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Best Hotels Near Kochi Station | Castle Town of the Wild Pacific
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Best Hotels Near Kochi Station | Castle Town of the Wild Pacific

Kochi Station opens onto a castle town with Japan's liveliest food market, a 300-year-old Sunday street fair and…

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Best Hotels Near Okaido Station | The Castle Ropeway Crossing
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Best Hotels Near Okaido Station | The Castle Ropeway Crossing

Okaido is Matsuyama's downtown crossing β€” castle ropeway up the street, arcades in both directions, izakaya lanes behind,…

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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama City Station | The Iyotetsu Hub of the Castle Town
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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama City Station | The Iyotetsu Hub of the Castle Town

Matsuyama City Station is the busiest station in Shikoku's biggest city β€” the Iyotetsu hub where trams leave…

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Best Hotels Near Kataharamachi Station | Old Port Takamatsu
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Best Hotels Near Kataharamachi Station | Old Port Takamatsu

Kataharamachi is one Kotoden stop from the port β€” Takamatsu's old merchant quarter of retro arcades, castle moats…

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Best Hotels Near Marugame Station | The Wooden Keep & Bone-In Chicken
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Best Hotels Near Marugame Station | The Wooden Keep & Bone-In Chicken

Marugame keeps one of Japan's twelve original wooden castle keeps atop its tallest stone walls β€” plus a…

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Best Hotels Near Takamatsu Station | Udon, Ritsurin & the Art-Island Ferry Port
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Best Hotels Near Takamatsu Station | Udon, Ritsurin & the Art-Island Ferry Port

Takamatsu Station sits beside the ferry port to Naoshima's art islands, minutes from Ritsurin Garden and the best…

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Best Hotels Near Ishii Station | Pilgrim Plains of the Yoshino River
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Best Hotels Near Ishii Station | Pilgrim Plains of the Yoshino River

Ishii sits on the Yoshino river plain where the Shikoku pilgrimage strings temples through the rice fields β€”…

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Best Hotels Near Shozui Station | Castle Ruins & Indigo Country
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Best Hotels Near Shozui Station | Castle Ruins & Indigo Country

Shozui was medieval Awa's capital β€” today it's castle moats, indigo-dyeing workshops in Aizumi, and an easy commuter…

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Best Hotels Near Tokushima Station | Awa Odori & the Gateway to Eastern Shikoku
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Best Hotels Near Tokushima Station | Awa Odori & the Gateway to Eastern Shikoku

Tokushima Station is eastern Shikoku's gateway β€” 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
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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 β€” and the city side's…

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