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Nishi-Awa

Nishi-Awa

Buckwheat zosui

Buckwheat zosui

Nishi-Awa Tokushima

Sometimes referred to as a porridge, zosui is a rice soup that is typically made with vegetables, meat and other ingredients. In Nishi-Awa, zosui is made with buckwheat seeds instead of rice. This innovation is said to have come from samurai defeated in the Genpei War who fled to Nishi-Awa and longed for Kyoto and the meals with rice they’d left behind.
Visitors try local foods in a traditional home　－Dekomawashiー

Visitors try local foods in a traditional home　－Dekomawashiー

Nishi-Awa Tokushima

A specialty of the area is dekomawashi, a skewer of potato, konnyaku, and hard-pressed tofu that is roasted in the fireplace. Foods made from wild game are also common. As part of your trip to Nishi-Awa, sit at the hearth of a charming traditional home and enjoy local foods over a friendly chat with locals, an experience nourishing for both the body and the mind.
Ochiai winds up the mountainside

Ochiai winds up the mountainside

Nishi-Awa Tokushima

Ochiai, Sarukai, and Nishinosho are among the Nishi-Awa villages that climb up the mountainsides. Renowned Japanologist Alex Kerr describes how this area was considered special, not unlike a Shangri-La, even hundreds of years ago.
Sacred Mount Tsurugi

Sacred Mount Tsurugi

Nishi-Awa Tokushima

Speak with local mountain villagers and learn how they live in harmony with nature. Stay in a farmhouse or other traditional home to experience local customs and foods firsthand. Take in the surrounding nature with a trek through sacred Mount Tsurugi.
A sightseeing riverboard passes through a gorge

A sightseeing riverboard passes through a gorge

Nishi-Awa Tokushima

a rafting trip on the Yoshino River, or a tour on a sightseeing boat to see the beautiful scenery of a gorge. The blessings of the mountains and the rivers are the true attractions of Nishi-Awa.
A traditional residence available for overnight stays

A traditional residence available for overnight stays

Nishi-Awa Tokushima

Filled with steeply sloping fields, traditional homes, and stone walls, these communities rise as much as 400 meters in altitude from one end to another.