A string of traditionally popular places, the ‘Golden Route’ has long been a favorite for Japan’s visitors – but now it’s ...

TAKAMATSU--“Drive Shikoku,” a website set up to guide inbound tourists around the island of Shikoku, offers recommended routes and sightseeing spots in Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime and Kochi prefectures.

The henro pilgrimage route on the island of Shikoku is celebrating its 1,200-year anniversary in 2014. Today people from all over Japan and the rest of the world are walking the circuit of 88 temples ...

MATSUYAMA, JAPAN, Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a world where cryptocurrencies have managed to turn that initial curiosity, they had garnered some serious attention, where having freedom and ...

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Shikoku is seperated from Honshu by the Seto Inland Sea, Naoshima Island, Kagawa, Japan. (Photo: Gettyimages) The smallest and least populous of Japan’s four main islands, Shikoku is located to the ...

"Get in the car." An old woman in thick glasses and a knitted hat gestures from her seat behind the wheel. Under normal circumstances, we wouldn't consider jumping into a stranger's vehicle, ...

Over the past few years, a different aspect of Japanese culture is gaining in popularity overseas: the Shikoku pilgrimage, in which pilgrims cover a distance of as much as 1,400 kilometers and visit ...

Shikoku Kasei Holdings (TSE:4099) delivered net profit margins of 11.7%, mirroring last year's performance. Earnings have grown at 9% per year over the last five years, with forecasts pointing to 10.4 ...

On Shikoku, the smallest and least visited of Japan’s four main islands, one woman has had a mind-spinning response to a common crisis. I had set out to explore the heart of Shikoku, the smallest and ...