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山口県 · Tourism

Nagato Yumoto

長門市西部

Along the Otozure river. The whole town worked together to remake its townscape.

山口県 · Tourism

Shimonoseki Fugu

下関市西部

Here fugu is called fuku. Ito Hirobumi is said to have lifted the ban on eating it.

山口県 · Tourism

Kozan Park

山口市中部

One of the three finest pagodas of Japan, and the summit of Ouchi culture.

山口県 · Tourism

Iwakuni White Snake

岩国市東部

A rare case anywhere in the world of albino Japanese rat snakes establishing a population.

徳島県 · Tourism

Ai

藍住町東部

Awa indigo carried the blue of Japan. The faith of a land the indigo makers kept.

徳島県 · Tourism

Udatsu

美馬市西部

The firewalls of merchant houses made rich by indigo. The origin of the Japanese phrase about getting on in life.

徳島県 · Tourism

Kamoda Misaki

阿南市南部

The easternmost point of Shikoku, and a nesting ground for sea turtles.

徳島県 · Tourism

Awa Odori

徳島市東部

A Bon dance of more than 400 years. The call goes: fools who dance, fools who watch.

徳島県 · Tourism

Bizan

徳島市東部

A hill sung of in the Manyoshu, looking down on the city of Tokushima.

徳島県 · Tourism

Iya Heike

三好市西部

A mountain village where the Taira are said to have fled after their defeat at Dannoura.

徳島県 · Tourism

Iya no Kazurabashi

三好市西部

A suspension bridge woven from hardy kiwi vine. It is rebuilt every three years.

徳島県 · Tourism

Naruto no Uzushio

鳴門市東部

Among the largest whirlpools in the world. The current reaches 20 kilometres an hour.

徳島県 · Tourism

Oboke Koboke

三好市西部

A gorge the Yoshino river took 200 million years to cut. A noted spot for rafting.

徳島県 · Tourism

Ai no Yakata

藍住町東部

Awa indigo carried the blue of Japan. The house of an indigo maker is open to visitors.

徳島県 · Tourism

Otsuka Museum

鳴門市東部

A thousand masterpieces from around the world, reproduced full size on ceramic panels. You may touch them and take photographs.

徳島県 · Tourism

Mt. Bizan

徳島市東部

A hill sung of in the Manyoshu. A ropeway takes you up to look down on the city.

徳島県 · Tourism

Hiwasa Sea Turtle

美波町南部

Ohama beach is a nesting ground for loggerhead turtles.

香川県 · Tourism

Kanamaruza

琴平町中讃

The oldest surviving playhouse in Japan. Kabuki is still performed here.

香川県 · Tourism

Konpira Ishidan

琴平町中讃

Seven hundred and eighty-five steps to the main shrine, 1,368 to the inner one. The climb is itself the practice.

香川県 · Tourism

Manno-ike

まんのう町中讃

The largest irrigation pond in Japan. When it burst, Kukai directed the repairs.

香川県 · Tourism

Marugame-jo

丸亀市中讃

A surviving keep, and the smallest in Japan. Its stone walls are said to be the highest.

香川県 · Tourism

Ritsurin Koen

高松市高松

The largest garden in Japan designated a Special Place of Scenic Beauty. It borrows Mount Shiun as scenery.

香川県 · Tourism

Shodoshima 88

小豆島町東讃

A miniature circuit that lets you walk the Shikoku pilgrimage within the island.

香川県 · Tourism

Kankakei

小豆島町東讃

One of the three great gorge views of Japan. Rock walls run like a folding screen.