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Shodoshima
One of the three great gorge views of Japan, and the birthplace of olive growing in Japan.
Shimanami Cycling
The holy land of cyclists. Seventy kilometres, crossing by bridge.
Shimonada Station
The sea begins just beyond the platform. It was called the station closest to the sea in Japan.
Mt. Ishizuchi
The highest peak in western Japan at 1,982 metres. A shugendo mountain climbed by three chains.
Terraced Orange Groves
Steep slopes terraced with stone walls. Citrus output here is among the highest in Japan.
Katsurahama
A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looks out over the Pacific. Watatsumi Jinja stands at the tip of the cape.
Nora Dokei
A clock tower built so that farmers could tell the time. The samurai quarter survives.
Shimanto River
The last clear stream in Japan. Forty-seven bridges without railings, built to go under when the river rises.
Katsurahama
A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looks out over the Pacific. It was sung of as a place to view the moon.
Cape Ashizuri
The southernmost point of Shikoku. An 80-metre cliff and a white lighthouse.
Niyodo River
Niyodo blue. It has been chosen many times as having the finest water quality in Japan.
Kawaradake
Limestone quarrying changed the shape of the mountain. It stands next to the Chikuho coalfield.
Shimabara Springs
Underground water from Unzen wells up throughout the town. Carp swim in the waterways.
Hifuri Shinji
Bundles of thatch are set alight and swung about, in celebration of a marriage of the gods.
Onda Matsuri
A procession in white robes goes round the fields. An agricultural rite said to have run for two thousand years.