Evolution Japan Tour

Unfortunately not so many foreign and domestic tourists travel to Shikoku. Shikoku is connected with Honshu island by 3 large bridges but only one bridge has rails on it. Then, also no Shinkansen connection. If you are traveling with Japan Rail Pass from Tokyo or Kyoto, you have to take Hikari train bound for Okayama which runs hourly and then change to trains to Shikoku. On the other hand, there are many places very worth to visit in Shikoku. Kagawa prefecture which is

After reaching Miyanoura port in Naoshima, you have to take a municipal bus if you want to go to the museums. For guests of Benesse house, the hotel offers complimentary shuttle bus from the port. The municipal bus leaves at platform number 2. The municipal bus is not free of charge but JPY 100 per ride. Get on from the front door but you have to pay when you get off(same front door). You get on the front door too in Tokyo but you have to pay immediately and you have to ge

I would like to show how to get to Naoshima if you are traveling from Shikoku. From Takamatsu station, to the ferry terminal is 5 minutes walk. Unfortunately written in Japanese only. The exact translation is Takamatsu Port Passenger Terminal Building. The ferry to Naoshima is the same terminal for ferries to Shodojima(Shodo island), which means pier number 1 or 2. By the way, pier 3 a 4 are for mostly high speed boats. At the terminal, look for the counter which sells ticke

Naoshima is a small island belonging to Kagawa prefecture in Shikoku. Although part of Kagawa, it is much closer to Honshu. Naoshima has a large smelter run by Mitsubishi Materials, which was opened in October 1917. Naoshima was elected as the central smelter due to its location - there were many copper mines along Seto Inland Sea, which Naoshima also locates. Mitsubishi first planned to build their plant on Teshima island but it was rejected by the local inhabitants of T