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How to play the deep tour along the inland sea coast of Seto, Japan?

Seto Inland Sea is located between the main island Kyushu and Shikoku, surrounded by Hiroshima, Okayama, Hyogo, Kagawa and Ehime, and is about 450 nautical miles long from east to west. In the 9th year of Showa, Seto Inland Sea became the earliest national park in Japan, consisting of more than 3,000 islands headed by Karuijima. This is an area where Japanese culture developed earlier. It is called the beautiful marine monastery, which is really beautiful.

Ehime county

Songshan City (JR Songshan and Yiyutan in Seto Inland Sea of Songshan Market):

Take the "Dangdang Tram" in the city to Songshan City (one of the only remaining 12 battlements built before the Edo era in Japan, and you can see the scenery of Ishikawa Mountain and Yiyutan at the top of the mountain). Daohou Hot Spring Museum (the oldest hot spring in Japan, the origin of the image of "oil house" in Spirited Away Zhonggong bathroom); Sakamoto Cloud Museum (with the theme of introducing the masterpiece "Clouds on Sakamoto" by the famous Japanese writer Ryotaro Shiba, with a unique shape, designed by the famous architect Tadao Ando); Take the Yokogawa Line of the Iraq-Japan Railway to Mijin Temple Railway Station, miss the love story in Tokyo and watch the sunset in Seto. Take a boat to Jizhibang Beach, the largest beach in Nakajima, and take a boat to Kashima, the habitat of wild deer, to taste the fresh fish and game of Seto fishermen in Fenghe Village, the hometown of Dapu Fengzao.

Imagishi (JR Matsuyama-JR Bozhibang): The "Island Main Seaway" connecting Imagishi and Oto City in Hiroshima Prefecture, with a total length of 59.4 kilometers, is the best place to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Seto. Besides driving, you can also enjoy riding a bike and crossing the ocean on foot. Because there are many large and small islands, each island has different landscape characteristics.

Kagawa Prefecture (the central area of Seto Inland Sea Islander culture, mainly recommended) comes down the Yukon Line from Xiaojinji, with Seto Inland Sea on the left and hills, plains and mountains on the right.

JR Kannonji can see Kannonji sand paintings; Get off at JR Dodojin Station, change to Tuzan Line, get off at Qin Ping Station, and then walk to the famous Golden Knife Biro Palace (famous for worshipping the patron saint of the sea called "Kimpiro", which is an important cultural heritage and has an extremely sacred position in the hearts of Seto inland people); Continue along Yuji Line to JR Maruga Station, where you can take a short break and taste local food-bones and birds, or climb the Iino Mountain like rice balls to see the beautiful scenery of Ye Ping. Finally, don't miss Taniguchi Yoshichiro Modern Art Museum, also known as Station Art Museum.

Takamatsu City (JR Takamatsu)

Take a tram to Qindianshan Station in the city, take a minibus or walk to the island. From the observation deck, you can see the islands of Seto Inland Sea, which is known as the most beautiful viewing place in Seto Inland Sea. From Shikoku to Otaru Island by steamboat, the four seasons are picturesque. The scenery here is very similar to the Mediterranean coast, with olive plantations, herb gardens and the Summer Cold Valley, one of the three beautiful valleys in Japan. Naoshima, the recommended island of art, was selected as one of the "seven cultural attractions worth visiting in the world" by the famous British travel magazine Traveler. It is important that there are two art galleries designed and built by Tadao Ando. Different from other villages in planning and layout, the architectural style of Edo Meiji period is well preserved.

Hyogo prefecture

Kobe City (JR Takamatsu -JR Utojin crosses Seto Bridge -Jr Okayama and transfers to Jr Okayama -JR Mimiya)

You can visit Kobe seaside on foot: American Park, Kobe Ocean Museum, a market named Mosaic Town in the harbor area and Miyazaki Hayao Animation Store. Take the train to the beach station, and then walk for ten minutes to the Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum by the sea. It is still Tadao Ando's.

Akashi City (JR Mimia -JR Dancer)

Kobe, a popular scenic spot by the sea; Mitsui Outlets Park, with a southern European seaside town style in appearance; You can experience the aquatic product experience learning hall that makes salt and seaweed, and the fish school; Akashi Strait Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world, connecting Honshu and Awaji Island.