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Go to the Hiwasa Sea Turtle Museum
dlandt Says: The Sea Turtle Museum is an aquarium composed of four rooms and some outdoor tanks which hold live sea turtles. Various exhibits display different species of sea turtle, both live and taxidermed. There is a small area for children to color in pictures of turtles, an overlook...
dlandt Says: Many Japanese know Hiwasa because of the Yakuoji temple, one of the 88 shrines of the pilgrimage. We visited this shrine on New Year's Day and it was quite crowded. You walk up several long flights of steps, leaving a one yen coin on each, then approach the main temple to...
dlandt Says: You have to share Ohama beach with the sea turtles, but when it is open it has a very nice stretch of sand in a semi-sheltered cove featuring beautiful mountain scenery and a few tea ooms and seafood restaurants, including turtle dishes. I should add that the beach is not...
dlandt Says: My mother in law chose this monstrosity as part of a longstanding preference in Hiwasa. Although the exterior is really cheesy, the food was great and extremly fresh. In the rear they have tanks of water filled with shellfish. As people order, the guy in the back reaches...
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You have to share Ohama beach with the sea turtles, but when it is open it has a very nice stretch of sand in a semi-sheltered cove featuring beautiful mountain...
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Hiwasa lies an hour plus from Tokushima and is a quiet town, not a city, along the sea. It is where Japanese on Shikoku go when they want to go to the beach and relax for a day. It is known for its......
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