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Shikoku

Shikoku

四国

Japan’s smallest main island, famous for its 88-temple pilgrimage route, dramatic coastlines, and peaceful countryside atmosphere.

14 destinations in this region

Places in Shikoku

Shodo Island

Shodo Island

Sightseeing

小豆島

Shōdoshima or Shōdo Island (小豆島, Shōdoshima) is an island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. The name means "Island of Small Beans". There are two towns on the island: Tonoshō and Shōdoshima, composing the district of Shōzu. The island is famous as the setting for the novel Twenty-Four Eyes and its subsequent film adaptations and the manga Teasing Master Takagi-san and its adaptations. The island was the first area of Japan to successfully grow olives, and it is sometimes known as "Olive Island".

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Mount Ishizuchi

Mount Ishizuchi

Nature

石鎚山

Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山, Ishizuchi-san) is a 1,982-metre-high (6,503 ft) mountain on the border of Saijō and Kumakōgen, in Ehime, Japan. This mountain is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Western Japan and the island of Shikoku. It is regarded as a sacred mountain. Once upon a time it was a stratovolcano with large scale magma activity.

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Naruto whirlpools

Naruto whirlpools

Nature

鳴門の渦潮

The Naruto whirlpools (鳴門の渦潮, Naruto no Uzushio) are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo, Japan. The strait between Naruto and Awaji island has a width of about 1.3 km (0.81 miles). The strait is one of the connections between the Pacific Ocean and the Inland Sea, a body of water separating Honshū and Shikoku, two of the main islands of Japan. The tide moves large amounts of water into and out of the Inland Sea twice a day. With a range of up to 1.7 m (5.6 ft), the tide creates a difference in the water level of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) between the Inland Sea and the Pacific.

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Teshima

Teshima

Sightseeing

豊島

island in Seto Inland Sea, Japan

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Chichu Art Museum

Chichu Art Museum

Culture

地中美術館

The Chichu Art Museum (地中美術館, Chichū Bijutsukan) (literally 'art museum in the earth') is a museum built directly into a southern portion of the island of Naoshima in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was designed by architect Tadao Ando and opened to the public on July 18, 2004.

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Megijima

Megijima

Sightseeing

女木島

Megijima (女木島, めぎじま) is an island located in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, north of the city of Takamatsu, and is part of Kagawa Prefecture. It has an area of 2.66 km2, a coastline of 8.9 km, and a population of about 200. Megijima is a popular destination in summer on account of its public beach and close proximity to Takamatsu City (approx. 4 km). Additionally, with over 2000 cherry blossom trees, Megijima also sees an influx of visitors during the springtime when people congregate for cherry blossom viewing.

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Teshima Art Museum

Teshima Art Museum

Culture

豊島美術館

museum in Japan

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Ogijima

Ogijima

Sightseeing

男木島

Ogijima (男木島, おぎじま or おぎしま) is an island in the Seto Inland Sea, in southern Japan. It is next to Megijima (女木島), a few kilometers at sea north of Takamatsu, in Kagawa Prefecture. It is about two kilometers long and less than a kilometer wide. The island is largely mountainous and flat land is scarce. The population in 2010 was 202 people.

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Omishima

Omishima

Sightseeing

大三島

Ōmishima Island (大三島, Ōmishima) is the largest island in the Geiyo Islands chain, and the westernmost island on which Japan's Nishiseto Expressway, which links Honshu and Shikoku via a number of islands, runs. It is located in the Seto Inland Sea. The island's highest peak is Washigatozan (鷲ヶ頭山) at an altitude of 437 m (1,434 ft).

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Oshima

Oshima

Sightseeing

大島

Ōshima (大島) is an inhabited island in the Geiyo Islands in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, lying between the larger islands of Honshū and Shikoku.

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The Museum of Art, Kōchi

The Museum of Art, Kōchi

Culture

高知県立美術館

The Museum of Art, Kōchi (高知県立美術館, Kōchi Kenritsu Bijutsukan) was established in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan in 1993. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture. The permanent collection includes works by local artists as well as Marc Chagall, a very large collection of photographs and personal items owned by Yasuhiro Ishimoto, and there is also a stage for Noh and other performances.

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Inujima

Inujima

Sightseeing

犬島

island in Seto Inland Sea, Japan

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Mount Iino

Mount Iino

Nature

飯野山

Mount Iino (飯野山, Iino-yama) is a 422-metre-high (1,385 ft) mountain on the border of Sakaide and Marugame in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Otsuka Museum of Art

Otsuka Museum of Art

Culture

大塚国際美術館

The Ōtsuka Museum of Art (大塚国際美術館, Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan) in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture is an art museum founded in 1998 and is one of the largest exhibition spaces in Japan. Established by Otsuka Pharmaceutical as a celebration of its 75th anniversary, it houses over a thousand full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art, including the Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries, and Guernica. The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched. The purpose of this is to give Japanese people who cannot travel abroad the opportunity to see these famous pieces. A robot named 'Mr Art' gives hour-long gallery talks.

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