First day
Hiroshima→Tottori
Paper making by hand
You can experience and learn the traditional paper making process by yourself.
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Soba (buckwheat) noodles making by hand
You can make soba noodles by hands from the soba flour with instructors’ kind and decent assistance.
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<Lunch> Own make Soba
After unexperienced struggles, the taste must be naturally quite superior.
Milking in a farm or horse riding
Jersey cattle is famous in Hiruzen plateau. You can try milking in a farm.
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Horse riding
Everyone including first-timers can enjoy horse riding in hill sides’ beautiful greens.
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<Lodgment> Daisen hot spring <Dinner> Crab nabe (pot dish)
Snow and rain have fallen down in the magnificent Daisen area and were warmed by ground heat for a long time period.
All theories aside, one of the best delicacies in Tottori must be crab.
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Second day
Tottori→Okayama
Camel riding or sand board challenge in Tottori Sand Dune
You can look around the area by riding a real camel.
You can slide down steep slopes looking sand hills and the blue sea – thrilled with briskness.
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<Lunch> Seafood Donburi (rice bowl dish)
It is filled with fresh fruits of Nihonkai Sea. Crab’s feet are over edge of the bowl.
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Sightseeing boat or canoe challenge in the seaside area of Uradome
You can see strange rocks, cliffs and caves from the boat in the supreme blue sea.
You can enjoy canoe with fishes where the degree of water cleanness is ultimate.
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Relaxation in Hiruzen Plateau
You can enjoy spacious landscapes. Please relax on a hammock under the shade of trees.
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<Lodgment> Chiya hot spring <Dinner> Various dishes of Chiya Wagyu beef
In the outdoor bath area you can enjoy seasonal scenery. (e.g. snow in the winter)
Beef is juicy and tender. You can easily feel condensed delicious tastes in your mouth.
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Third day
Okayama→Kagawa
Picking of grapes or peaches
Okayama is quite famous and popular for delicious fruits, particularly tastes of white peaches and grapes are superb.
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Canal cruise in Kurashiki historic area
A small sightseeing boat. You can enjoy the artistic scenery of old houses with white walls and green willows.
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<Lunch> Bara sushi
Luxurious Okayama’s local cuisine filled with fruits of the sea and seasonal vegetables.
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Korakuen Garden and Okayama Jo Castle
One of the three most beautiful traditional style gardens in Japan and Okayama Jo Castle next to it.
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Pottery art challenge
Bizenyaki is one of the six oldest potteries in Japan, please try it.
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Play with dolphins
You can play with dolphins by touching, feeding or throwing balls etc.
<Lodgment> Miai hot spring <Dinner> Kaiseki dish
The only inn in the middle of tranquil mountain areas. Bath spaces face to wood and you can be relieved by the scent of trees.
You can enjoy various local dishes with rustic flavor of this area’s produce.
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Fourth day
Kagawa→Tokushima
Sea kayak experience
Kayak is stable in the sea and easy to handle, so everyone can challenge with no worry.
Udon noodles making by hand
Kagawa’s udon noodles is most famous in Japan. You can make udon noodles from flowers with some proper instructions.
<Lunch> Own make udon noodles
Some noodles may be big and others may be small, but own make noodles must be very delicious after all.
Whirling waves observation
Tide level’s difference of two seas makes whirling waves. Its diameter grows up to 20m which is one of the biggest in the world.
Awa Bon dance (observation and experience)
Most famous Bon dance in Japan. You can not only see the performances in front of you but also copy their examples to perform by yourself.
<Lodgment> Iya hot spring <Dinner> Ayu – Sweet fish
You can use a cable car to go down to the outside bathing spaces on a small river bed.
Fishes were grown in very clean water, therefore their tastes are outstanding.
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Starry sky observation
The area is surrounded by steep mountains and deep valleys, so best for observation.
Fifth day
Tokushima→Ehime
Canyon cruise
It is a highlight of this area’s sightseeing. The contrast of white rocks, green trees and blue water is outstanding.
Rafting on strong streams
On the upper stream of Yoshino river you can enjoy this activity. Highly splashed water might thrill you so much.
<Lunch> Iya soba noodles
Temperature difference of day and night is big so delicious buckwheat is produced here. Please taste little thicker ones.
Nibukawa Canyon
Rich forests produced clean and pure streams. Beautiful scenery changes its charms by the change of seasons.
Animal observation (Zoo) or lighthouse in Sada cape
You can closely observe many animals such as elephants, giraffes, tigers, and white bears etc.
Located in the far west end of Shikoku island, you can see the sun melting into the sea.
<Lodgment> Okudogo hot spring <Dinner> Prestigious buffet
Outdoor big bathing space (one of the biggest in the western Japan) has seven different types of bath tubs. You can take spacious views from there.
You can enjoy safe and tasteful local dishes which consist of fruits of Seto Inland Sea and seasonal vegetables etc.
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Sixth day
Ehime→Hiroshima
Bike cycling along and over Seto Inland Sea
You easily find a proper bike at one of many rental stations. You can ride even on big bridges over the sea.
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Chikuwa (deep fried fish paste) making
You can try chikuwa making by using local fresh fishes.
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<Lunch> Onomichi Ramen noodles
In Hiroshima, Onomichi ramen noodles is specially recommended.
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Port and fighting ships or Sake brewery
Kure port is the base of Japanese Navy. You can closely witness fighting ships.
Hiroshima is very famous for Japanese sake brewery. You can visit some of many prestigious factories.
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Two World Heritages “Itsukushima Shrine” and ”Atomic Bomb Dome”
It was built over the sea more than 1400 years ago. It is also a National Treasure.
You can learn the sadness of atomic bombs and wars as well as the pricelessness of peace.
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