8. Shimanami Cycling and Ishizuchi Climbing Course
DAY 2

DAY 1

6:00

7:00

DAY 3
Shiraishi Ryokan (Check out)

Hotel in Iyo Saijo area (Check out, leave baggage)
7:47

Leave Saijo Ekimae Bus Stop (Setouchi Bus)

8:41

Arrive Ropeway Bus Stop (Setouchi Bus)

8:00

9:00

10:00 Cycle Station at JR Imabari Station(Borrow bike, leave baggage)

T60 Yokomineji Betsuin

9:00 Depart Ishizuchi Tozan Ropeway Shimodani Station
9:08 Arrive Ishizuchi Tozan Ropeway Joju Station
Shiraishi Ryokan (Leave baggage)
Ishizuchi Shrine Jojusha
Hoshigamori, inner sanctuary of T60
T60 Yokomineji
Lunch: Bento box lunch, etc.

11:00 Kurushima Observation Park
Cross Kurushima Suspension Bridge to Oshima

Kirosan Observatory Park
14:00

Mount Tengu, Ehime

Return across Kurushima Suspension Bridge
T61 Koonji

T55 Nankobo

T62 Hojuji

Cycle Station (Pick up baggage)

16:03
16:13

17:00

18:00

Hotel in Iyo Saijo area (Check in)Nankobo: The only one of the 88 sacred places in Shikoku with the name"bo". It has an unusual gate guarded by Shitenno (Four Devas).
DAY 2To climb Mt. Ishizuchi, take the bus from Iyo Saijo Station (7:47) → Ishizuchi
Ropeway-mae
Ishizuchi Ropeway: Adults 2,000 yen round trip
Departs every 00, 20, 40 minutes both ascending and descending*Operating hours vary depending on the season and day of the week.

Mt. Tengudake: The highest peak in western Japan. Surrounded bydizzyingly precipitous cliffs, the andesite columnar joints are almost vertical.
The elevation is 1982m.

Ishizuchi Shrine Chojosha (Top of Mt.Ishizuchi)
Lunch: Bento box lunch, etc.

15:00 Cycling Terminal

16:00

Bike: Rent a bike at JR Imabari Station and leave your luggage at the station.
Shimanami Kaido: Weaving through the islands of the Seto Inland Sea,
connecting Honshu and Shikoku, Shimanami Kaido is a scenic cycling roadwhere you can enjoy the beauty of the many islands and magnificent
bridges.
Kirosan Observatory Park is a hill climb. It is for those who are confident intheir strong leg power.

Baggage: Drop off luggage at Ishizuchi Shiraishi Ryokan and head for
Ishizuchi Shrine on the summit.

12:00 Lunch: Michi-no-Eki Yoshiumi Iki-iki-kan

13:00

DAY 1

NOTES

Ishizuchi Shrine Jojusha
Shiraishi Ryokan (Check in, pick up baggage)

Depart Iyo-Komatsu Station
Arrive Iyo-Saijo Station

Hotel in Iyo-Saijo area (Pick up baggage)DAY 3Yokomine Temple Annex: Zao Hall of Yokomine Temple is the dismantled
and reconstructed Omineji Temple building from the Meiji period.
Okunoin Hoshigamori: Power spot with a superb view. It is said that Kukai
once held a memorial service for the stars here to pray for good luck and toward off bad luck. Although it is a temple, the presence of a torii gate is aremnant of the fusion of Shintoism, Buddhism, and the Ishizuchi faith.
Ishizuchi Kurocha: Kurokawa village is the main production area of kurocha(black tea), a type of fermented tea.
Yokomineji: Also known as the Rhododendron Temple. It is located halfway
up Mt. Ishizuchi and is known as "henro korogashi” because the path is sosteep and difficult that pilgrims fall down.
Koonji: A one and only temple, famous for Koyasu Daishi (Kobo Daishi
holding a baby). There is a place to perform “takigyo" waterfall asceticism.
Hojuji: In the past, this temple flourished as the family temple of IyoMishima Suigun (navy) and as the temple attached to Oyamazumi Shrine.