Less than an hour by highway bus from Kobe, a night wrapped in winter lights awaits on Awaji Island. Grand Nikko Awaji in Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture, offers the stay plan “Winter Resort Stay on Awaji Island with Sparkling Illuminations” from Saturday, November 14, 2026 to Saturday, January 16, 2027. It is timed with a special exhibition at the neighboring Awaji Green Hall greenhouse and the winter-only illuminations across the Awaji Yumebutai area.
A greenhouse special exhibition with plants from around the world, lit up
The plan includes a ticket to “Special Exhibition Winter Garden – A Wonderland of Sparkling World Plants”, which opens on Saturday, November 14 at the Awaji Green Hall, the Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Yumebutai Park greenhouse. Billed as one of Japan’s largest greenhouses, it lights up greenery and flowers gathered from around the world, including its symbolic Garden Castle.
On weekends during the exhibition, events such as a swag-making workshop, a winter stargazing session and a Christmas jazz concert are planned. You could stroll the greenhouse by day and head to the illuminations at night.
After sunset, the whole Yumebutai area lights up
When the sun sets, illuminations spread across the Awaji Yumebutai area. From the balcony of the hotel’s “Panoramic View Room”, which faces Osaka Bay, you can take in colorful lights and the quiet sea at a glance.
Christmas trees and festive decorations also fill the hotel interior. On cold nights you can enjoy the winter mood from your room and the lobby.
A one-rank room upgrade and late check-out
The plan comes with exclusive perks. A Superior Room rate gets you a Deluxe Room (42 m²), and a Deluxe Room rate gets you a Luxury Room (46 m²), a free one-rank upgrade. You also get late check-out until 12:00 the next day (normally 11:00), and breakfast is a Japanese and Western buffet.
The rate starts at ¥15,700 per person (tax and service charge included) for two guests sharing a room, breakfast included.
Inside Awaji Yumebutai, designed by Tadao Ando
Grand Nikko Awaji stands in Awaji Yumebutai, an environmental-creation complex whose design and grand design are by the architect Tadao Ando. Rooms look out on sea, sky and greenery, and the hotel promises a getaway from everyday life along with the cuisine of Awaji, known as a “miketsukuni”, a land that supplied food to the imperial court.
Plan details
- Plan: Winter Resort Stay on Awaji Island with Sparkling Illuminations
- Booking period: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 – Saturday, January 16, 2027
- Stay period: Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Saturday, January 16, 2027
- Rooms: Deluxe Room (42 m²) or Luxury Room (46 m²) (Deluxe Room at the Superior Room rate; Luxury Room at the Deluxe Room rate)
- Rate: from ¥15,700 per person, two guests per room, breakfast included (tax and service charge included)
- Includes: Japanese and Western breakfast buffet, late check-out at 12:00, ticket to the Awaji Green Hall special exhibition
- Reservations and inquiries: 0799-74-1112 (reservations, 10:00–17:00) / online booking (Japanese): https://awaji.grandnikko.com/stay/list/detail/wintergarden.php
- Awaji Green Hall special exhibition: Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Sunday, January 17, 2027 (closed December 10 and January 7), 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30). Saturdays and Sundays from December 5 (Sat) to 20 (Sun) and December 21 (Mon) to 25 (Fri): until 20:00 (last entry 19:00)
- Illumination in Awaji Yumebutai: Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Sunday, February 28, 2027, 16:00–22:00 (some facilities light up after sunset)
- Address: 2 Yumebutai, Awaji City, Hyogo
- Access: by highway bus, about 18 minutes from JR Maiko Station, about 48 minutes from JR Sannomiya Station, about 60 minutes from JR Shin-Kobe Station. By car from Osaka, exit at Awaji IC on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway and drive about 5 minutes south along National Route 28 by the coast
- Website (Japanese): https://awaji.grandnikko.com/
