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Kouya, A Traditional Iya Guesthouse -Part 2 | Local Cuisine Cooked the Old Fashioned Way
Located deep within the mountains of central Shikoku, Miyoshi City’s Iya Valley is renowned for bein
2022.08.05
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Scarecrow Mother Ayano Tsukimi – Part 2 | Visiting the “Scarecrow Studio” and Scarecrow School”
Home to over 350 life-sized scarecrows, the small hamlet of Nagoro in Miyoshi City’s isolated Iya Va
2022.08.01
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Kouya, A Traditional Iya Guesthouse – Part 1 | A Family-Run Retreat in a Hidden Land
The Iya Valley is a historically secluded part of Miyoshi City in the middle of Shikoku. Within the
2022.07.29
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The Miune – Tenguzuka Traverse Part 6 | Descending Mt Tenguzuka to Depart by Bus
Filled with of some of the best hiking trails in Shikoku, Miyoshi City’s Iya Valley is a great place
2022.07.26
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Scarecrow Mother Ayano Tsukimi – Part 1 | Iya Valley’s Famed Scarecrow Village
Located at the deepest end of Miyoshi City’s Iya Valley, the small hamlet of Nagoro has become world
2022.07.25
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The Miune – Tenguzuka Traverse Part 5 | Encountering Mt. Tenguzuka
Miyoshi City’s secluded Iya Valley is surrounded by soaring mountains which offer some of the best h
2022.07.19
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The Miune – Tenguzuka Traverse Part 4 | Staying at Okameiwa Hut
Ringed by some of the highest mountains in western Japan, the remote Iya Valley of Tokushima Prefect
2022.07.12
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The Miune – Tenguzuka Traverse Part 3 | To Mt Nishikuma and Okameiwa Hut
With some of the best hiking trails in Shikoku, the mountains surrounding Miyoshi City’s Iya Valley
2022.07.03
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The Miune – Tenguzuka Traverse Part 2 | Climbing the Mighty Mt Miune
Surrounded by some of the highest mountains in western Japan, the isolated Iya Valley of Tokushima P
2022.06.28
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The Miune – Tenguzuka Traverse Part 1 | A Two-Day Hike in the Shikoku Mountains
The remote Iya Valley of Tokushima’s Miyoshi City is full of some of the best mountain hiking trails
2022.06.21
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Community Builder Hideo Ichioka – Part 3 | The Mountain Tit-bird Library
After spending his younger adult life in the big city, Hideo Ichioka moved back to his rural hometow
2022.06.16
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Community Builder Hideo Ichioka – Part 2 | Celebrating 25 Years of the Tengo Shimbun in the “Independent” Iya Valley
Returning to his hometown in Miyoshi City’s rural Iya Valley from the urban outskirts of Tokyo about
2022.06.09
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