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Tokushima Modern Art Museum
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Tokushima Prefectural Museum
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Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki (Puppet Theater and Museum)
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Awa Deko Ningyo Kaikan puppet theatre museum
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Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum
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Aqua Eddy underwater sightseeing boat
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Uzonomichi Promenade (Tokushima Prefecture)
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Ryozen-ji Temple (Starting point for the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage)
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Gokurakuji Temple
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Temple No. 3, Konsenji Temple
Travel Plans
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- Road trip to Tokushima with traditional culture and art
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- Tokushima Prefecture has cultivated a diverse culture and is blessed with moderate temperatures and nature. Many people visit to explore traditional events and entertainment such as Awaodori Dance, with 400 years history, and Ningyo Joruri puppet theater. Take a day to fully enjoy the diverse culture of Tokushima on this drive course.
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- One-day trip to Tokushima with its unique Naruto Whirlpools
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- Tokushima is very famous for whirlpools occurring in Naruto Strait. Enjoy a one-day trip including a tour of the whirlpools, said to be the largest in the world. See with your own eyes this natural wonder you cannot experience anywhere else in the world. Also visit a museum of rare ceramic masterpieces.
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- Adventure and hot springs in unexplored Kochi and Tokushima
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- There are many adventure spots unlike Japan in Tokushima and Kochi in the Shikoku area. Here are some spots where visitors can feel adventure, taste local specialties, and enjoy hot springs at the end of the day. Enjoy a journey of exploration and healing.
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Travel Guide
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Best Events
Top Things to do
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- Tokushima Modern Art Museum
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- Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Hachimanchou Mukouterayama Cultural forest in the general park
- The Tokushima Modern Art Museum is located within Bunka-no-mori Park. Besides artworks connected with Tokushima, the Museum also has impressive collections and displays of paintings, sculptures etc. from other countries. Facilities include a museum shop, restaurant, and reference room, etc. The Museum is located approximately 25 minutes by bus from Tokushima Station.
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- Tokushima Prefectural Museum
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- Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Hachimanchou Mukouterayama Cultural forest in the general park
- Located approximately 25 minutes by bus from Tokushima Station, the Tokushima Prefectural Museum is a general-interest museum situated within Bunka-no-mori Park. The museum’s collections cover a comprehensive range of humanities-related fields (including archeology, history, folk traditions, artistic handicrafts, etc.) and natural science-related fields (including zoology, botany and geoscience). Besides permanent exhibitions focused on the history and natural history of Tokushima, the Museum also hosts special exhibitions (with new themed exhibitions starting three times a year) as well as experiential classrooms and other special events. Facilities include a breastfeeding room, free lockers, a restaurant, and a museum shop. Free Wi-Fi is available.
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- Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki (Puppet Theater and Museum)
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- Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Kawauchichou Miyajimahonura 184
- Located approximately 15 minutes by car or 30 minutes by bus from JR Tokushima Station, the Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki (Puppet Theater and Museum) is housed in the former residence of Bando Jurobe, the historical figure who inspired the Ningyo Joruri puppet theater play Keisei Awa no Naruto. Awa Ningyo Joruri puppet theater performances are held in the Museum on a daily basis. The Museum’s exhibition room houses displays on the Ningyo Joruri puppet theater tradition and on the deko puppets used. A wide range of special events are held to provide opportunities for more people to learn about Ningyo Joruri puppet theatre.
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- Awa Deko Ningyo Kaikan puppet theatre museum
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- Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Kawauchichou Miyajimahonura 226-1
- The Awa Deko Ningyo Kaikan puppet theatre museum is located around 15 minutes’ drive from JR Tokushima Station. The museum features displays of Ningyo Joruri puppets, classes in making puppet heads, and humorous introductions to the special techniques used in puppet-making. The aim is for visitors to be able to learn about Awa Deko puppets in an enjoyable way by watching and listening. The Awa Deko Ningyo Kaikan also sells, restores and repairs deko puppets.
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- Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum
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- This is a museum erected at the site of the Tokushima Castle palace ruins in Tokushima Central Park, Tokushima City. It is only a 10-minute walk from the JR Tokushima Station. The permanent exhibit is divided into five themes showcasing artisan works and historical materials of the Tokushima domain and the Hachisuka clan. Here, the Senzanmaru, a national Important Cultural Property that is a decorative whaling ship from the Tokushima domain is the main attraction amongst many other treasures. The museum annually hosts six special exhibits or themed exhibits. The visitors to the history museum may use the same ticket to enjoy the adjoining former Tokushima Castle Omote Goten Garden as well.
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- Aqua Eddy underwater sightseeing boat
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- The Aqua Eddy is a small, fast boat equipped with an underwater observation room. Passengers can get a close underwater view of the spectacular Naruto Strait whirlpools through the glass bottom of the boat, which extends one meter under the water. Being able to enjoy the different views of the whirlpools from on deck and from down below really enhances the viewing experience. As the Aqua Eddy has a limited capacity of 46 passengers, advance booking is required. The journey time is 25 minutes; there are 15 scheduled trips per day. The Uzusio Whirlpool Sightseeing Boat dock, from which the trips depart, is located approximately 15 minutes by car by Naruto Station and around 75 minutes’ drive from Kobe-Sannomiya Station.
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- Uzonomichi Promenade (Tokushima Prefecture)
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- Tokushima Prefecture Naruto City Naruto-cho (in Naruto Park)
- Uzunomichi Promenade is located around 60 minutes by bus from JR Tokushima Station. The promenade extends out over the sea, under the Ohnaruto Bridge, for 450 meters. Opened in 2000, this is one of Tokushima’s best known tourist attractions. Glass-floored sections have been installed at four locations along the Promenade, so that visitors can view the strong tides and roaring whirlpools in the sea below. The observation gallery at the far end of the Promenade makes use of the space provided by one of the Bridge girders to enable visitors to walk right round and get a 360-degree view; visitors can experience the impressive whirlpools from a spot 45 meters above the water.
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- Ryozen-ji Temple (Starting point for the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage)
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- Ryozen-ji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple that, according to legend, was founded by the monk Gyoki during the Tempyo era (729–749) on the orders of the Shomu Emperor. The Temple’s formal name is Zikuwazan Ichijoin Ryozenji. Selected for inclusion in the “88 Best Places to Visit in Tokushima,” the Ryozen-ji Temple is also the starting-point for the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage, and is affectionately known as Ichi-ban-san (“Number One”). The Temple is visited by white-robed pilgrims throughout the year, and it is possible to purchase Nokyo-cho (stamp-books for collecting the stamps that confirm that a pilgrim has made a donation to a given temple) and pilgrims’ clothing, staffs and bamboo hats etc. Must-see sights at the Temple include a two-storied pagoda housing the Gochi Nyorai Statues (five statues representing different aspects of the wisdom of the Buddha) and the Meiji Garden located on the north side of the Daishi-do hall.
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- Gokurakuji Temple
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- The Gokurakuji Temple is a Koya-san Shingon Buddhist temple located in the Oasa-cho Hinoki district of Naruto City; legend has it that the Gokurakuji Temple was founded by the bodhisattva Gyoki during the Konin era (810–824). The temple’s formal name is Nissho-san Muryoju-in. The Gokurakuji Temple is the second temple visited on the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. Famous sights inside the Temple complex include a beautiful Japanese garden built to evoke the Pure Land (Buddhist heaven), a Buddha statue praying to which is believed to ensure safe and trouble-free childbirth, and the Cedar of Longevity, which is said to have been planted by Kobo Daishi.
Main Area
What is Tokushima?
The southeastern corner of Shikoku is home to Tokushima prefecture, a region celebrated for its luscious nature and the nation’s favorite Awa Odori, an energetic dance to which an annual summer festival has been dedicated. Keeping the upbeat tempo, whirlpools excite the Naruto sea off Tokushima, while inland, dramatic cliffs line the Iya Valley, promising unrivaled views of vast and vibrant scenery.
Tokushima Overviews
Climate
What to Wear
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Getting Around
The first prefecture reached when arriving in Shikoku from the Osaka area, Tokushima is a good place to commence a Shikoku adventure. While trains from Okayama provide access to the north coast of Shikoku, Honshu and Tokushima are connected by a bus route, either on a two-hour trip from Shin-Kobe Station to Tokushima Station or three hours from Kyoto Station to Tokushima Station.
How to get
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How to get to Tokushima Airport