OKU-IYA EXPLORATIONS Today’s adventures took us further into the Iya Valley – into the Eastern part of the valley, an area known as Oku-Iya. This part of the Iya Valley has no public transport links at all and is even less accessible than Nishi-Iya (i.e. Western Iya), where […]
OPEN AIR ONSENS, 12-COURSE MEALS & RAINY DAYS IN THE IYA VALLEY It started raining whilst we were tucked in nice and warm, in our futon beds, last night. And not just a light drizzle or spring shower: it is bucketing down outside. The wind is howling around […]
EXPLORING JAPAN’S HIDDEN IYA VALLEY The Iya Valley is what Japanese people call tooi inaka (i.e. the deep countryside); this is rural Japan at its most inaccessible and rustic. This is also Shikoku at its most spectacular. The Iya Valley is geographically in the centre of […]
Wandering Soles 