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BEPPU & KYOTO · CULTURAL EXPERIENCES

Experience Japan through its people.

Join local hosts for cultural experiences in Beppu and Kyoto. Make, taste and explore together.

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND MISEKAI

We’ve travelled the world.
Now, we welcome you to Japan.

Japan experiences created by young Japanese travellers.

We’re young people from Japan who have explored the world. The people we’ve met along the way inspire the experiences we create back home.

In Beppu and Kyoto, we bring that curiosity to local crafts, food and culture—with time to ask questions, share discoveries and get to know people here.

Japan as a Relationship.

Find your Japan experience

Misekai members sharing a group photograph with people outside a local shop — Moments from our members’ travels abroad.

A Misekai member taking part in an activity alongside people met abroad — Moments from our members’ travels abroad.

TWO PLACES. YOUR KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

Find your kind of day.

Hands-on discovery in Beppu. Temple traditions in Kyoto.
Both experienced with local hosts.

BEPPU / CRAFTS, FOOD & HOT-SPRING CULTURE

HEAT & HEART

A day of hot-spring crafts, steam-cooked food and a seaside sand bath.

Beppu, Kyushu
Full-day experience
Vegan lunch available

Three women smiling and weaving bamboo together — BAMBOO CRAFT · MADE TOGETHER
Make a bamboo keepsake with your host.
Try weaving, ask questions and learn as you make. Take home your handiwork and a memory of the people you met.

More moments in your day

A couple holding up their onsen-dyed fabric together — HOT-SPRING DYEING
Dye a hand towel to take home.
Make your design with soy milk, then watch hot-spring water bring out the colour.

Three people lifting baskets of seafood and vegetables from geothermal steam cookers — HOT-SPRING STEAM COOKING
Taste the heat of Beppu.
Cook lunch with natural hot-spring steam—a local tradition called jigoku-mushi.
Regular menu pictured, including seafood. Vegan and vegetarian options available.

Four guests resting in a sand bath wearing purple yukata — SEASIDE SAND BATH
Relax in warm sand by the sea.
Rest in a yukata robe while warm sand surrounds your body.

WARMTH, SHARED.

Make it your Beppu day.

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KYOTO / TEMPLES, GARDENS & BRUSHWORK

KYOTO TOGETHER

Explore Sennyū-ji and Unryū-in with a local host, from Buddhist art to quiet brushwork.

Kyoto
Approx. 2–3 hours · planned
Tōfukuji Station meeting point

Four participants discussing Japanese culture around a table — KYOTO · SEEN TOGETHER
Explore temple traditions through conversation.
Look closely at Buddhist art, ask your host questions and exchange impressions with your fellow travellers.

Your temple journey

Yōkihi Kannon seated in the Kannon hall at Sennyū-ji temple — SENNYŪ-JI
Discover the story of Kannon.
Explore Sennyū-ji and Yōkihi Kannon, a statue of the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion.

A visitor photographing the pine tree and garden from inside Unryū-in — UNRYŪ-IN GARDEN
Pause for a garden view.
Take time to notice the garden at Unryū-in and enjoy a cup of matcha green tea.

A close-up of a participant’s hand holding a brush above a sutra sheet — SUTRA TRACING
Trace Buddhist scripture with a brush.
Follow the faint characters on your sheet, one stroke at a time. This practice is called shakyo.

TEMPLE CUSTOMS · TEMIZU

Learn a temple purification ritual.

Your host introduces temizu: rinsing your hands with water before worship. Discover the meaning of this small gesture, following the temple’s customs.

Three companions sharing the temizu hand-washing ritual at a temple

Nine participants posing together in front of a temple — A SHARED VISIT TO KYOTO
What caught your eye?
Take time to talk about the art, customs and details you notice. Your questions and fellow travellers’ impressions are part of the experience.

CURIOSITY, SHARED.

Find your connection to Kyoto.

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