Shikoku Island. Japan.
Minshuku is usualy a little Japanese-style guesthouse. Hard to find if you dont know local language – no English script on the building… I like minshuku… I prefere them to the crowded backpackers institutions like Miyajima. For single tatami room you pay the same price like for the dorm bed in backpackers or YH: 3300 yen.
In Tokushima on Shikoku I stay in the Sakura-ji minschuku located just 150 m from the station. The lady owner do not speak any English, but is very polite. Me too! I got free yukata (mens version of light kimono) to wear, daily portion of green tea and every evening he were preparing for me Japaneese-style bath in the only bathroom.
Today it was the time to say -Sayonara! I was really very sad to leave this place. I went by train to the picturesque Iya Valley in central Shikoku. Nice landscapes there, but I must go north soon…
