Every August, the Awa Odori festival transforms the city. A million spectators watch dancers fill the streets. The rest of the year, the Iya Valley's vine bridges and indigo-dyed rivers draw adventurers to some of Japan's wildest terrain.
What Tokushima is known for
Top-rated in Tokushima
Otani Ware Pottery
4.7museum
Naruto pottery workshop producing oversized ceramics using a two-person lying-down wheel technique.
Buaisou Indigo Studio
4.8craft
Young artisan collective growing and fermenting their own indigo for immersive seed-to-dye workshops.
Nagao Orifu
4.8culture
Tokushima shibori workshop, tie, bind, and dip fabric in natural ai-zome indigo, then take it home.
Hyakuken Falls
4.7nature
Dramatic waterfall in Kamikatsu's mountains, framed by old-growth forest that blazes with autumn color.
Saki-no-Yu Onsen
4.5onsen
1,300-year-old clifftop rotenburo where mineral pools merge with crashing Pacific waves.
Oahiko Shrine
4.4shrine
Highest ranking shrine in Awa province.
Legends of Naruto
4.5landmark
Naruto derives its name from the tidal current that rushes through the narrow strait between Cape Magosaki on Shikoku and Awaji Island’s Cape Tozaki.
Tairyuji Temple
4.4temple
Dramatic mountain-top pilgrimage temple on the Shikoku 88, reached by ropeway over valleys.
