Discover traditional livelihoods that carry on tradition and the future on an unknown island.
【Highlights】
A traditional wooden barrel-brewing soy sauce brewery
An oyster farm incorporating innovative technology
A lemon farm run by young people who moved to the area, actively pursuing sixth-sector industrialization
A pioneering integrated junior and senior high school initiated by Hiroshima Prefecture
【Itinerary】
9:30 AM: Meet at Shiramizu Port, Osakikamijima Island
(7:14 AM Hiroshima Station bus → 8:26 AM Takehara Port arrival, 9:00 AM ferry departure from Takehara Port)
10:00 AM: Cycling starts
10:30 AM: Iwasaki Farm
1:00 PM: FARM SUZUKI tour & lunch
2:30 PM: Okamoto Soy Sauce tour
4:15 PM: Disband, board ferry (4:45 PM Takehara Port arrival, 5:18 PM bus → 6:33 PM Hiroshima Station arrival)
【Details】
Osakikamijima Island, a secluded island without bridges.
Once the largest shipbuilding center in Japan, it was the second largest inhabited island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Although it once experienced decline, this island is a fascinating blend of tradition and the future, boasting traditional wooden-barrel soy sauce breweries, innovative oyster farms, and advanced public schools. Now, it's attracting a steady stream of young people looking to relocate.
Why is this island so full of charm?
Why not explore this mystery by cycling around the island?
INFORMATION
- date
- March to June, September to November
- Start time
- 9:30
- Target age
- Ages 10 to 70
- Travel time
- 7 hours
- Number of participants
- 2 to 8 people
- price
- 30,000 yen
Includes: Lunch, bicycle rental, guide fee, insurance, etc.
(Bus and train fares are not included)
- Meeting place
- Osakikamijima Island, Shiramizu Port
- address
- Higashino, Osakikamijima-cho, Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Phone Number
- メールのみ
- email address
- enjoy@hiroshima-at.org
- Website
- Supported Languages
- English