Chugoku Shikoku

Kintaikyo Bridge

SPOTS

Yamaguchi

Castles & Historic Sites

People walking across the historic wooden Kintai Bridge with its five distinct arches and stone piers, backed by a green, wooded hill.

Hagi Castle Town

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Yamaguchi

Scenic Views & Townscapes

Craft Making & Workshops

The preserved streetscape of Hagi Castle Town, featuring a large white earthen wall with a diamond-patterned namako-kabe base under a blue sky.

Ainoyakata Indigo Museum

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Tokushima

Craft Making & Workshops

Visual & Performing Arts

Two women holding newly indigo-dyed cloth pieces standing in the courtyard in front of the traditional wooden Okumura Family Residence.

Ritsurin Garden

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Kagawa

Gardens & Nature

Cultural Immersion & Activities

The Kikugetsutei teahouse complex on the edge of the pond, framed by a massive, sculpted pine tree and reflecting in the green water.

Kotohira-Gu Shrine

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Kagawa

Visual & Performing Arts

Shrines & Temples

A wide view of the Sanuki Plain and surrounding hills, including Mt. Iino (Sanuki Fuji), seen from the upper level of Kotohira-gu Shrine.

Marugame Castle

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Kagawa

Castles & Historic Sites

Cultural Immersion & Activities

Marugame Castle keep perched atop its stone walls, overlooking the city on a misty day, with the conical Mount Iino (Sanuki Fuji) in the distance.

Matsuyama castle

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Ehime

Castles & Historic Sites

Cultural Immersion & Activities

The main keep and connected turrets of Matsuyama Castle, with white walls and dark roofs, standing on a large stone wall.

Uwajima Castle

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Ehime

Castles & Historic Sites

The white, three-tiered main keep of Uwajima Castle, one of Japan's original castles, built on a stone base and surrounded by cherry blossoms.

Kamimachi District Townscape in Sakawa

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Kochi

Scenic Views & Townscapes

A street in Sakawa Town lined with traditional Japanese buildings featuring white plaster walls, stone bases, and tiled roofs, with a forested hill in the background.

Kochi Castle

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Kochi

Castles & Historic Sites

The main keep and connected administrative building (Kaitokukan) of Kochi Castle, one of Japan's original castles.