Shikoku express

Duration: 6 days/5 nights
Stages: Ôsaka (KIX) – Hiwasa – Muroto – Kochi – Kishiwada – Ôsaka (KIX)

from €1,200

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Day 1 – Ôsaka (KIX) – Hiwasa

• You are welcomed at Ôsaka airport by your English-speaking tour guide
• Journey via Tokushima to Hiwasa, the surfer and turtle paradise
  on the east coast of Shikoku
• Evening meal and overnight stay at a traditional guest house/hotel
  between rice fields and the ocean

Day 2 – Hiwasa and surrounding area

• Panoramic road between Hiwasa and Mugi town
• Tour of the attractions in Hiwasa: Temple on the Shikoku pilgrim trail, castle, turtle centre and Ebisu cave
• Evening meal and overnight stay at the same location as the previous day

Day 3 – Cape Muroto

• Journey from Hiwasa to Muroto-Misaki, the wildest cape of Shikoku
• Rest of the day is free. Recommendation: Stroll along the coast and visit the temple in the mountains overlooking the sea
• Evening meal and overnight stay at a traditional guest house/hotel directly on the cape

Day 4 – Kochi

• Journey from Muroto-Misaki to Kochi. Stopover in Akaoka and a visit to the Ekin art museum
• In Kochi, a tour of the castle and castle gardens
• Evening meal and overnight stay at a traditional guest house/hotel, with sake tasting

Day 5 & 6 – Kochi – Kishiwada – Ôsaka (KIX)

• Stroll through the Nichiyoichi Sunday market
• Journey from Kochi to Kishiwada
• Visit to the castle of this former fortress city south of Ôsaka
• Evening meal at a traditional sushi restaurant in the middle of a zen garden
• Overnight stay at an hotel in center of Kishiwada
• Journey to the airport
• Return flight (not included in the tour)

Photo credits

Most of the photos that appear in this description are the property of Fukuchan Ryoko Olivier Baubrand. All rights reserved.
A few photos, however, has been taken from Wikipedia Commons. They are titled “Wikipedia” and are subject to the licence CC BY-SA 3.0.
Owners of the rights: Yakuoji-Tempel © Reggaeman.