[2025 Awaji Attraction] Travel Guide for Awaji Yumebutai (Updated Jan)

Awaji Island, known as the 'Santorini of Japan' 🌊 Here you can find the same Sky Ladder 🪜 as seen in 'The Truman Show'. If you come to Japan, don't miss this lazy and cozy island in the Seto Inland Sea. - ⛵ Recommended Spots ✅ Awaji Island You can stroll around the island and gaze at the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge 🌉. On the highlands at the northern tip of Awaji Island, you can see hills covered with flowers 💐. The small eateries along the coast are also full of artistic vibes. - ✅ Photo Spots Works by the master architect Tadao Ando - the Stage of Dreams, the Stairway to Happiness leading to the blue sea and sky 📷, the transparent Happiness Chair by the sea, the Ring of Happiness, and the Bell of Happiness are all great for taking photos. - ✅ Seaside Lunch Enjoy a seafood barbecue lunch 🦀 with an endless sea view in front of you, it's simply too pleasant! - ✅ Happy Pancakes When you come to Awaji Island, Happy Pancakes is a must-visit! This is a super popular internet-famous spot, facing the Seto Inland Sea 🐠, enjoying the sea view while savoring delicious food. - ⛵ Itinerary ▫ 8:45 Meet at Dotonbori Kani Doraku East Store, Osaka ▫ 10:30 Awaji Island Road Station (10:30~11:10) ▫ 11:30 Awaji Island Flower Sea Park ▫ 12:45 Enjoy lunch ▫ 15:05 Awaji Island Happy Pancake Terrace ▫ 19:15 Disband at Dotonbori Kani Doraku East Store, Osaka -

Day 1: Harmony of Nature and Architecture In the early morning, I took a bus to Awaji Yumebutai on Awaji Island, a complex designed by Tadao Ando that perfectly blends modern architecture with natural landscapes. Upon arrival, I was greeted by the layered architectural structures that seamlessly integrate with the surrounding mountains and waters. Walking into the Hyakudan-en, I was mesmerized by the 1,500 species of flowers blooming in the terraced garden, like a vivid painting. I strolled through, admiring the interplay between the flowers and the architecture, feeling as if I were in a dream. In the afternoon, I visited the conference center to view an exhibition themed 'Nature and Regeneration,' experiencing a profound dialogue between architecture and ecology. Day 2: Leisurely Stroll in the Poetic World of Awaji The next day, I chose to explore the natural scenery around Yumebutai. In the morning, I walked along the gentle slope paths, appreciating the elegance of Japanese gardens and the serene beauty reflected in the lakes. At the Awaji Yumebutai Botanical Garden, it felt like entering a green labyrinth, with every scene filled with poetry. In the afternoon, I visited the nearby Awaji Island National Akashi Kaikyō Park, continuing the nature journey from Yumebutai. Lying on the lawn, I enjoyed the comfort of the breeze. Over these two days, I wandered between the resonance of architecture and nature, my heart filled with emotion and tranquility.

This garden was created as a 'Garden of Prayer' for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Each block is planted with green plants and flowers, including sunflowers. The view of the sea from the hilltop was spectacular, but I was particularly moved by the beauty of the green mountains and Hyakudan-en Garden against the summer sky. It is also a popular photo spot. Highly recommended for Awaji Island sightseeing. Awaji Yumebutai A complex facility consisting of Grand Nikko Awaji, an international conference hall, restaurants, a botanical garden, Hyakudan-en Garden, and more. Designed by architect Tadao Ando, it is a popular tourist spot. Next to it is the Awaji Island National Akashi Kaikyo Park. ✱----------------------------------------------- Name: Hyakudan-en Garden Location: Awaji Yumebutai Address: 2 Yumebutai, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture Access: About 5 minutes by car from Awaji IC Elevator: 07:00 - 18:00 Fee: Free Parking: Available (paid) Visit Date: August 2024 -----------------------------------------------✱

Awaji Island is 30 minutes away from Kobe. Awaji Yumebutai has also started a limited-time illumination event✨The illuminations are exceptionally beautiful amidst Tadao Ando's architecture. I'll introduce three recommended points here☝️━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅Reason 1: The view from the hotel is a spectacular sight of 🏛Tadao Ando's architecture⭐️starry sky🌊sea✨illumination! The first photo was taken from the hotel room📷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅Reason 2: The greenhouse illuminations are also being held for a limited time✨This is also of course an Ando Tadao architecture. The botanical garden is also filled with a Christmas atmosphere and has many photo spots📷✨🎄━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅Reason 3: Unlike the illuminations in the city, you won't be surrounded by crowds at all...✨You can take a walk, of course, but if you stay at the Grand Nikko Awaji, you can also enjoy the view from your room✨━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️Notes☑︎Awaji Green Hall is only lit up for a short time after dark except on weekends! It may be a little hard to find because it's still bright outside. ☑︎There were so few people around late at night that it was a little scary😂I recommend visiting Hyakudanen after dark with someone⭐️━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The lighting while surrounded by Tadao Ando's architecture is the best. I've added spot stamps to the photos so please use them as a reference 📷⭐️━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍Awaji Yumebutai📮1 Yumebutai, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture🚃From Maiko Station on the Kobe Line, take the bus bound for Awaji Yumebutai-mae, Tsuna Rinkai Park, or Higashiura Bus Terminal for about 20 minutes to Awaji Yumebutai-mae🚗About 30 minutes from Sannomiya🌲Outside illumination🌲Illumination at Hyakudan-en and outside the building Period: November 19th (Sat) - March 12th, 2023 (Sun) Illumination time: 16:00-22:00🎫: Free admission🌴Awaji Yumebutai Koen Greenhouse Awaji Green Hall🌴Period: November 19th (Sat) - January 15th, 2023 Sun. Hours: 10:00-18:00 *Open until 21:00 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from December 2nd (Fri.) to 25th (Sun.) Last admission at 20:00 Admission fee: 1000 yen for adults, free for high school students and younger━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #0yentrip #Awajishima