Japan Trip: Hand-in-Hand along the Angel Road on Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku 28 Moopon
Japan Trip: Hand-in-Hand along the Angel Road on Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku 28 Moopon
There are so many things to do and enjoy in Shodoshima Island, located in the Seto Inland Sea of the coast of Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku. From driving along the Shodoshima Skyline to view the gorge near the Monkey Park and Kankakei Gorge to the paying homage to the temples on the Pilgrim Road, visitors could relax, explore, and find themselves. In addition, visitors may be interested in the Osaka Castle Stones or Angel Road.
Osaka Castle Stones/Michi No Eki
Shodoshima is well known for its quality stones. As a result, stones from the destruction of the Osaka Castle were shipped to Shodoshima to be restored and re-cut for the reconstruction of the Castle. Some of the stones still remain on the island and can be seen on the northeastern tip of the island.
Visitors interested in stone cutting may wish to visit the former site of a stone cutting workshop. Though closed now, there are still many unfinished stone pieces remaining for visitors to view. The Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki is another site for people interested in the castle stones to stop by. Michi no Eki literally means a station on the road, and this is a rest area for drivers and passengers. At the Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki, visitors can visit the museum featuring tools used in the past. Castle stones are also displayed here as well.
Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki
Hours: 9:00 to 16:30
Closed: December 29th to January 3rd
Admission: Free
Angel Road
This heavenly named road is truly a thing of wonder. This sandbar located near the Tonosho Port can only be crossed during low tide. Many couples come to this island, hoping to cross the Angel Road as it is said if a couple crosses the sandbar hand-in-hand, they can find true happiness together. There are people who write their wishes for love on wooden boards (ema) to be hung on a tree here, in hopes their wish will come true.
Senmaida
Literally translated to mean one thousand rice fields, visitors will find hundreds of rice fields embedded into to the hillside on Shodoshima. These rice fields create the illusion of being steps of along a staircase of rice fields ascending to the top of the mountain. There is an outdoors kabuki stage, as well, in a village nearby. Since the Edo Period, local kabuki plays have been performed here.
Access Information
Osaka Castle Stone Cutting Workshop
Board the bus from Fukuda Port, Kusakabe Port or Tonosho Port. The workshop ruins are located along the Minamimawari Fukuda bus line (南廻り福田線). Disembark at Iwagatani (岩ケ谷) bus stop.
From Fukuda port, the journey will take 10 minutes with a cost of 380 yen.
From Kusakabe Port, the journey will take 20 minutes with a cost of 390 yen.
From Tonosho Port, the journey will take 50 minutes and 940 yen.
There is one bus every two hours.
Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki
Board the bus from Tonosho Port or Fukuda Port. The Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki is located along the Kitamawari Fukuda bus line (北廻り福田線) and disembark at Omi (小海) bus stop.
From Tonosho Port, the journey will take 25 minutes with a cost of 550 yen.
From Fukuda Port, the journey will take 30 minutes with a cost of 810 yen.
There is one bus every 90 minutes.
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Japan Travel: Soy Sauce Ice Cream at Shodoshima Island Soy Sauce, Kagawa Prefecture 29 Moopon
Japan Travel: Yummy, Yum, Yum!! Soy Sauce Ice Cream at Shodoshima Island Soy Sauce, Kagawa Prefecture 29 Moopon
Shodoshima, located off the coast of Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, is well known for its production of soy sauce. With over 400 years of production history, it is no surprise there are about a dozen soy sauce factories around the town center.
One of the largest soy sauce manufacturer, Marukin, has a museum within its factory grounds that visitors are able to visit to learn more about the soy sauce manufacturing process. With large barrels located right outside the entrance, the museum is modeled after a traditional soy sauce factory. Visitors will find vats, barrels, shovels and other soy sauce producing items within the museum. Pictures from the past, advertisements, containers, etc., are also displayed. There are English displays in this museum. Also, a souvenir shop on the premises as well. Visitors will be amazed in the variety of soy sauces produced.
Marukin Soya Sauce Museum
Hours: 9:00 to 16:00 (until 16:30 during the summer holidays and the autumn color season)
Closed: October 15th and from December 28th to January 1st
Note: In January and February, the museum is opened on weekdays only if there is an advance reservation.
Admission: 210 yen
English level: Good
Shodoshima is also famous for its tsukudani. Tsukudani are small pieces of fish are seaweed that has been preserved by being cooked in a sweet soy sauce. Japanese people enjoy eating tsukudani with white rice. And Shodoshima’s tsukudani is famous not only on Shikoku island, but throughout Japan.
Visitors interested in learning more about tsukudani may wish to visit either Kyohotei Tsukudani or Ittokuan Tsukudani. Both places are located near Marukin Soya Sauce Museum.
Kyohotei Tsukudani shows visitors the tsukudani process by providing free 20 minute factory. However, the tours are in Japanese and require an advance reservation. Ittokuan Tsukudani provides its visitors with samples of their tsukudani products. Having a large range of tsukudani, visitors can enjoy trying the different samples to find their favorite. Visitors can also purchase moromi ice cream at the Ittokuan Tsukudani store. Moromi Ice Cream is a type of ice cream with a soy bean during soy sauce fermentation-type flavor.
Kyohotei Tsukudani
Hours: 8:30 to 17:00
Tours require advance reservation. Reservations can be made via phone or online
Closed: Weekends, national holidays and December 27th to 30th
Admission: Free
Ittokuan Tsukudani
Hours: 9:00 to 17:00
Closed: New Year holidays
Admission: Free
Access Information
Via bus
From Tonosho Port, board the bus bound for Sakate (坂手) or Eigamura (映画村). Disembark from the bus at Marukin-mae (丸金前). The journey should take about 40 minutes and cost is 770 yen.
From Kusakabe Port, board the bus bound for Sakate (坂手) or Eigamura (映画村). Disembark from the bus at Marukin-mae (丸金前). The journey should take about 10 minutes and cost is 200 yen.
From either port, there are only 1 to 2 buses per hour.
Via car or taxi:
From Tonosho Port, it would take about 40 minutes. The taxi cost would be about 6000 yen.
From Fukuda Port, it would take about 30 minutes. The taxi cost would be about 5200 yen.
From Kusakabe Port, it would take about 5 minutes. The taxi cost would be about 1000 yen.
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Japan Travel: Yummy Soy Sauce Food and Beautiful Scenery…Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku
Japan Travel: Yummy Soy Sauce Food and Beautiful Scenery…Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku
【★028★Kagawa Shodoshima Island】
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There are so many things to do and enjoy in Shodoshima Island, located in the Seto Inland Sea of the coast of Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku. From driving along the Shodoshima Skyline to view the gorge near the Monkey Park and Kankei Gorge to the paying homage to the temples on the Pilgrim Road, visitors could relax, explore, and find themselves. In addition, visitors may be interested in the Osaka Castle Stones or Angel Road.
Osaka Castle Stones/Michi No Eki
Shodoshima is well known for its quality stones. As a result, stones from the destruction of the Osaka Castle were shipped to Shodoshima to be restored and re-cut for the reconstruction of the Castle. Some of the stones still remain on the island and can be seen on the northeastern tip of the island.
Visitors interested in stone cutting may wish to visit the former site of a stone cutting workshop. Though closed now, there are still many unfinished stone pieces remaining for visitors to view. The Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki is another site for people interested in the castle stones to stop by. Michi no Eki literally means a station on the road, and this is a rest area for drivers and passengers. At the Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki, visitors can visit the museum featuring tools used in the past. Castle stones are also displayed here as well.
Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki
Hours: 9:00 to 16:30
Closed: December 29th to January 3rd
Admission: Free
Angel Road
This heavenly named road is truly a thing of wonder. This sandbar located near the Tonosho Port can only be crossed during low tide. Many couples come to this island, hoping to cross the Angel Road as it is said if a couple crosses the sandbar hand-in-hand, they can find true happiness together. There are people who write their wishes for love on wooden boards (ema) to be hung on a tree here, in hopes their wish will come true.
Senmaida
Literally translated to mean one thousand rice fields, visitors will find hundreds of rice fields embedded into to the hillside on Shodoshima. These rice fields create the illusion of being steps of along a staircase of rice fields ascending to the top of the mountain. There is an outdoors kabuki stage, as well, in a village nearby. Since the Edo Period, local kabuki plays have been performed here.
Access Information
Osaka Castle Stone Cutting Workshop
Board the bus from Fukuda Port, Kusakabe Port or Tonosho Port. The workshop ruins are located along the Minamimawari Fukuda bus line (南廻り福田線). Disembark at Iwagatani (岩ケ谷) bus stop.
From Fukuda port, the journey will take 10 minutes with a cost of 380 yen.
From Kusakabe Port, the journey will take 20 minutes with a cost of 390 yen.
From Tonosho Port, the journey will take 50 minutes and 940 yen.
There is one bus every two hours.
Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki
Board the bus from Tonosho Port or Fukuda Port. The Osaka Castle Stones Michi no Eki is located along the Kitamawari Fukuda bus line (北廻り福田線) and disembark at Omi (小海) bus stop.
From Tonosho Port, the journey will take 25 minutes with a cost of 550 yen.
From Fukuda Port, the journey will take 30 minutes with a cost of 810 yen.
There is one bus every 90 minutes.
Japan Trip: Olive Oil, Oil Candy, Oil Cosemetics at the Olive Park on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa
Japan Trip: Olive Oil, Oil Candy, Oil Cosemetics at the Olive Park on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa
Known as the “Olive Island”, Shodoshima Island, located in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of the Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, is the birthing place of olive cultivation in Japan. Being blessed with a Mediterranean climate, the island successfully grew olives in 1908. Since then, Shodoshima olives and olive oil are highly regarded throughout Japan.
Olive Park, a tourist attraction site, is a working olive grove where the first olives were grown. Visitors can enjoy the walkways throughout the hillside surrounded by olive trees. Within the park is a windmill presented to the park from Milos, Greece.
Visitors interested in olive cultivation best visit the small museum within Olive Park. In addition, there is a restaurant, a cafe and some shops which allow visitors to sample as well as purchase olive related merchandise such as olive oil, olive candy, olive cosmetics, olive noodles and olive ice cream.
Olive Museum and Shops
Hours: 8:30 to 17:00
Closed: Opened All Year Round
Admission: Free
Sun Olive is a hot springs bathhouse within the park. The baths are separated by gender with eight different types of baths. Some of the baths allows bathers to enjoy beautiful views while soaking in the natural hot springs.
Sun Olive Bath House
Hours: 12:00 to 21:45 (entry until 21:00)
Closed: Wednesdays (except national holidays) and New Year holidays
Admission: 700 yen
Access Information:
Via Bus
From Tonosho Port, board a bus bond for Sakate (坂手), Fukuda Port (福田港) or Eigamura (映画村). There are 2 buses every hour. The bus fare is 560 yen (one way) and it should take about 25 minutes. Disembark at Olive ga Oka (オリーブヶ丘) bus stop. Olive Park is a short walk from the bus stop.
From Kusakabe Port, board a bus bound for Tonosho Port (土庄港). There are 2 buses every hour. The bus fare is 210 yen (one way) and it should take about 5 minutes. Disembark at Olive ga Oka (オリーブヶ丘) bus stop. Olive Park is a short walk from the bus stop.
From Fukuda Port, board a bus bound for Tonosho Port (土庄港) along the island's southern coast (南廻り福田線). There is 1 bus every 2 hour. The bus fare is 780 yen (one way) and it should take about 40 minutes. Disembark at Olive ga Oka (オリーブヶ丘) bus stop. Olive Park is a short walk from the bus stop.
Via Car or Taxi
From Tonosho Port, the journey should take about 20 minutes. The taxi cost should be about 4000 yen.
From Kusakabe Port, the journey should take about 5 minutes. The taxi cost should be about 1200 yen.
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