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You can get to Shikoku by road, rail, ferry, and air.

Wasanbon is a fine-grained Japanese sugar, traditionally made in Tokushima and Kagawa. The sugar is often used for Japanese sweets.

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…

Shikoku has something to offer in every season.

Takamatsu Top Ten In this series of articles, we look at the top ten places in the four main cities of Shikoku – Matsuyama, Kochi,…

Temari were once a commonplace of refined Japanese life, and these richly embroidered balls can still be found in the homes of elderly people, in…

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

The covered bridges of Uchiko have an ineffable rustic charm.

The Doburoku Guesthouse Kurousagi While the ranks of sake-lovers around the world are growing, few people yet know much about doburoku, the raw and rustic…

Kuma Highland Kuma Kogen Highland is an expansive inhabited area at a high elevation in central Ehime bordering Kochi Prefecture. Kuma is nominally a town,…