Image: Ōtsuka Museum of Art, Naruto
JAL Pack is selling a special November tour centered on an after-hours dinner and live music event inside Ōtsuka Museum of Art’s Sistine Hall in Naruto, Tokushima. The package, titled 'Enjoy Dinner and Live Music at Ōtsuka Museum of Art's Sistine Hall in Tokushima' in the source material, is presented as a rare chance to experience one of the museum’s most distinctive spaces with a private setting, a guided visit to the artworks, and a meal built around seasonal ingredients from Tokushima.
According to the tour announcement, the event takes place at Ōtsuka Museum of Art, a museum in Naruto known for its large-scale ceramic reproduction collection. The Sistine Hall is described as a replica of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling and the 'Last Judgment' mural, making it the architectural and visual focus of the evening program. The museum’s setting is used not simply as a backdrop, but as the main feature of the dinner experience after the museum has closed to regular visitors.
The dinner itself is marketed as a luxury course featuring seasonal produce from Tokushima. A specially designed dessert by pâtissier Shibata Yusaku is included, according to the source, adding a culinary element that is tied specifically to the event. During the meal, live performances by faculty and students from Tokushima Bunri University’s music department are scheduled to accompany the evening.
The tour also includes a guided exploration of the works on view, with museum staff leading participants through the collection as part of the package. The source material emphasizes the combination of art viewing, music and dining, and positions the event as a fully arranged experience rather than a standard museum visit. JAL Pack is offering the tour as a trip that departs in November, with the key dinner event taking place at the museum’s Sistine Hall.
The package is one of five course options grouped under JAL Pack’s Tokushima travel offerings, showing that the museum dinner is being sold both as a standalone experience and as part of broader regional itineraries. Alongside the event-only option, the company is also listing itinerary-based courses that incorporate sightseeing in Tokushima and nearby areas. The source names the event-only format, a city-stay option with dinner, and three wider travel routes.
Among those routes, the source highlights a Tokushima “royal road” sightseeing course with visits including Naruto’s whirlpools, Awa Odori, a brewery tour and tasting at Honke Matsuura Shuzo, and shopping at the roadside station Kurukuru Naruto. Other itineraries extend to Awaji Island, Ōboke and Kotohira, adding sites such as Izanagi Shrine, Awaji Yumebutai, indigo-dyeing experiences, Zentsuji Temple’s five-story pagoda and a ride on the sightseeing train Shikoku Mannaka Sennen Monogatari.
The tour’s departure dates are listed as November 27 or November 28, with a Haneda departure, and the source says local joining plans from Tokushima Airport as well as an event-only participation plan are also available.
