Highlights of the Shikoku Seiyo Geopark and the Miyoshi Area
Life on the Uwa Sea coast
Learn: Heavy rains in July 2018 caused significant damage in the area but also heightened interest in its mountains and rivers.
Eat: The sawtooth coast, formed when the sea filled deep river valleys, is the source of many of the Uwa Sea area’s delicacies.
Explore: Seiyo’s white cliffs are not only pretty to look at but also have long been a source of limestone, a building material that was once shipped as far as Taiwan and Korea.
Exploring the Miyoshi area
Learn: Learn about the people of the sora villages, whose livelihood depends on places formed by landslides.
Eat: Most local produce is grown with fertilizer drawn from koeguro, a type of compost contained within piles of drying grass cut from the slopes.
Walk: Walk from one sora village to the other by crossing suspension bridges fashioned out of mountain vines.