*Try to look at the bridge base-you can see a little bit of the whirlpool*
Shikoku's main star of interest is in its 88 temple journey. A quest that usually was a suicide mission because those that did it tried to complete the journey on foot for more than a month. Today, people ride bikes or cars to complete the journey so the beauty of completing the 88 is a bit lost, some still take on the adventure. Since we had only 3 days, we decided this quest would be best saved at another time. Instead we went to see what else Shikoku was known for... the whirlpools. Just getting off the bridge to Shikoku are the only whirlpools in Japan, sometimes so strong, it can suck up the sightseeing boats around it. Unfortunately, since it was 7 in the morning where the sight spots weren't open and winter time, the whirlpools looked more like big ripples-BUST! But we did enjoy a miso soup and senbei breakfast. Next was Tokushima, also a BUST city, but the udon noodles which are a specialty here were delicious. By the evening, we tried to find the Iya Valley and slept in a rest stop- four of us in the car. Ron got a little touchy in the middle of the night, unfortunately not with me, but with our buddy Sam. We all woke up as both Ron and him were screaming in the car in surprise and digust.
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