Things to Do in Shikoku, Japan
The smallest main island: an 88-temple pilgrimage, wild gorges, whirlpools and art islands.
74 destinations across 4 prefectures
Festivals in Shikoku
Suggested Itineraries
Places to Visit in Shikoku
Sada Chinkabashi
A 291.6-Meter Bridge With No Railings That Goes Under the Shimanto River in Floods
The longest submersible bridge on the Shimanto River: 291.6 meters long, 4.2 meters wide, with no...
Ehime Children's Castle
A free hilltop play park next to Tobe Zoo
A prefectural children's park on about 35 hectares of wooded hill south of Matsuyama. Entry is fr...
Michi-no-Eki Shimanto Towa
Valley food and a zipline on the middle Shimanto
A riverside station on Route 381 in the hills of the Towa district, where the Shimanto River bend...
Michi-no-Eki Takinomiya
Self-service udon and Sanuki-hime strawberries on Route 32
An udon and strawberry stop on Route 32, halfway between Takamatsu and Kotohira. Takinomiya claim...
Takamatsu Castle
Takamatsu’s waterfront castle survives as Tamamo Park, where seawater fills the moats beside orig...
Aoshima Cat Island (Ehime)
Two Boats a Day, 34 Passengers Max, and a Few Residents Among the Cats
A tiny fishing island 13.5 km off Nagahama where cats far outnumber the few elderly people who st...
Kashiwajima
Water So Clear the Boats Look Like They Are Hovering, at the Far End of Kochi
A small island, about 4 kilometers around, tied to the Otsuki Peninsula by two bridges. The water...
Michi-no-Eki Kurukuru Naruto
Naruto Kintoki sweet potatoes on Route 11
A large food-focused roadside station on Route 11, a few minutes from the Naruto interchange. Com...
Michi-no-Eki Kawauso-no-Sato Susaki
Nabeyaki ramen where Japan's otter was last seen
A stop on Route 56 a minute from Susaki-nishi IC, near the mouth of the Shinjo River where the Ja...
Yuzuki Castle Ruins
Inside Dogo Park, Yuzuki preserves the moats and earthworks of the Kono family’s medieval strongh...
Michi-no-Eki Daiku-no-Sato
Where Beethoven's Ninth was first played in Japan
A small roadside station in German Village Park, on the site of the Bando prisoner-of-war camp. G...
Michi-no-Eki Uchiko Fresh Park Karari
Uchiko-grown produce, ham and bread by the river
A farm market on Route 379 that only sells produce grown in Uchiko, with each grower's name on th...
Michi-no-Eki Yoshiumi Ikiiki-kan
Grill your own seafood under the Kurushima bridges
At the southern tip of Oshima on the Shimanami Kaido, this station sits right under the Kurushima...
Iya Onsen
A Cable Car Down a 42-Degree Cliff to a River Bath in the Iya Valley
A single inn, Hotel Iya Onsen, on the rim of the Iya gorge, with its own cable car that drops 170...