Travelpack

Highlights: Matsuyama - Takamatsu - Tokushima - Kochi - Kamimachi - Tosashimizu - Ozu

Hotels Featured:
➤Yamatoya Honten 4*
➤Royal Park Hotel Takamatsu 3*
➤JR Hotel Clement Tokushima 3*
➤Mercure Kochi Tosa Resort 3*
➤Jyoseikan 4*
➤Ashizuri Pacific Hotel
➤Nipponia Hotel Ozu Castle

Itinerary:
Wed 01 Oct 25: Tokyo
➤Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo Haneda Airport

Thu 02 Oct 25: Matsuyama
➤Flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Matsuyama, Japan
Japan Rail Pass
The Japan Rail Pass is a multi-use rail ticket. It gives you unlimited access to all Japan Rail National trains, bus services, ferry services, and airport transfers.
The JR Pass offers you the opportunity to discover the whole country in an affordable way. Compared to the full price of train tickets in Japan, the price of the JR Pass represents an attractive discount on Japanese public transport.
It allows you to travel easily and save time during your stay, including on Shinkansen trains, without having to buy a new ticket for each journey.
JR Pass holders will also be able to enjoy discounts at some of Japan's popular tourist attractions from October 2023.
Important Info
We recommend purchasing an All Shikoku Rail Pass in Japan on arrival
Purchase a Pass at Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Tokushima, or Kochi Station, any JR Shikoku Tour branch (JR Shikoku Travel Service Center), or the JR Shikoku Tour Umeda branch.
➤Stay at Yamatoya Honten for 3 nights

Fri 03 Oct 25: Ishiteji Pilgrimage Experience
Recommended for those who want to experience the Shikoku Pilgrimage, which has a history of over 1200 years. a 90-minute round-trip course, wearing rental pilgrim costumes, from Dogo Onsen Station to Ishite-dera, the 51st Buddhist temple.
with a payment tag, and you can also learn about worship etiquette from the guide. participation of 2 or more people, can apply, Japanese.
specialty yakimochi for each person, will energize your body after visiting the shrine.
Duration: 1 hour, 30 mins
Inclusions :
- Guide fee
- Set of 4 pilgrimage costumes (Sugasasa, Kongo cane, sleeveless lab coat, skirt)
- 2 bills
- 2 pieces of Ishiteji specialty Yakimochi
What to Expect :
Ishite-ji Temple
Please meet in front of the Botchan Karakuri Clock in front of Dogo Onsen Station on the Iyo Railway. pilgrimage costume Fill out payment tag (walking) second coming of Saburo Emon Gate
(Osanade) Please prepare your money separately.
Dogo Onsen Station
will be held even if it rains. (Please bring your own rain gear.) The tour will be canceled in consideration of the safety of our customers, extremely hot, so please be careful not to get heat stroke.
In the case of climatic conditions that are not suitable for walking around town, such as extreme heat, we may suspend the operation, giving top priority to the health and safety of our customers.
50 mins - Admission Ticket Free

Sat 04 Oct 25: Matsuyama Castle and Local Shops
A 'must see' for first time visitors to Matsuyama! As one of Japan's 12 original castles dating back to before the Edo period, Matsuyama Castle is the symbol of Matsuyama City.
You can choose a refreshment between the two specialties, Iyokan orange soft-serve ice cream and homemade Amazake (sweet fermented rice drink). Okaido shopping arcade to discover some local delights, will go on, rain or shine. (Bring rain gear as needed.) chairlift stops running on rainy days. In case of a thundery day, both the chairlift and the ropeway will be out of service. determines it is difficult to ensure the safety of participants due to heavy weather such as a typhoon or conditions unsuitable for walking. stroke during the tour in the extremely hot season from June to September.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 mins
Inclusions :
- Guide Admission fee to the buildings of Matsuyama Castle refreshments at Jozanso caf
What to Expect :
Pass By Marunouchi
Sancho ropeway station(Chojaganaru), Marunouchi, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, the summit of Katsuyama for about 20 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Matsuyama Castle
Matsuyama Castle (entrance to the castle tower) Castle is a vast Hirayama castle with a main enclosure at the summit of Shiroyama (Katsuyama) at an altitude of 132 m in the center of Matsuyama City, and Ninomaru (Ninomaru Historical Garden) and Sannomaru (Horinouchi) at the foot.
30 mins - Admission Ticket Free
Matsuyama
Jozanso (rest with Iyokan soft or handmade amazake) rest at a caf Jozanso and enjoy soft-serve ice cream with Iyokan orange flavor or homemade Amazake, sweet fermented rice drink.
15 mins - Admission Ticket Free
Matsuyama Ropeway Shopping Street
Get on the ropeway or the chairlift to go down. stroll along the famous Ropeway street and Okaido shopping arcade, where you can check out the local souvenirs.
45 mins - Admission Ticket Free

Sat 04 Oct 25: Guided Walking Ohenro Pilgrimage Experience
Dogo Hot Spring, which is said to be the oldest hot spring in Japan, is also on the route of the pilgrimage to the 88 sacred sites of Shikoku, where many pilgrims heal the fatigue of their journey and enjoy historical and cultural sightseeing. This programme allows visitors to experience local history and pilgrimage culture while walking with a guide along the surrounding pilgrimage routes, which are generally not well known to the public. Within walking distance of Dogo Onsen is the 51st temple Ishite-ji Temple, which has many cultural assets and has been awarded a Michelin star. You can learn the etiquette of pilgrimage, the history, and the culture of temples. Along the walking pilgrimage route, there is a nature trail that climbs up a small mountain and passes through a bamboo forest, which you would not expect to find in the city, and an ancient shrine, Isaniwa Shrine, which located on a hill overlooking Dogo Hot Spring, making you to feel nature and history in a compact area.
Duration: 2 hours
Inclusions :
- All Fees and Taxes
What to Expect :
Ishite-ji Temple
You can learn the etiquette of pilgrimage, the history,y and the culture of temples.
1 hour - Admission Ticket Included
Isaniwa Shrine
Along the walking pilgrimage route, there is a nature trail that climbs up a small mountain and passes through a bamboo forest, which you would not expect to find in the city, and an ancient shrine, Isaniwa Shrine, which located on a hill overlooking Dogo Hot Spring, making you to feel nature and history in a compact area.
1 hour - Admission Ticket Included

Sun 05 Oct 25: Japan
➤Stay at Royal Park Hotel Takamatsu for 3 nights

Mon 06 Oct 25: Full-Day Kagawa Tour
Private tours to popular Instagrammable places in Kagawa! will guide you to the most popular sightseeing spots such as "swing in the sky," "Honenike Dam," "Chichibugahama Beach," and more for absolutely instagrammable places. hours of tour! tour!
miraculous shot" that you normally would not be able to take
Duration: 7 hours to 8 hours
Inclusions :
- Private transportation
What to Expect :
You can take pictures at the stunning view called "Swing in the Sky". mountain is required in addition to the tour fee. From tourist spot to tourist spot by chartered taxi.
2 hours - Admission Ticket Free
Honenike Dam
You can take pictures of the dynamic dam. tourist spot to tourist spot by a chartered taxi.
2 hours - Admission Ticket Free
Chichibugahama Beach
Photogenic place. by a chartered taxi.
2 hours - Admission Ticket Free
Takaya Shrine, Hongu
Famous photo spot as the Torii in the Sky. Prohibition of general vehicle traffic on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, please use the paid shuttle bus from the closer parking lot, or you will be guided to other sightseeing spots. by a chartered taxi.
2 hours - Admission Ticket Free

Wed 08 Oct 25: Japanese Style Room Tea Ceremony Class
Demonstration of "tea procedure" including hands-on lesson. You will learn the basic concepts and ideas of tea ceremony, learning how to behave in a tearoom and how to appreciate its decoration. Then we will tell you how to drink it, and also serve you a wagashi, Japanese cake.
Inclusions :
- Japanese sweets, matcha
- All Fees and Taxes
- Tea props
What to Expect :
This experience starts with knowing the history of the tea ceremony. Next, listen to the explanation of the tools and learn how to take Japanese sweets and how to drink matcha. After that, you can demonstrate a tea ceremony and experience eating sweets and drinking matcha in a quiet space.
Finally, you can also experience making your own matcha. You can get to know Japanese culture deeply by knowing the history, experiencing the tea ceremony and the experience of brewing yourself at once.Do you want to experience the tea ceremony, which is a comprehensive art of Japanese culture?
The experience of making tea quietly while eating Japanese sweets on tatami mats is only available in Japan. Even if it is difficult to sit in seiza, you can also sit in a chair. If you learn the tea you made yourself in a quiet space, you will be able to do it even after you get home. You can also experience wearing a kimono, so please join us.
➤Stay at JR Hotel Clement Tokushima for 2 nights

Thu 09 Oct 25: Tokushima & Mt. Bizan Brompton Bicycle Tour on
In principle, reservations are for two persons or more. course that runs through the castle town, centering on Mt. Take the ropeway from the Awa Odori Kaikan at the foot of Mt. Meishan, which has become a novel and a movie. From there, take a break downhill and take a break at Western Park on the middle of Mt. If you go down from the middle to the foot, you might want to try eating around, such as Mt. It is also interesting to compare the courses you ran to the old scenery at the museum of Tokushima Castle after running through the back alleys that leave the remnants of the castle town, Aiba beach where the performance hall is set up at the time of Teramachi and Awa Odori It will be.
Inclusions :
- Use of bicycle
- Local guide fee
- Tour Insurance
What to Expect :
In principle, reservations are for two persons or more. Mt. Bizan offers a superb view of Tokushima City, the mouth of the Yoshino River, and if the weather is fine, you can see all the way to Awaji Island and the Kii Peninsula on Honshu.
On this trip, you take your Brompton bicycles up Mt. Bizan in the cable car with you. After admiring the amazing view and checking out the pagoda, you cruise back down the mountain. You can take a break in Seibu Park halfway down, a spot that's known for its cherry blossoms in season.
Around the base of the mountain are several good places to eat local specialties such as Tokushima ramen and grilled mochi. Your guide will take you somewhere that fits your mood and preferences.
Down in the city, you ride along the back alleys, exploring the temple quarter. Your guide will point out the reminders of this castle town, and the places where stages are set up for Awa Odori dance. After your Brompton tour of the city, it's fascinating to visit the Tokushima Castle Museum and see what the route you've just cycled was like hundreds of years ago.

Fri 10 Oct 25: Kochi
➤Stay at Mercure Kochi Tosa Resort for 3 nights

Mon 13 Oct 25: Kamimachi
➤Stay at Jyoseikan for 3 nights

Tue 14 Oct 25: Private Ninja Training in a Cave in Hidaka
Well known today as a ninja, Mohei was a real person who lived in the old village Kusaka-mura, which is the centre of the modern village of Hidaka-mura. According to the legend, he was a poor peasant who fell in love with the daughter of a rich landowner. The affair was doomed, and while he was walking about desperately looking for a place to die, Mohei came upon the cave called Sarudado, where a fantastic creature called a tengu was pursuing an ascetic lifestyle. Mohei became his disciple. So diligent was he that he learned everything his mentor taught and travelled to the town surrounding Kochi castle, where he did such things as giving rice to the poor, of the Ninja Mohei.
You will wear a Ninja costume and try training in the cave! After the caving, you will relax with a coffee, local black tea, and some sweets or fruits.
Inclusions :
- rubber boots
- Snacks
- A helmet with light and gloves for caving
- Ninja costume
- Coffee and/or Tea
- activity insurance
What to Expect :
Please come to the Sarudado cave place by your own. Change clothes to Ninja costume and give a small lecture before getting into the cave.
There are bats and some insects inside the cave, but they are safe and rarely attack the people. Enjoy caving and take a coffee break after the caving.
If you come by taxi, it is recommended to book in advance to be picked up by the taxi driver who brought you to Sarudado Cave.

Wed 15 Oct 25: Make traditional Tosa washi paper
Learn about traditional ways of making Tosa washi paper in a washi studio with over 120 years of history.
Steps of making washi paper presented in detail by a 4th generation craftsperson.
Paper from recycling Tosa washi.
colorful kakejiku hanging scroll, a paper lamp shade, or a paper bag.
Clearest water basins: Niyodo River.
Inclusions :
- Guide fee
- Activity fee
- Tea and snack
- Apron
What to Expect :
After arriving at Tosawashi Inoue Tesuki Kobo, you will be welcomed by Mrs Inoue, the current 4th generation washi maker, and will have a tour of the atelier where handmade high quality paper is produced using traditional techniques. Mrs Inoue will explain about the history and characteristics of Tosa washi and will show you the raw material kozo (paper mulberry), the bark of which is used for making Japanese paper.
The experience will continue with a demonstration of almost all steps in washi paper making,g something that is rare to see in most other washi studios. Mrs Inoue will show you how kozo bark is boiled, cleaned off the impurities, and beaten with a stick. You will also see how the gluing paste is made of the roots of tororoaoi (sunset hibiscus). Finally, youll try your hands at beating old washi paper and dissolving it in water to produce new paper art: either a colorful kakejiku hanging scroll, a paper lamp shade or a paper bag. Local tea and sweets served at the end will wrap up the experience.

Thu 16 Oct 25: City Tosashimizu
➤Stay at Ashizuri Pacific Hotel for 3 nights

Sun 19 Oct 25: Ehime
➤Stay at Nipponia Hotel Ozu Castle for 2 nights

Tue 21 Oct 25: Departure

Prices & Departures:
Deposit: £600pp
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➤Z80645 Manchester from £6249pp
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