Grand Setouchi Loop: Shimanami, Dogo Onsen & Kurashiki
Hiroshima Airport → Okayama Station
A round trip of the Seto Inland Sea crossing both great bridge routes — the Shimanami Kaido and the Great Seto Bridge — with nights in Imabari, the famous Dogo Onsen and Kompira Onsen, ending in the Kurashiki historical quarter.
Day by day
Day 1
- Arrive Hiroshima Airport around 14:00
- Shimanami Kaido — Murakami Kaizoku Museum or Oyamazumi Shrine
- Kirosan Observatory Park
- Imabari International Hotel around 17:30
Day 2
- Towel Museum (Imabari)
- Lunch
- Matsuyama Castle
- Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
- Ryokan in Dogo Onsen around 17:00
Day 3
- Souvenir shopping in Dogo
- Udon-noodle-making experience & lunch
- Kotohira-gu Shrine
- Kompira Onsen ryokan around 15:30
Day 4
- Great Seto Bridge — Yoshima viewpoint
- Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter — lunch & walk
- Okayama Station around 13:45
- ※ Matsuyama Castle and Kotohira-gu involve a fair amount of walking and stairs.
- ※ The udon-making experience is popular with guests of all ages.
Timings are indicative and assume a private charter vehicle. Everything on this page — transport, hotels and ryokan, restaurants, entrance tickets and guides — is arranged by us locally and quoted at net rates on a single invoice.
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