We were traveling Shikoku Island during our Spring Break (7 days 6 nights)- 04/29 - Goshikizuka Tumulus, waAwajishima Good Meat, Mount Lake Camping Ground Awaji. Camp Adventure #23 04/30 - Uzushio Road Station, ONaruto Bridge, Lunch at Uzumijaya, Otsuka Art Museum, Dinner Ikkaku Ota 05/01 - Marugame Castle, Imabari Towel Museum, Matsuyama, Hotel MyStays Matsuyama, Dinner at Kadoya Taimeshi, Dogo Onsen 05/02 - Breakfast at Navy Bagels, Matsuyama Castle, Ochi Niyodogawa Snow Peak. Camp Adventure #24 05/03 - Hirome Market, Kochi Castle, Camping at Yutorisuto Camping Ground. Camp Adventure #25 05/04 - Sugi no Osugi, Oboke Gorge Sightseeing Boat, Lunch at Cafe, Iya Vine Bridge, Biwako Falls, Nagoro Scarecrow Village 05/05 - Zenigata Sand Sculpture, Big Omurice Lunch at Itazura Tamago, Kojima Jeans Steet, Nozaki's Hitsorical residence
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Day 1
"Five-colored burial mound,” was built in the end of the 4th century AD and one of the biggest tumulus in Japan, with a length of 200m.
Goshikizuka Tumulus
Awaji Island is located in the Seto Inland Sea, or Setonaikai, between Japan's largest island of Honshu and the large island of Shikoku.
Awaji Island
Our stay for the night
Mount Lake Camping Ground
Day 2
Onaruto Bridge is a suspension bridge with 876 m of the center span length, crossing Naruto Strait which is famous for an eddying current.
Onaruto Bridge
Full-scale reproduction of Western masterpieces from 26 countries on a ceramic plate - RECOMMENDED
Otsuka Museum of Art
Yummy grilled Chicken Leg - RECOMMENDED
Ikkaku Ota
Day 3
One of only a dozen Japanese castles to have an original wooden 'tenshu' built before 1860 and it remains intact.
Marugame Castle
Best quality towel in Japan - Imabari Towel
Imabari Towel Museum
Very very conveniently located in downtown Matsuyama - you can see the castle from your room
Hotel MyStays Matsuyama, Ehime
Be spirited away to Dogo Onsen, the oldest hot spring in Japan.
Dogo Onsen Main Building
Day 4
The Bagels are soo YUM!! - Must have for breakfast
Navy Bagels
A "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, and it is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its original tenshu.
Matsuyama Castle
Our campsite for the night by SNOW PEAK
Snow Peak Ochi Niyodogawa Camp field
Day 5
We are here for Breakfast - A couple of blocks from Kōchi Castle and Kōchi's best-known place to eat.
Hirome Market
One of the oldest castles in Japan, with rare architecture and incredible views
Kochi Castle
Day 6
Make a WISH at the tallest and oldest cedar tree in Japan!
Sugi-no-Osugi Cedar Tree
Enjoy the splendor of Tokushima's Oboke Gorge on a 30-minute sightseeing boat.
Oboke Gorge Sightseeing Boat
Traditional kazurabashi pedestrian footbridge in a forested valley, made from wood & kiwi vines (45m in length).
Vine Bridge in the Iya Valley
In Nagoro, life-like scarecrows, 'Kakashi', are placed around the village in an effort to memorialize lost residents and those who moved away. Like many other declining small rural villages in Japan, Nagoro has a rapidly aging and shrinking populatio...
Nagoro Scarecrow Village
Day 7
Huge sand sculpture of an Edo period coin, viewable from a hilltop observatory in Kotohiki Park.
Zenigata Sand Coin (Kotohiki Park)
Huge Plate of Omellete Rice in a Cozy Family Restaurant
Itazura-tamago
The “holy-land” of Japan Made Jeans like Big John - cool street to stroll around.
