Attractions in Shikoku

The smallest of the main Japanese islands, covers 7,04') square miles (18,256 square kilometres). About 3 percent of the Japanese people live on the island. Shikoku has no large lowlands. Mountains cross the island from east to west.

Most of the people live in northern Shikoku, where the land slopes downward to the Inland Sea. Farmers grow rice and a variety of fruits on the Irrlilc land iilnni] ihr Inland .Sea. Copper mining is also in operation in this area. A narrow plain lies in Shikoku's south coast. There, farmers grow rice and many kinds of vegetables.

• Iya Valley — one of Japan's Hidden Valleys, known for its vine bridges
• Mount Ishizuchi — Shikoku's highest mountain, climbed with iron chains
• Uwajima — a nondescript little rural town with bouts of bull sumo and a shrine devoted to phalluses