TOKYO: The night sky across southern Japan was briefly lit up late on Tuesday (Aug 19), after a glowing ball of light was ...

His appearance resembles that of a wolf, and his nature is akin to a freedom-loving adventurer: The Shikoku is one of Japan's ...

Some of Japan's best onsens are on the southern island of Shikoku. While you can find naturally occurring and human-made onsen ryokans across Japan, a large majority of them are tucked into the ...

The pilgrimage on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, is a 750-mile route that links 88 Buddhist temples, each of which claims a connection to Kukai, a celebrated monk ...

He had stumbled upon the starting point of the Shikoku Henro, a centuries-old 750-mile (1,200 kilometer) pilgrimage winding through the island’s four prefectures — Tokushima, Kochi, Ehime and ...

Shikoku: The only place in Japan listed on the New York Times “52 Best Places to Go” A different kind of cultural experience, an opportunity to meet like-minded people By tourismshikoku.org ...

At 140 miles long, Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, about five hours by train from Tokyo, or an hour by plane, and since the 1980s has been connected to the main island of ...

The most recognisable figure along the Shikoku Henro is Kukai, or Kobo Daishi, the founder of esoteric Shingon Buddhism, one of several versions of Buddhism practiced in Japan.

On Shikoku, the smallest and least visited of Japan’s four main islands, one woman has had a mind-spinning response to a common crisis.