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Impressions of Matsuyama Japan, as lovely as it is, stands among the world’s top tourist destinations, making it challenging for an itinerant soul like myself…

Maybe it isn’t the place of tour operators to produce polemics. But we’d prefer you not to waste your precious time on Naoshima.

Shikoku is home to many traditional crafts, and one of the most prominent is indigo dyeing.

Yes, of course. All of Japan is hot in summer.

The Iyonada Monogatari is a sightseeing train, a luxury travel genre that’s currently enjoying something of a boom in Japan.

Take part in an extraordinary exorcism of doll spirits.

Travel writer Jon Dehart on Shikoku

Shikoku Kominka Shikoku offers some unique accommodation choices, and among these, the _kominka_ ranks highly as the sort of place visitors want to stay. A…

Shikoku is home to Japan’s oldest recorded hot spring.

Shikoku is a great place to dive into the variegated and friendly world of sake.

Yuru-Chara are the whacky mascot characters adopted by municipalities all over Japan. Here we look at Shikoku’s mascot characters.

Niyodogawa, Kōchi The Niyodo River is one of the three major rivers of Shikoku, which also include the Shimanto River and Yoshino River. It rises…