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Best Hotels Near Sako Station | Tokushima’s One-Stop Budget Base
Sako is one stop (or a 15-minute walk) from central Tokushima — a residential junction that works as…
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Best Hotels Near Shozui Station | Castle Ruins & Indigo Country
Shozui was medieval Awa's capital — today it's castle moats, indigo-dyeing workshops in Aizumi, and an easy commuter…
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Best Hotels Near Anan Station | LED City & the Road to the Surf Coast
Anan is southern Tokushima's working hub — LED factories, a fine swimming beach and the pilgrimage ropeway to…
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Best Hotels Near Tokushima Station | Awa Odori & the Gateway to Eastern Shikoku
Tokushima Station is eastern Shikoku's gateway — Awa Odori dance, Mt. Bizan views, rich brown ramen and the…
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Best Hotels Near Iwakuni Station | The Five-Arch Bridge’s City Side
Five wooden arches over a jade river, a ropeway castle, sacred white snakes — and the city side's…
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Best Hotels Near Shimonoseki Station | Fugu Capital of the Straits
Blowfish at the market pier, an emperor-child's shrine above the strait, and the tunnel where you walk to…
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Hakushima Station | The Castle-Side Interchange
The interchange by the castle moats — Shukkeien's garden strolls, riverside mornings and quiet central value.
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Best Hotels Near Itsukaichi Station (Hiroshima) | The Miyajima-Side Value Base
Halfway between the Peace Park and the floating torii — the west-side hub that makes both mornings easy.
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Best Hotels Near Yokogawa Station (Hiroshima) | The Retro Quarter One Stop Out
One stop from Hiroshima's hub — a retro quarter of live houses and shotengai soul, with the Peace…
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