Author: Max Claeys

Shikoku and Kyūshū Shikoku is the smallest, least developed of Japan’s four main islands. To the west is…

Shikoku is home to four of the twelve castles with keeps that survive from the Edo period. It also has several interesting ‘water’ castles.

Shikoku Chicken Dishes With sea on all sides, Shikoku is naturally a good place to eat fish, and…

Shikoku Crafts Shikoku is home to a wide variety of attractive traditional crafts. You may encounter some of…

Ride with GPS Ambassador Japan Adventurer CEO Rod Walters has been a keen cyclist for the thirty years…

The Doburoku Guesthouse Kurousagi While the ranks of sake-lovers around the world are growing, few people yet know…

The covered bridges of Uchiko have an ineffable rustic charm.

Shikoku is a very irregularly shaped island, with lovely capes in all its corners.

Temari Temari were once a commonplace of refined Japanese life, and these richly embroidered balls can still be…

Takamatsu Top Ten In this series of articles, we look at the top ten places in the four…