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Shodoshima Town
Kagawa Prefecture · Town
Official websiteKagawa Prefecture page
Shodoshima Town, in southeastern Shodo Island, is considered the birthplace of olive growing in Japan. Soy sauce, tsukudani (food simmered in soy sauce), and hand-stretched somen noodles are made here, and streets lined with soy sauce breweries remain. It has Kankakei Gorge, famous for autumn leaves, and a movie village at the filming location of "Twenty-Four Eyes."
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
IslandShodo Islandisland in Seto Inland Sea, Japan
GorgeKankakei
Amusement parkTwenty Four Eyes Movie Studio
ParkShodoshima Olive Parkpark in Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan
PortPort of Sakateport in Shodoshima, Shozu district, Kagawa prefecture, Japan- ZooShodoshimakujakuen (Zoo)
PortPort of Fukuda
PortPort of Ikeda
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Shodoshima Olive Parkroadside station in Shodoshima, Shozu district, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Shodoshima Furusato-muraroadside station and Umi-no-eki in Shodoshima, Shozu district, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this town
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this town
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kagawa Prefecture
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