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Exploring Shikoku

Shikoku’s north coast facing the Inland Sea is much more
industrialized than its south coast, though not as much as
Western Honshu’s Sanyo coast. The interior of the island is
mountainous and rugged and not conducive to rice
cultivation. Shikoku’s main cities and historical sights,
including most temples on the pilgrimage circuit, are thus
on or near the Seto Inland Sea coast. Takamatsu is a popular
entry point. Kochi is the main city on the Pacific coast.

Vine suspension bridge at Shikoku Mura
village, near Takamatsu
Okayama Tonosho Kobe
Shodo
Island
HYOGO
Onomichi TAKAMATSU
SETO-OHASHI Sumoto
Innoshima BRIDGE Sakaide
sland Sanuki Awaji
Ikuchi Marugame NARUTO Island
sland KAGAWA Hiketa BRIDGE
Omi SETO Nandan
Reclining image of the Buddha at Uchiko Island INLAND SEA NARUTO
Kurahashi Oshima KOTOHIRA Naruto WHIRLPOOLS
Island Island Kan-onji TAKAMATSU EXPRESSWAY Awa
Imabari Iyomishima TOKUSHIMA EXPRESSWAY Waki Yoshino-gawa TOKUSHIMA
YOSAN LINE Toyo Niihama Kawanoe
Hojo Ikeda TOKUSHIMA LINE Komatsushima
Key Saijo T s u r u g i M o u n t a i n s
Yashiro EHIME Anan
Expressway Island MATSUYAMA Tsurugi-san TOKUSHIMA
Kamega-mori
Major road MATSUYAMA EXPRESSWAY 1,896 m KOSHI EXPRESSWAY 1,955 m
Other road Iyo Ishizuchi-san Nishiishihara Otoyo Otonohiracani
Main railway 1,982 m Monobecho
Befu
Minor railway Kuma
Nagahama KOCHI Mugi
Border UCHIKO I s h i z u c h i M o u n t a i n s Nankoku Kainan
OZU Aki
Tosa KOCHI Toyo
Satamisaki Yawatahama
Peninsula
Misaki
Uwa Yusuhara Susaki
Muroto Cape
Muroto
UWAJIMA Nametoko Kubokawa
Gorge
Matsuno
Onigajo-yama
1,151 m
Shimanto
Sukumo
Imano-yama
865 m
Tosa-Shimizu
Cape
Ashizuri
Okino-shima
Houses on a canal at Uwajima,
western Shikoku
For hotels and restaurants see pp305–6 and pp333–4

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Date 5th December 2012
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