The city of Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture serves as a convenient gateway to Shikoku, and is reached by train from Tokyo in around four-and-a-half hours or from Osaka in two. Travel by high-speed ...

Shikoku, with its lushly forested mountains and dramatic coastline, has long been ignored by most foreign tourists. No bullet trains connect the southern island to Japan’s larger cities ...

Divided into the four prefectures of Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kochi, Shikoku can be reached by air, train, bus or ferry from Japan's major cities. With its 88 temples and sacred sites ...

The city was forecast to have more snow until the ... Officials forecast 60 cm for Hokkaido and the Kinki region; 50 cm for the Shikoku region; 40 cm for the northern Kyushu region; 30 cm ...

Presiding judge Kazumi Ohama said 'It cannot be said that there is a specific danger that violates the lives of the ...

The name alone signals what’s in store for passengers who will take luxury sightseeing overnight train trips to the Shikoku and Setouchi regions from January to March 2024. The service is ...