Culture The Murakami Suigun Boat Race 2024 Anonymous The Murakami Suigun Boat Race is a festival that takes place every July. The venue is Oshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea.
10 Gunkanjima Perspective - No. 1 Masayoshi Hirose Gunkanjima, a candidate to become a World Heritage site, is a dramatic, uninhabited island that never ceases to fascinate me.
Transportation Riding the Kintetsu to Ise Justin Dart If you want to get to Ise, Toba and the Shima areas of Mie from Nagoya, the Kintetsu is convenient, fun and inexpensive.
Culture Tsubaki Taisho, an Unearthly Shrine Chris Glenn Built in 300, guarded by 97 generations of the Yamamoto Family, Tsubaki Grand Shrine is where Ueshiba Morihei received inspir...
Activities Murakami Suigun Museum Anonymous The Murakami Suigun Museum on Oshima off the coast of Imabari is dedicated to the pirates turned coastguards of the Seto Inla...
Culture Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island Senén Germade The actual name of this island is Hashima. It is located around 4.5km west of the Nagasaki Peninsula, a very small island wit...
Activities Omishima Island Anonymous Omishima is an artistically and religiously significant island in the Inland Sea. Part of Imabari, it’s accessed by the Shi...
Shopping Iki-ikikan Road Station Anonymous Iki-ikikan is a Road Station with a restaurant, food stalls, restrooms, and a place for fish BBQ. It’s located on Oshima Isla...
Food Hinata Shizuku Kaiseki Restaurant Paul Arenson-Kawano A variety of subtle flavors and textures in a beautifully arranged multi-course kaiseki lunch or dinner
