Shikoku

Shikoku Travel Guide

Leave modernized Japan behind: cross the sea to rushing rivers, sky-high mountains, historic villages, funky cities, local craftworks, brilliant summer festivals, and a thousand terrific sights found only on Shikoku. Child-rearing and small scale, back-breaking agriculture dominate life below the factory-ridden northern coast, but you'll find diverse cuisines, festivals, special products, and even various dialects of Japanese thanks to a long history outside the country's mainstream. More »

Make Like Indiana Jones
Top Reasons to Visit
Dancing the Shikoku

A Shopping Tour
The Best of Times
Concerning Restaurants & Hotels

Places to Explore

Iya Valley and Oboke-Koboke Gorges
Kochi
Kotohira
Matsuyama
The Shimanami Sea Road

Takamatsu
Tokushima
Uchiko
Uwajima
Yashima

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