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Travel writer Jon Dehart on Shikoku

One of the highlights of the Golden Week holidays.

Accommodation in Japan Here we’ll look at everything from guesthouses and pilgrim’s lodgings to high-end ryokan and even castles. Japanese accommodation has many peculiarities unique…

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

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 indeed, the island has some of the…

Shikoku is home to a wide variety of attractive traditional crafts. You may encounter some of them on your visit, or you can choose to…

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.

The whacky world of yuru-chara in Shikoku.