Culture Tobe Autumn Festival Anonymous Tobe Autumn Festival is a good opportunity to see the pottery and other products of Tobe gathered in one place. The fruit and...
Shopping Kimono in Imabari Anonymous Gofukuten Sugataya and Gallery Kazahaya stands on a street corner marked by a beautiful weeping willow that provides a lively...
Culture Hojo Kashima Festival 2027 Anonymous In early May, the Hojo Kashima Spring Festival is held in the area known as “Kazahaya” to the north of Matsuyama. On the firs...
Activities God Hole Limestone Cave of Shirokawa Anonymous The “Ana Kami Shōnyūdō” or God Hole Limestone Cave in Shirokawa is a small natural cave in a secluded valley. Access requires...
Transportation Matsuyama Trams and Botchan Train Anonymous In Matsuyama, be sure to ride the groaning 1950s trams and the puffing Botchan Train. Travel in retro style, if not the great...
8 Living Wooden Jizo Statue Masayoshi Hirose A Living Jizo Statue carved into a living tree, which is still growing deep in the woods in the village of the Heike Legend i...
8 Autumn Foliage in the Rain Masayoshi Hirose Beautiful autumn leaves at Iya Valley in Tokushima in light rain. Leaves turn colors earlier in the deep mountains.
10 The Great Naruto Whirlpools Masayoshi Hirose The Great Naruto Whirlpools in Tokushima are the fastest, biggest, and most dynamic whirlpools in Japan.
Culture Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima Takako Sakamoto The unique Otsuka Museum of Art has more than 1,000 faithfully reproduced replicas of western masterpieces of art in their or...
9 Culture Nakatsu Bansho-En Garden, Marugame Peter Sidell In Marugame in Japan's Kagawa prefecture on Shikoku island, Nakatsu Bansho-En is a traditional garden, with hundreds of trees...