Shikoku (Japan)　

Ibukijima island is the only place in Japan where the capital (Kyoto) dialect in the old days remains....

Traditional events are memories and records of the community's most prosperous times. The population of Ibukijima is less than 500 people now, so the number of ...

In Ibukijima island, the rain did not percolate and it is impossible to obtain natural water. In order to solve this problem, the island created "rainwater well...

Ibukijima island produces the highest class of “Iriko (dried Japanese anchovy),” which is the material for making broth. That is because the fishing grounds are...

Ibukijima Island is the largest island village in the Seto Inland Sea, with 4,000 people living in the 1950s due to the blessings of the fishing industry. A net...

The attraction of the art festival is that it has various types of art. Above all, artworks that incorporate places and landscapes look especial because they ca...

As Art Setouchi enters its 5th and 12th year, how would the relationships between volunteers and work, and between livelihoods and new businesses change?...

How is Art Setouchi 2022 in its 5th and twelve year since its 1st related to houses and village on islands?...

Art Setouchi 2022 in its 5th and twelve year created various exchanges....

In travel to Art Setouchi 2022 in its 5th and twelve year since its 1st, I saw the change of the region by the art festival....

One of unknown cherry blossom spots in Japan is on Ibuki-jima Island....

The peculiar bus system in the Shikokku mountains is the feeder bus....

四国山地の小さなインフラの一つが、ホテル祖谷温泉のケーブルカー。 One of small infrastructures in the Shikoku Mountains is the cable car at Hotel Iya Onsen....

To-ie is a small village where monorails connect houses....

In villages of the Shikoku Mountains, the balance between isolation and solidarity is exquisite....

One of my favorite places in Japan is the Shikoku Mountains. The dinner at Ki no Yume Totori. The right side of the upper plate is the exquisite kon-nyaku. If l...