Yesterday, the weather was wonderful. My friend M had to go to Shodoshima for various matters and she invited our common friend W and me to go with her on the island for a fun day. We hadn’t planned anything, and just winged it for the whole day. This is […]
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Last week, Douglas Brooks, who is currently in Kagawa, was invited to Shodoshima for something very special and fascinating. He invited my friend Cathy and I to tag along. So we took the ferry to Kusakabe on this cold morning of late January, and from there headed to the village […]
On October 15 of every year, the Uchinomi Matsuri takes place on Shodoshima. It is one of the eight fall matsuri that take place mid-October on the island over the span of 10 days. All of them are harvest matsuri and are affiliated with various Hachiman shrines on the island. A couple […]
There is one thing not to be missed when you’re in the area (Kagawa, Okayama, Kansai, more?), it’s the aki matsuri (the Fall traditional festivals), especially the ones on Shodoshima. For 10 days (October 11-21), eight matsuri take place in various locations on Shodoshima (as well as Teshima, which […]
By the way, this is where I was last week-end: After not going there in two years, I went to Shōdoshima for the second time in one month. This time we spent two days there (it was my first time sleeping on an island!) doing some tourism and […]