About 4km inland from the Ikeda ferry terminal are Nakayama's 'thousand rice fields'. The terraces are pretty in any season, but especially picturesque after rice planting in late April or early May, when the water-filled fields become a hillside of mirrors.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
21.02 MILES
碍艒谤补办耻-别苍 draws the crowds with its reputation as one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan. It has expansive lawns broken up by ponds, teahouses鈥
27.9 MILES
Ry艒zen-ji is Temple One of the 88 Sacred Temples of Shikoku pilgrimage. It is called Temple One because it was the first that temple pilgrims came to鈥
16.49 MILES
One of the most beautiful gardens in the country, 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 dates from the mid-1600s and took more than a century to complete. Designed as a walking鈥
14.59 MILES
In Honmura, half a dozen traditional buildings have been turned over to contemporary artists to use as the setting for creative installations, often鈥
27.8 MILES
This is Kurashiki's premier museum, housing the predominantly Western art collection amassed by local textile magnate 艑hara Magosabur艒 (1880鈥1943), with鈥
17.08 MILES
This kiln and gallery-shop is run by the Kimura family, one of the six original families granted official permission in the early 1600s to produce pottery鈥
8.8 MILES
Teshima's art 'museum' impresses for its architecture 鈥 a monumental concrete shell, forming a low teardrop-shaped dome on the hillside, designed by Tokyo鈥
Marukin Soy Sauce Historical Museum
4.9 MILES
Sh艒do-shima was famous for its soybeans long before olives arrived, and several old soy-sauce companies are still in business here. Marukin has a small鈥
Nearby Western Honsh奴 attractions
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This park celebrates the island's olive-growing activities with several whitewashed buildings, some fake Grecian ruins, a museum, and opportunities to buy鈥
3.68 MILES
Legend (or marketing) says if you stroll this sandbar dubbed 'Angel Road' with your loved one, your heart's desire will come true. In reality it's three鈥
3. Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village
4.62 MILES
Just north of Sakate is the turn-off to the picturesque fishing village of Tanoura (鐢般儙娴), site of the village school that featured in the film Twenty-Four鈥
4.64 MILES
Worth visiting in Tanoura is this perfectly preserved 1902 school, setting for the Twenty-Four Eyes story and the 1954 film. It's a short walk from the鈥
5. Marukin Soy Sauce Historical Museum
4.9 MILES
Sh艒do-shima was famous for its soybeans long before olives arrived, and several old soy-sauce companies are still in business here. Marukin has a small鈥
8.16 MILES
For an oddly fascinating and unique museum experience, visit this 'heartbeat archive' on a small bay near the Karato Port area. There are tens of鈥
8.8 MILES
Teshima's art 'museum' impresses for its architecture 鈥 a monumental concrete shell, forming a low teardrop-shaped dome on the hillside, designed by Tokyo鈥
8. Inujima Seirensho Art Museum
8.94 MILES
The drawcard of little Inujima island is this copper refinery converted into an eco-building, displaying artist Yanagi Yukinori's surreal take on the鈥