Places of Interest

This active fault system underlies the Tokushima rift valley that can be seen from space.

Caves where the young Kūkai, founder of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, made a rough home.

Teramachi beside the Yoshino River has many beautiful Buddhist temples of various sects set in well-tended gardens.

A scenic bend at the confluence of the Kuma and Omogo Rivers with a dramatic rock formation.

A sake and beer brewery in Dogo with its own restaurant.

Award-winning cheese from cow and goat’s milk produced with mountain grazing.

Mitaki Gorge is a valley carved out of the hills of Shirokawa in Seiyo by a river.

Mitaki-dera is a beautiful mountainside temple in the northern suburbs of Hiroshima city. It's named for the three waterfalls within its wooded precincts.

Mitarai is a traditional port town on the Tobishima Kaidō in the Seto Inland Sea with a rich history of commerce and culture.