🌊Takamatsu, Japan｜Shodoshima🏝️Olive Island

#MarchGoodPlaces2025 Shodoshima is located in Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku Island, between the sea and the blue sky, with beautiful scenery that can be seen in Japanese dramas and anime scenes. Shodoshima is the second largest island in the Seto Inland Sea. It has very rich landscapes: Olive Park, Angel Road, Twenty-Four Eyes Studio Park, Kankagakei, and therefore welcomes many island-hopping tourists from Takamatsu. 🚶Suggested routes Tonosho Port—>Olive Park—>Angel Road—>Saikoji Temple—>Tobuchi Strait—>Mt. Fuqiu 🫒Shodoshima Olive Park is inseparable from "Kiki's Delivery Service". The animation scene is restored here, and it is also the studio of the movie version: the sky, the ocean, olives, vanilla, clouds and windmills constitute a pure world. 🏝️Angel Road: The land is exposed to the sea only at low tide in the morning and evening. The silt is deposited, and small crabs and shellfish push the stones away and slip away. It is a scenery limited by time. If you go up to the observation deck at the entrance, the scenery will be more beautiful: there is a light yellow road in the middle of the clear blue sea, looming, the wind is strong, and the waves are loud~ 🏠Tuzhuang Port is the original scenery of the island village. It has the quietness away from the city and the simplicity of the seaside island. There are almost no people. It is a route worth taking. transportation 🚢Round trip from Takamatsu: There are multiple ports in Shodoshima, and usually you go to and from Tonosho Port. There are two types of boats, the express boat costs 1,190 yen for 30 minutes and the sightseeing boat costs 700 yen for 60 minutes. 🚌Transportation in Shodoshima: The hotel can rent bicycles, but most people take the bus🚌, and the intervals between buses are long, so you need to plan your itinerary in advance.