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Shiraishi
Island is the setting for 'Japan Lite' and is located
in Japan's Seto Inland Sea. The island is well-known for the
Shiraishi Dance (shown at right), danced by the locals in
traditional costume during the yearly "Obon" festival
of the dead. The population of the island is around 800.
Shiraishi
Island is the third in an archipelago of islands in Okayama
prefecture, off Japan's main island of Honshu. Shiraishi is
17km from the mainland and is accessed by ferry from Kasaoka
port in Kasaoka city.
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Shiraishi Villa |
The
island hosts an International Villa for foreign guests. Or,
if you'd like to go Japanese, there is a handful of minshuku
to choose from.
Click here for Shiraishi Reservations, which offers
information on minshuku accommodations and other activities
on the island.
The
Shiraishi International
Villa has it's own webpage where you can see more pictures
and make reservations.
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Shiraishi Beach |
Shiraishi
Island has a beach and one bar.
Restaurants
can be found inside the minshuku but usually require reservations. |
People come here to relax or to experience the feeling of
"old Japan." But what makes the island so special
is the unique people who live here... |
The sunsets on Shiraishi Island are
always spectacular.
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Click here for directions
and Ferry Schedules to Shiraishi Island
Things to do on Shiraishi
Island
Shiraishi Island
facts:
There is no
nightlife on Shiraishi other than San-chan's restaurant/Bar and
the Moooo!
Bar (the Moooo! Bar is a beach bar open only in the
summer). There is no town center. There are no traffic lights. There
is no video store, convenience store or McDonald's. There is one
road, 7km long, that circles the island. Get the idea? Bring books
or liquor.
There is no
bank on the island, but there is a cash machine at the post office
(open Mon-Fri) where you can get cash from your VISA/MasterCard.
There is one grocery store (4 short isles) that stocks Japanese
food and is usually out of milk on Sundays. The liquor store, across
from the post office, sells beer, wine and some hard liquor as well
as Japanese liquor.
Read Japanese?
See the Kasaoka Islands homepage at http://www.city.kasaoka.okayama.jp/002g/0002.html
or the Shiraishi Homepage at http://www.shimazukuri.gr.jp/~shiraishi/
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