26 (Thu) 31 (Tue) Wednesday, April 1 2 (Thu)
[Time] 19:00～20:00 【Place】1F Lounge
※Paid program, reservation priority

Accommodation is all-inclusive and stays at will

Located on a hill overlooking Beppu Bay, it is a resort hotel where you can enjoy the quiet Beppu Bay and beautiful green mountains. About 100 cherry trees are planted in the castle park in Hiji-cho, and during the best time to see the cherry blossoms, the superb view of Beppu Bay overlooking Mount Takasaki spreads over the cherry blossoms. All-inclusive, where you can enjoy meals, drinks including alcohol, and lounge use without worrying about additional charges, we are working to enhance the comfort of your stay and create a space where each guest can spend their time at ease. Please enjoy a relaxing time with the scenery unique to Beppu Bay in spring, the sea breeze gently swaying the petals of cherry blossoms, and pale cherry blossoms.

Spring Lounge "Sakura" limited-time menu

In the lounge, for a limited time in spring, we have prepared "Sakura tea" with a slight scent of cherry blossoms, and "Sakura liqueur" and "Sakura syrup" with gentle sweetness.
Period: From March 1 (Sun) to April 30 (Thu)
[Place] 1F Lounge
Evening Social 15:00-18:00
Toriwatari / Night Cap 21:00-23:00
[Hotel name] Grand Mercure Beppu Bay Resort & Spa
[Location] 1825 Oaza Hirado, Hiji-cho Hiji-cho, Hayami-gun, Oita Prefecture 879-1508, Japan
【TEL】 03-5539-2606 (Reservation Center)
【URL】 https://grand-mercure-beppubay-resortandspa.jp/
[Access] About 30 minutes by bus or taxi from Oita Airport.

About 30 minutes by car to Beppu city and about 50 minutes to Oita city.
※Some drinks, activities, etc. are charged. ※There is no lunch.

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