Resort, Kirishima
Tenku no Mori
Tenku no Mori is a resort of five villas on sixty hectares of hillside at Makizono in Kirishima, Kagoshima, the villas set far apart, each with its own onsen, and its kitchen fed from terraced fields on the land. Kagoshima Airport is about fifteen minutes by car.
Stay at Tenku no Mori on a Custom Tour of Japan, created around your party alone, on the dates you choose.
the room
The rooms
Three villas are for the night. The largest, near the top of the land, is two buildings, a bedroom and a living room, joined by a wooden deck over the view, with an open-air onsen on the edge. A second is turned to the west for the evening light, its gourd-shaped open-air onsen facing the Kirishima range and its deck over the rice terraces. The third is set in subtropical forest, bedroom, living room and onsen in one line, enclosed and quiet. Two further villas are kept for use by day.
to unwind
The onsen
The onsen is in the villa: every villa has its own, open to the air, with the mountains, the paddies or the trees beyond it. The rice terraces and the Kirishima range fill the view from the largest of them.
the table
Dining
The cooking is of this hillside: the shoots and vegetables of the terraced fields, Satsuma jidori chicken served as tataki and grilled, river fish such as sweetfish and eel, wild boar, crab, beef of the Osumi peninsula, and bacon and sausage made in the kitchen.
the setting
Kirishima
The land is a hillside at Makizono, in the Kirishima country of northern Kagoshima: forest, terraced rice paddies and fields, with the Kirishima mountains in view. Each villa is placed for what it sees, from near the top of the land to the subtropical forest.
The terraced fields and forest of the estate surround the villas, the onsen valley of Myoken lies below, and Kirishima Jingu and the highlands of the national park are a drive away.
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Tenku no Mori, on a journey of your own
A Custom Tour of Japan can place Tenku no Mori wherever it best suits your journey, for as many nights as you wish, with your own Tour Director and a private car and driver every day.
questions
Questions about Tenku no Mori
Where is Tenku no Mori?
On a hillside at Makizono in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, above the valley of Myoken Onsen. Kagoshima Airport is about fifteen minutes by car.
Does every villa at Tenku no Mori have its own onsen?
Yes. Each of the five villas has an onsen of its own, with the forest, the rice terraces or the Kirishima range beyond it.
Can Tenku no Mori be part of a private journey?
Yes. A Custom Tour of Japan can include Tenku no Mori on dates of your own, created around your party alone, with your own Tour Director. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
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