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title: Shimanami Kaido
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# Shimanami Kaido

Travel journal from Shimanami Kaido, with 12 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Hirakiyama Park, The Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge and the Shimanami Kaido, The beach and harbor at Asanamihara, Mackerel sandwich with Setouchi lemon.

## Journeys

- [Chasing the cherry blossoms across spring Japan](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/sakura/index.md): 6 Best Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Tokyo and Amazing Sakura Views at Shikoku Shiudeyama（2024-04-06）
- [Shimanami Kaido: sea-bream rice and a salty breeze](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/shimanami/index.md): Living in an Old House by the Seto Inland Sea（2023-01-02）

## Cook the local flavors once more

- [Mackerel sandwich with Setouchi lemon](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/mackerel-sandwich-with-setouchi-lemon/index.md): Breakfast in a fishing village on the Seto Inland Sea, made with the region's Setouchi lemon and eaten on the beach in front of the inn.
- [Jako-ten, prawns and Ehime wagyu on a charcoal grill](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/jako-ten-prawns-and-ehime-wagyu/index.md): Jako-ten is a deep-fried fish-paste cake from the Nanyo region of southern Ehime.
- [Tai-meshi, sashimi-bowl style](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/tai-meshi-sashimi-bowl-style/index.md): Ehime has two kinds of tai-meshi.
- [Tai-meshi, pot-rice style (Hojo tai-meshi)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/tai-meshi-pot-rice-style/index.md): Hojo tai-meshi is the regional dish of Hojo, in Matsuyama: a whole sea bream cooked with the rice, with nothing but bream and kelp dashi, no burdock, carrot or fried tofu.

## A little of each town’s story

- [Hirakiyama Park](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/hirakiyama-park/index.md): A park at the top of Mt.
- [The Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge and the Shimanami Kaido](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/kurushima-kaikyo-bridge-shimanami/index.md): The Shimanami Kaido (Nishiseto Expressway) is a roughly 60-kilometer motorway that threads through the islands of the Geiyo archipelago, linking Onomichi in Hiroshima with Imabari in Ehime.
- [Ehime sea bream](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/ehime-sea-bream/index.md): Ehime has led Japan in farmed sea bream production for 33 consecutive years, according to the prefecture's 2024 fisheries statistics.
- [Hojo tai-meshi (ready-to-eat, with a little pot)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/hojo-tai-meshi/index.md): A boxed, ready-to-eat version of Hojo tai-meshi, the regional dish of Hojo in Matsuyama.
- [Botchan dango](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/botchan-dango/index.md): A Matsuyama confection: balls of soft gyuhi mochi coated in three colors of bean paste (matcha, egg and adzuki), three to a skewer.
- [The beach and harbor at Asanamihara](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/beach-and-harbor-at-asanamihara/index.md): A seaside village in the Asanami area of former Hojo City, at the northern tip of Matsuyama.

## Places we stopped along the way

- [Kurushima Kaikyo Service Area (mandarin juice from a tap)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/kurushima-kaikyo-service-area/index.md): A service area at the Shikoku end of the Shimanami Kaido, overlooking the Kurushima Strait and its bridge.
- [Tenmaya Shokudo](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/tenmaya-shokudo/index.md): An old-fashioned neighborhood eatery in Namikata, Imabari, serving chuka soba, okonomiyaki, udon and soba.