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If you're planning a trip to Shikoku and you haven't looked up the Awaodori festival yet, stop everything. This is the reason to book your flights. Every Aug...

Shikoku is a hidden culinary paradise waiting to be discovered. As specialists and guides who know the area well, we at Shikoku Tours coordinate many food-fo...

Deep in the center of Shikoku, high above the stunning turquoise waters of the Iya River, the village of Shigesue clings like a horseshoe to a hoof-shaped cl...

Ryōkei Kume, a priest at Tokushima’s Konji-ji temple, guides visitors through takigyō (waterfall training) for over twenty years, even in the freezing cold. ...

Crackling flames cast an orange glow on the fearsome Buddha before the altar as the smell of fragrant smoke fills your nostrils. The pounding of the taiko dr...

For travelers who love both the sea and the mountains, who are drawn to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples and the culture and history surrounding them, and...

Anraku-ji, Temple 6 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, is the most common place to stay for pilgrims finishing their first day of walking. Known for its healing hot-...

Located in Naruto, Tokushima, Ryozen-ji’s imposing temple gate marks the beginning of the Shikoku Henro. A newer tradition also sees many pilgrims returning ...

Tucked away on a towering mountaintop, Tairyu-ji is one of the Shikoku Pilgrimage’s most impressive temples, with roots stretching back right to Kobo Daishi ...

Kakurin-ji, the Crane Grove Temple, is situated in a quiet mountain forest at 470 meters of elevation in Tokushima’s Katsuura Township.  Origins and His...