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title: Awashima
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/setouchi-2/
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# Awashima

A little of each town’s story　/　Tadotsu, Kagawa

An island of the Shiwaku group, about 15 minutes by boat from Suda port in Mitoyo. Three islands joined by sandbars give it the shape of a propeller. It once prospered as a port of call for Kitamae-bune trading ships, and in 1897 Japan's first village-run merchant marine school opened here (it closed in 1987, and the site is now Awashima Marine Memorial Park). The island is also a venue of the Setouchi Triennale.

## This moment in the journey: Home again: oiri and awamori coffee

Down the lane between the old houses, and I'm home. Lamplight glowed in the house of latticed doors and paper screens.

I tipped the oiri, light little grains in pretty pastel colors, into a glass dish, and brewed awamori coffee, a souvenir from a trip to Okinawa a while ago. On Awashima, awamori coffee and pale wedding sweets. How refined.

On the stone steps beyond the veranda, a cat was napping in the greenery.

![Walking down the lane toward an old house](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/setouchi-2/s53-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/粟島_(香川県)

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/setouchi-2/