Activities Murakami Suigun Museum Anonymous The Murakami Suigun Museum on Oshima off the coast of Imabari is dedicated to the pirates turned coastguards of the Seto Inla...
Culture Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island Senén Germade The actual name of this island is Hashima. It is located around 4.5km west of the Nagasaki Peninsula, a very small island wit...
Activities Mitarai on Osaki Shimojima Yoko Kobayashi Mitarai is a largely undiscovered gem on the Seto Inland Sea island of Osaki Shimojima Island.
Activities Nabana no Sato Illumination 2025-2026 Chris Glenn Flower garden and illumination attraction
Culture Yoshiumi Local Culture Center Anonymous Yoshiumi Local Culture Center on Oshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea has a fine collection of historical artifacts, includin...
Nightlife Shunsai Tokitei Izakaya, Miyanoura Peter Sidell In Miyanoura on the rainforest island Yakushima, south of Kagoshima on Japan's Kyushu island, Shunsai Tokitei is a fun, livel...
Culture The Murakami Suigun Boat Race 2026 Anonymous The Murakami Suigun Boat Race is a festival that takes place every July. The venue is Oshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Activities Koshi-ore-yama Anonymous Koshi-ore-yama is a humpbacked mountain that stands on the northern boundary of Matsuyama. Home to rare plants, it affords ve...
Activities Gajumaru Banyan Garden, Yakushima Peter Sidell On the rainforest island Yakushima in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Gajumaru Banyan Garden is a miniature forest of banyan tr...
Activities Yakusugi Land, Yakushima Peter Sidell Yakusugi Land is a 'Natural Recreation Forest' on Yakushima, an island south of Kagoshima on Japan's Kyushu, where you can ex...
