Hidden Gems Across Japan
1,610 spots
Tobe Pottery
Tobe-yaki is Ehime's signature ceramic style, characterized by thick white porcelain hand-painted with indigo-blue botan…
Ishite-ji Temple
Ishite-ji is Temple #51 of the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, a large Buddhist complex featuring a towering three-story p…
Shimanami Kaido (Imabari side)
The Shimanami Kaido runs 70 kilometers from Honshu to Shikoku, crossing the Seto Inland Sea by hopping six islands conne…
Matsuyama Castle
Matsuyama Castle occupies the 132-meter summit of Mt. Katsuyama in central Matsuyama City, one of only twelve Japanese c…
Dogo Onsen Honkan
Dogo Onsen Honkan stands three stories tall in dark wood and white plaster, looking like a castle designed for bathing i…
Shodoshima Soy Sauce Brewery District
The coastal village of Hishio-no-Sato in Shodoshima's Uchinomi area preserves one of Japan's most concentrated collectio…
Sanuki Udon Taxi Tour
Kagawa Prefecture's density of exceptional udon restaurants creates a unique culinary tourism opportunity, with speciali…
Shikoku Mura Village Museum
Shikoku Mura Village Museum preserves over thirty traditional buildings relocated from throughout Shikoku Island, creati…
Shodoshima Monkey Park
Shodoshima Monkey Park offers unique encounters with wild Japanese macaques in a natural mountain setting where approxim…
Shodoshima Somen Noodle Village
Shodoshima Island has produced premium somen thin wheat noodles for over 400 years, with the island's unique climate cre…
Kagawa Bone-in Chicken (Honetsuki-dori)
Kagawa's signature local specialty, honetsuki-dori or bone-in chicken, represents a uniquely regional dish that has achi…
Konpira Onsen Hot Springs
At the base of the sacred Mount Zozu and Kotohira-gu Shrine, Konpira Onsen offers rejuvenating hot spring baths that hav…
Yashima Temple & Historic Battlefield
Perched on the summit of Yashima, a distinctive table-shaped lava plateau rising 292 meters above sea level, Yashima Tem…
Illustration — not a photographMarugame Uchiwa Fan Craft Workshop
Marugame has been the center of uchiwa round fan production for over 400 years, accounting for 90% of Japan's traditiona…
Zentsuji Temple
Zentsuji Temple holds profound significance as the birthplace of Kobo Daishi, the revered monk who founded Shingon Buddh…
Takamatsu Castle (Tamamo Park)
Takamatsu Castle, also known as Tamamo Castle, represents one of only three Japanese castles built directly on the seaco…
Kankakei Gorge
Kankakei Gorge ranks among Japan's three most beautiful gorges, a dramatic volcanic landscape of towering rock formation…
Shodoshima Olive Park
Shodoshima Olive Park celebrates the island's unique status as the birthplace of commercial olive cultivation in Japan,…
Chichibugahama Beach (Sunset Reflections)
Chichibugahama Beach has earned the nickname 'Uyuni Salt Flats of Japan' for its remarkable mirror-like reflections that…
Marugame Castle
Marugame Castle stands as a testament to feudal military architecture, famous for possessing the tallest stone walls of…
Angel Road (Shodoshima)
Angel Road is Shodoshima Island's most romantic natural phenomenon, a mystical sandbar that emerges from the sea twice d…
Naoshima Contemporary Art Island
Naoshima has transformed from a quiet fishing island into one of the world's most remarkable outdoor art museums, where…
Ritsurin Garden
Ritsurin Garden stands as one of Japan's finest landscape gardens, a masterpiece of Edo-period design that rivals even t…
Kotohira-gu Shrine (Konpira-san)
Perched majestically on the slopes of Mount Zozu, Kotohira-gu Shrine stands as one of Shikoku's most revered spiritual s…
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