Henro, a pilgrimage of 88 temples in Shikoku, is a tradition with a long history. It attracts 150,000 people from all over the world annually. Calling these pilgrims "o-henro-san," or those who ...

Blessed with majestic peaks, pristine waterways and surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Seto Inland Sea, the island of Shikoku provides a myriad opportunities to explore nature. It is also the ...

A Nankai Trough quake off Shikoku in 1946 killed more than 1,300 people. The area was hit by a 7.1 magnitude quake in August last year. Kageyama writes for the Associated Press. This story ...

Shikoku has a quiet, but profound presence in ... you'll understand why people have been visiting for centuries. The area has long been a sacred spot for Shugendo (mountain asceticism), and ...

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, and ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 7 is projected to slam into the main island of Honshu or Shikoku around Aug. 15 ... Conventional railway lines in its area will also remain operating on Aug. 13, but will ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co in western ... if an earthquake or volcanic eruption strikes the area. But ...

TAKAMATSU, Kagawa Prefecture--A Shikoku Railway Co. (JR Shikoku) expressway bus rolled through downtown Tokushima with a passenger trapped underneath inside the luggage compartment, transportation ...

JR Shikoku has suffered continued losses due to population decline and the expansion of a highway. See the initiatives the company is taking to aid recovery and revitalize the region. According to ...