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.
Otsuka Museum of Art
4.5museum
Vast museum with over 1,000 reproductions of famous works like the "Mona Lisa" & "The Last Supper."
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.
Asutamuland Tokushima
4.4entertainment
Children’s park focused on science & nature, with water rides, a hands-on museum & a planetarium.