"Cycleship Shimanami"
main route
Popular Omishima, Ikuguchishima and Innoshima
This is especially possible by using Cycle Ship Shimanami, a special course that cycls around the three popular islands. Free cycling between Miyaura Port and Shigei Nishi Port within time. You can also enjoy sightseeing in the Oyamazumi Shrine and the Setoda area in one day.
For individual travel
Shimanami Kaido
Route map
Cycling information
| Distance | Approx. 30km (driving time: approx. 3-4 hours) |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Beginners are OK too |
| Things to note | There is one pass from Miyaura on Omishima to Kamiura. Tatara Ohashi Bridge and Ikuguchi Bridge are approached. |
A magnificent bridge that connects them with the islands scattered across the beautiful sea.
The beauty of the Shimanami Kaido is a blend of rich nature and people's lives, giving us time to relax.
We read the scenery of the Shimanami Kaido as "Shimanami Scenes."
Omishima
Adjacent shopping district (Miyaura)
Mondo Street has been slowly redecorating as the times have passed. Cyclists are now traveling around the streets where locals used to hop on mamachari, including general stores, dry cleaners, and clothing stores. The Omishima Minna no Ie, which has been renovated from the island's Legal Affairs Bureau, and the long-established Mishima Manju, which has been keeping an eye on the visitors. The approach shopping district, which holds the original scenery of Monzen Town, is perfect for leisurely driving.
Ikuguchi Island
Takane Ohashi Bridge (Takanejima)
The agricultural road bridge is decorated in orange yellow that straddles the Setoda waterway. Along with the scenery of mandarin orange fields that "plough up to the heavens" from the mountains at an altitude of 322m, it is a symbol of Takane Island, a mandarin orange island. The reason for this bridge was built was to transport mandarin oranges from Takane Island to Ikuguchi Island, which makes it possible to imagine the rise of simultaneous mandarin orange farmers. It's understandable that she wears orange yellow makeup.
Injima
Shigei Nishi Port (Shigei)
Innoshima is a slightly elongated island, about 10km north to south and about 5km east to west. When driving along the coast, you will notice the uninterrupted sequence of the opposite shores, such as Ikuguchi Island and Sagi Island, and the narrowness of the flatlands that are characteristic of Innoshima. That's right, most of the island's flatlands are said to be reclaimed land, and peaks over 200m above sea level stand straight up from the Seto Inland Sea into the sky. The island has inherited a place name called "XX Shinkai," which represents reclaimed land, and remnants of this are also seen in Shigei, the center north of Innoshima. On the boat from Shigei Nishi Port, where a high-speed boat to Mihara Port and a remote island ferry to Hososhima, you will be intoxicated for a while, looking up at the two peaks of Mt. Ryuo (243m) and Mt. Shirataki (226m) and the poet Yoshii Isamu will be sniffed with the tassels written by poet Yoshii Isamu.
