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Adding New Colors to Your Life
Kagawa, Japan
Private Castle Stay
A rare opportunity to experience history in your own private castle setting
About This Experience
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A journey spent at Marugame Castle, known as a stone-walled castle and one of the twelve existing castle keeps, built over 400 years ago. After the Kyogoku family became the former lords of Marugame, you will relive the time of the Kyogoku family, who ruled Marugame for 212 years during the Edo period.
This is the Marugame Castle Experience, where you spend special time not just staying in the castle, but seeing, tasting, and enjoying the history, food, and culture rooted in the land.
While reflecting on the history of the past, please luxuriously enjoy the culture rooted in this land.
4 Reasons Why Travelers Choose This Journey
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Staying in one of the twelve existing castle keeps is an ultimate extraordinary experience unparalleled in Japan. The rarity of exclusively renting the castle keep outside public hours and using it as a night lounge meets the special value sought by the affluent. A night spent in this historic space promises unforgettable emotions.
At Marugame Castle, built 400 years ago, you can deeply immerse yourself in the authentic history and culture built by the Kyogoku family. We offer unique experiences that engage all five senses, including entry by rickshaw, traditional performing arts welcome, exclusive castle keep guide, Marugame fan making, and tea ceremony at Japan's oldest sencha tea room.
With the highest level of hospitality from a dedicated concierge, we provide thorough support for each guest individually. At the Enjukaku Annex, associated with the Kyogoku family, we serve tribute cuisine using local seasonal ingredients. We promise supreme culinary experiences that satisfy all five senses, including breakfast while overlooking the beautiful garden of the historic Nakatsu Banshoen.
We provide the ultimate private space that is not shared with others, with one-group-only, fully reserved system. Since you can tour the castle grounds during hours when general visitors are not present and exclusively occupy the castle keep, we guarantee maximum privacy and specialness that the affluent value. Away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, you can fully enjoy your own time to your heart's content.
A Unique Time Just for You
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A unique travel experience that immerses you in an extraordinary world beyond time, set against precious cultural properties including Marugame Castle.
We will rent out Marugame Castle for your stay, allowing you to enjoy the regional culture, history, and cuisine that the lords of the past would have experienced.
The castle keep is closed to general visitors during closing hours. We will provide an exclusive tour of the castle keep.
It is one of Marugame Castle's three 'Japan's best' features—the smallest castle keep.
One of only 12 original wooden keeps in Japan. This elegant three-tier structure from the Kyogoku era features graceful karahafu and chidorihafu and is a National Important Cultural Property.
Set Against Marugame Castle, Built Over 400 Years Ago
The castle stay begins with entry through the 'Taiko Gate' (Drum Gate), the main gate, where the time drum that has continued to tell time to Marugame Castle and the castle town since the Edo period is still struck today. Only at this time, it is specially struck as a signal to announce the entry of our guests. Afterwards, you will be welcomed with a welcoming performance by Marugame Wadaiko.
A rickshaw greets you at JR Marugame Station. Enjoy a guided ride through the historic castle town en route to Marugame Castle.
Check in at the 1670 Ote Ichinomon, a National Important Cultural Property. One of only three castles with both original keep and main gate.
Enter the keep after hours—closed to the public. Discover original architecture and cultural details on a private guided tour.
The attentive service of a dedicated concierge who caters to each guest individually provides the highest level of hospitality sought by discerning travelers. The exquisite cuisine enjoyed in a historic setting, combined with refined service that stimulates all five senses, creates unforgettable memories.
Tribute cuisine using local ingredients at the Enjukaku Annex, associated with the Kyogoku family
Dinner begins with a greeting from the chef and features the finest local produce from Marugame. We offer naturally rich ingredients cultivated locally, from seasonal vegetables to rare seafood. Enjoy exquisite cuisine to your heart's content, including dishes associated with the Kyogoku family, fully brought to life by our skilled chef.
The castle keep after nightfall becomes your private space
Use the space of this Important Cultural Property as your exclusive night lounge. Enjoy your drink with music in this special space and time. After you have fully enjoyed yourself, return to the Enjukaku Annex and retire within the castle grounds floating above the Marugame Plain.
～Where Tradition Lives～
To you who have experienced numerous special moments. We present a performance created exclusively for this stay, incorporating the essence of the Lotus Sutra through wadaiko, dance, theater, and more. Through sound, melody, story, and movement, please feel its essence with your heart and senses.
Be welcomed by powerful Marugame wadaiko at the historic Taiko Gate. Experience a ceremonial performance rooted in local tradition after your private check-in.
Experience a rare sencha ceremony at Kanshorou, Japan’s oldest sencha teahouse (est. 1781). Enjoy refined tea and garden views in this historic cultural setting.
One-of-a-Kind Moments
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At Nakatsu Banshoen, enjoy a seasonal breakfast overlooking a tranquil pond garden and a 600-year-old umbrella pine. Meet master artisans of Marugame uchiwa and experience a rare sencha ceremony at Kanshorou, immersing yourself in Japan’s living traditions.
Services
The tour will be operated only when all of the following conditions are met.
If, for any of the following reasons, it becomes difficult to provide part of the services included in this product, we will make every reasonable effort to offer alternative arrangements. However, please note that we cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred as a result.
Refunds or cancellations due to personal reasons cannot be accepted as a general rule.
However, we will provide a refund or exchange for a product of equivalent value if any of the following apply:
Accommodation & Facilities
Built in 1933 (Showa 8), the Enjukaku Annex was constructed as a VIP guest room adjoining the Enjukaku, which served as the retirement quarters of Lord Kyogoku Takaaki, the sixth lord of the Marugame Domain of the Kyogoku family. This annex incorporates parts of the Kyogoku family's Edo residence, with materials such as flooring, ceilings, lintels, transoms, and decorative metal fittings relocated and reused. While the original Enjukaku was demolished in 1985 (Showa 60) due to deterioration, this annex also faced severe degradation and concerns about its preservation. However, in response to the strong wishes of Marugame citizens, it has now been restored and will be preserved and utilized through recent renovation work.
A wooden structure with a ceiling height of 120 square meters, this private space features traditional Japanese architectural details in the sukiya-style, offering guests an exclusive retreat.
Overlooking the serene Seto Inland Sea through the garden, guests can savor the rich foundation of the landscape while enjoying the exquisite kaiseki cuisine amidst the beautiful garden views.
Savor a refined seasonal course crafted from local vegetables and rare Seto Inland Sea seafood, inspired by dishes once associated with the Kyogoku family.
Dine on exquisite cuisine served on handcrafted Sanuki lacquerware bearing the Kyogoku family crest, recreating the elegance of feudal lord hospitality.
Your chef designs a bespoke menu using peak local ingredients from the Seto Inland Sea and Sanuki Plain, highlighting rare seasonal produce unique to Kagawa.
Enjoy a regional breakfast in the main house overlooking a tranquil pond garden and a 650-year-old umbrella pine at this historic daimyo garden.
Sample Itinerary
Sales Price:
$10,200.00
This product can be purchased as a digital travel voucher (NFT).
After purchase, an NFT will be issued and can be viewed on your my page as well as in your personal wallet.
You can also freely sell or transfer the issued NFT yourself.
If your schedule no longer works out, you can also buy and sell it on the corresponding marketplace.
This product comes with a validity period of six months from the date of purchase.
It can only be used if the travel departure date falls within six months from the purchase date.
If the departure date exceeds six months from the purchase date, the product will no longer be valid.
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