Applications for this programme have closed; the page is kept as an archive. The tour ran from 1 to 7 November 2024, departing Haneda late on 31 October.

Thai herbs are in season in the dry months of October to March, and the programme used that window to visit five facilities in Phuket — from luxury spas to neighbourhood saunas — with staff guiding participants behind the scenes.

It also looked at how local saunas are changing and why particular houses keep their regulars, and offered the Thai Root Herbalist certification through a one-day course and an examination.

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