Cape Ashizuri is the southernmost point of Shikoku and one of the most dramatic coastal landscapes in Japan, where sheer 80-metre granite cliffs plunge directly into the Pacific. The cape forms the heart of the Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park and is sacred ground on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, home to Kongōfuku-ji (Temple 38). January and February bring a breathtaking bloom of yabu-tsubaki (wild camellia), carpeting clifftop paths in scarlet. Glassbottom boat tours operate from the base, revealing the subtropical coral reefs below.
- Type
- Experience
- Category
- Nature
- Season
- Year-round
- Month
- Year-round (best January–February for Camellia bloom)
- Region
- Shikoku
- Prefecture
- Kochi
- City
- Tosashimizu
Highlights
- ◆80-metre sheer granite cliffs above the open Pacific
- ◆January–February wild camellia (tsubaki) bloom carpets clifftops
- ◆Kongōfuku-ji Temple 38 of the Shikoku pilgrimage
- ◆Glass-bottom boat coral reef tours at the cape base
- ◆Dramatic lighthouse dating from 1914 open to visitors