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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.

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…

Not everybody likes snakes, but there are quite a few of them around, and if you know what you’re looking at, they can be delightful.

What to do in Dōgo Dōgo is a part of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, known for Dōgo Onsen, which is said to be the hot…

Everything on the list is normal walking gear.

Sustainability and Japan Adventurer Sustainability means different things to different people, depending on the situation they find themselves in. Currently in Japan, much noise is…