4. Cape Muroto Seaside Cycling Course
DAY 1

6:00

DAY 2

DAY 4

DAY 3

DAY 1NOTES

Bike: Borrow a bike and panier from Norman at Cycle Shikoku at

JR Hiwasa Station. Check how to put the bike in the bag, take the

7:00

Kochinoya (Check out)
Kitchen Mitsuka (Check out)

8:00

Ikumi Surfing Beach

9:30 Depart Tokushima Station
10:00

Bukkaian
Sakihama Fishing Port

11:00 11:03 Arrive Hiwasa Station
Michi-no-Eki Hiwasa (Borrow bike)
T23 Yakuoji

13:00

Nora Dokei (Field clock)Doi Kachu (Samurai Residences)
Leave bike at foot of mountain and walk upT26 Kongochoji
Ride your bike

9:00

12:00

Ota Ryokan (Check out)

Cycle along Minamiawa Sunline
Senba Kaigai Cliff
Lunch: Lunch box, etc.

Kiragawa Historic Streets

Lunch: Lunch box, etc.

14:00

15:00

Bekkaku T4 Saba Daishi
Goma prayer available, advance request
required

18:00

Information Center

Walk along Hotsumisakiji road

Nakiri Fudo

Closed on Tuesdays and Fridays(Get lunch box or try restaurants nearby)

Ota Ryokan (Check in)
Kitchen Mitsuka (Check in)Park your bike in front of store at foot of

T27 Konomineji

Bekkaku T4 Saba Daishi: Said to bring happiness to those whopray and eat no mackerel for three years.

Jomanji: The oldest Zen temple in Shikoku. It was burnt down inNakiri Fudo: Temple with an impressive moss carpet, surroundedby tall cedar trees.
DAY 2Ikumi Surfing Beach: One of the best surfing spots in Japan.
Bukkaian: Built to help, and give osettai to, pilgrims in a difficult
walking area.

Muroto Haiko Aquarium: The old primary school building wasrenovated into an aquarium. There are fish tanks (pool) inside andGeopark Center: Coastal area where you can see the earth's

Nishijima Horticultural Park

DAY 3

crustal movement up close!

Kukai Pilgrim Lyceum: Learn about the history of Kukai, andpilgrim outfits and equipment.

T30 Zenrakuji

Oka Goten: Valuable for retaining the original architectural stylesince its construction in 1844.

Ride your bike

Kochinoya (Check in)Port. The towering rock walls offer magnificent views.

T29 Tosa Kokubunji

Hirome Market

Iokido Cave

Senba Kaigai Cliff: Sheer cliffs stretching southwest from Hisawa

outside the building.

mountain and walk around

Stroll around the capeRide your bike
T25 Shinshoji

Ekingura (warehouse ofofficial painter of Tosaaristocracy)

Lunch: At Matsumoto Daishi Hall

T24 Hotsumisakiji

Cape Muroto Lighthouse

16:00 Jomanji
Zen meditation experience
17:00

Park your bike at Muroto Tourist

Tei Port Movable Bridge

Jardin de Monet Marmottan
Lunch: At Jardin

Muroto UNESCO Global Geopark Center

only local ingredients.

Sundays it has a Zen session, available in English.

T28 Dainichiji

Oka Goten Garden

Kitchen Mitsuka: English is available. Offers home cooking using

the Sengoku period but was rebuilt in the Taisho period. On

Kukai's Pilgrimage Cultural Center

Meotoiwa

Haiko (abolished school) Aquarium

Akano Observatory

express bus and return the bike.

Iokido Cave: Created by wave erosion and uplift 3 million years
ago. You will emerge from the cave into a fern-covered valley.
DAY 4

Nishijima Fruit Farm: Sells about 200 types of insectivorous plants,

16:40 Depart Kochi Station with bike incycle bag (costs additional 300yen)

cacti, and other plants. You can see and eat greenhouse-grownfruits here.

Hirome Market: With about 65 stands selling meals, fish, meat,

19:00 Arrive Takamatsu Station andreturn the bikeand goods, you can experience Kochi's food culture.