kenleewrites in 日本

This is a place I would like to go in 2009. And it seems like I might already have a chance to go there in a few months… after winter. ^^. 天使の散歩道 (てんしのさんぽみち) or also referred to as エンジェルロード (Angel Road) is in Kagawa Prefecture (香川県) on Shikoku island. Angel Road appears twice a day. Good thing too. Wouldn’t want to wait a whole day just to walk back. ^^. It’s located in Shodoshima Town (小豆島町). Got you an English link here. It seems like a rather interesting town.

Shodoshima Town is renowned as the birthplace of olive cultivation in Japan, and as the setting for the movie based on Tsuboi Sakae’s novel “Twenty-four Eyes”. Many tourists come to see the Olive Park, the birthplace of olive growing, as well as the set used for the remake of “Twenty-four Eyes”, preserved in the “Twenty-four Eyes” Movie Studio. There are also many other sightseeing spots, including Kankakei Gorge, accounted as one of Japan’s three most beautiful gorges, and the Farming Village Kabuki Stage, which began in the 18th century. Kabuki is one of Japan’s most famous traditional performing arts, and was long one of the common class’s most popular forms of entertainment.

The place is well-known for tsukudani and somen. Tsukudani (佃煮)- fish or seaweed boiled in soy sauce. Somen (素麺) – a kind of Japanese vermicelli; fine, long noodles made from wheat flour, sesame oil and salt. Yum yum.

Can’t wait to go there!

Btw, I was kidding about the “wait a whole day just to walk back” thing.