This document provides an itinerary and photos for a tour of Japan titled "Splendours of Shikoku Spring Tour" taking place from May 4-19, 2021. The tour will visit major cities and sites in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and throughout Shikoku island, including Tokyo Sky Tree, Sensoji Temple, Korakuen Gardens, Kurashiki Bikan district, Naruto Whirlpools, Otsuka Museum of Art, Awa Odori dancing, Iya Valley vine bridges, Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima Peace Park, Kinkaku-ji temple, and more. The document shares background information on highlights along the route with photos to showcase attractions.

1. Welcome to our
“Splendours of Shikoku Spring
Tour “Including, Tokyo, Kyoto,
Hiroshima and Miyajima
4th May – 19th May 2021
Photos Courtesy of Jan Hutton, JNTO, Otsuka Museum of Ceramic Art,
Jeff Stirling, Keith Craig and Ian Ferguson.
All photos © Kiku Consulting 2020

2. Tokyo Sky Tree – tallest stand alone radio tower in the world.
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3. Tokyo Tower
Icon of the
Tokyo skyline
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4. Hozomon – Entrance gate to Sensoji Temple in Asakusa - Tokyo
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5. Wax food models on display - Tokyo
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6. Jizo Statues – Zojo-ji Temple - Tokyo© Copyright Kiku Consulting

7. Ameyocho Markets - Tokyo

8. Shinkansen (Bullet trains) Tokyo Station© Copyright Kiku Consulting

9. Korakuen Gardens - Okayama

10. Korakuen Gardens - Okayama

11. Korakuen Gardens of Okayama

12. Okayama Castle also
known as “Crow
Castle” due to its
black exterior.

13. Bikan District of Kurashiki
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14. Beautiful vine
covered building –
Kurashiki Bikan
District
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15. Seto-ohashi Bridge connecting Honshu and Shikoku – over 13kms long

16. Konpira Shrine – It is the Guardian of the Sea
Many fisherman and sailors visit here.

17. Udon
Noodle
making -
Cultural
activity

18. Ritsurin Gardens - Takamatsu

19. Yayoi Kusama’s Yelllow Pumpkin – Naoshima Island

20. NNaruto Whirlpools – can be up to 25meters in diameter

21. The following 2 photographs are of rooms of the OTSUKA MUSEUM OF ART.
“The Otsuka Museum of Art is a “Ceramic board masterpiece art museum”
with the largest exhibition space in Japan (total floor of 29,412 square
meters), built to commemorate the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group’s 75th
anniversary in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture. Inside there are more than
1000 replicas of priceless masterpieces of Western art selected by a
committee of 6, from ancient murals to modern paintings, and collection from
more than 190 art museums in 25 countries worldwide. These masterpieces
are reproduced to their original size using special techniques by the Otsuka
Ohmi Ceramics Co., Ltd. Unlike the paintings in art books or textbooks, visitors
will be able to appreciate the true artistic value of the original works, and
experience art museums of the world whilst being in Japan.
Furthermore while the original masterpieces cannot escape the damaging
effects of today’s pollution, earthquakes and fire, the ceramic reproductions
can maintain their color and shape for over 2000 years, and this is a large
contribution in the nature of preserving the history of cultural treasures. This
is a ground- breaking experiment where we have reproduced “Guernica’,
which can no longer be moved, and El Greco’s high altar panels, which have
been dispersed during the war. The Otsuka Museum of Art can be considered
as the world’s first and only ceramic art museum, both technically and
philosophically.
Ichiro Otsuka, Director General, Otsuka Museum of Art

22. A photograph of one of the exhibits in the Otsuka Museum - Shikoku

23. A
Photograph of one of the exhibits in the Otsuka Museum - Shikoku

24. Awa Odori – Traditional dancing

25. Iya Onsen Hotel

26. Japanese Room – Iya Onsen Hotel

27. Indigo Dyeing -
Cultural activity

28. “Peeing Boy “ – Shikoku Mountain Range

29. Oku-Iya Vine
Bridge – Iya
Valley

30. Kazura Vine Bridge
Iya Valley - Shikoku

31. The past lives on in Wakimachi

32. Japanese washi paper - Cultural activity

33. Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama – said to be Japan’s oldest hot spring with
a 3000 year history

34. Itsukushima Shrine and famous torii gate – Miyajima Island

35. Famous floating torii gate – Miyajima Island

36. Beautiful view of floating torii gate and Itsukushima Shrine - Miyajima

37. Miyajima’s famous rice scoops

38. Hiroshima’s famous oysters

39. Peace Park - Hiroshima

40. Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Park

41. Hiroshima Castle

42. UNESCO World Heritage Kinkaku-ji “Golden Pavilion” - Kyoto

43. KIBONE – 45 minutes from Kyoto

44. Magnificient Bamboo
Groves – Arashiyama
Kyoto
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45. Heian Jingu Torii in Kyoto - one of the largest and tallest gates in Japan
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46. Beautiful dry sand garden “Sea of Silver Sand” at Ginkaku-ji - Kyoto
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47. beautiful tradition – Kyoto``

48. SAYONARA
さ
ようなら

49. SAYONARA
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