Shikoku Travel Guide

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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.

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Shikoku Hotels

Accommodations on Shikoku range from ryokan and minshuku in old homes to international hotels and lavish onsen resorts. Unless otherwise noted, all hotel...read more

Restaurants

Shikoku Restaurants

Three of Shikoku's four main cities—Takamatsu, Kochi, and Matsuyama—specialize in a variety of cuisines at very reasonable prices. In smaller...read more

Things To Do

Things To Do in Shikoku

Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.

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Shikoku Experiences

  • Top Reasons to Go to Shikoku

    Get Off The Concrete: Discover Shikoku's natural charms by rafting, hiking, walking, and swimming. Best of all, bicycle across the Seto Inland... Read more

  • On the Menu

    Every corner of Shikoku has a special dish, cuisine, or crop. Ehime is famous for mikan—clementines—and between November and March... Read more

  • Dancing the Shikoku

    The Awa Odori Festival happens every summer over Obon, festival of the dead, and if you miss it you can still get a dose at the Awa Odori Kaikan... Read more

  • Make Like Indiana Jones

    If a day or two spent rafting, canyoning, and bridge walking (with a night in a hot spring) leaves you wanting more, grab your bullwhip and fedora... Read more

  • A Shopping Tour

    Matsuyama is the fashion capital of Shikoku, and a stroll down its main shopping arcades, Okaido and Gintengai, will leave you reeling from the... Read more

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