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Nonoka
Nonoka serves seasonal dishes made with ingredients from Shodoshima and the wider Kagawa region. It currently serves set-course dinners only. You must book in advance by telephone. Set aside an evening here to enjoy each course at a leisurely pace. The restaurant’s white cat may be there to greet you.
There is a personal connection, too: many of the olive trees in the SHIMASTREAM house garden came from Nonoka when its car park was renovated. We are taking good care of them.
- Place
- Nonoka （創作料理 野の花）
- Address
- 892-1 Muro, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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MORIKUNI Gallery Cafe & Bar
Run by Shodoshima’s only sake brewery, this shop, café and gallery occupy a converted tsukudani factory, a building around 70 years old where foods were once simmered in soy sauce to preserve them. Browse the shop’s sake (Japanese rice wine) and the gallery’s brewing tools. At the café, try dishes and sweets made with sake lees, the solids left after sake is pressed, or a cup of amazake, a sweet rice drink. On an island known for soy sauce and preserved foods, MORIKUNI offers another way into its fermentation culture, while giving an old working building a new life.
Visit the neighbouring MORIKUNI BAKERY as well to taste another side of the brewery’s craft.
- Place
- MORIKUNI Gallery Cafe & Bar （フォレスト酒蔵MORIKUNIギャラリー Cafe&Bar）
- Address
- 1010-1 Ko, Umaki, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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Ginshiro Noodles
Ginshiro has made hand-stretched noodles since 1965, continuing a Shodoshima tradition that goes back around 400 years. Its range includes somen (thin wheat noodles), black sesame somen, somen made with locally grown olives, and hand-stretched udon (thicker wheat noodles). The main shop is about a minute’s walk from Tonosho Port. On weekdays, except from June to August, you can tour the factory and try hashiwake: separating the noodle strands with chopsticks. Seeing the work behind the finished noodles adds a new dimension to this island speciality.
Check the latest arrangements before planning a visit or hands-on experience, as availability and conditions may change.
- Place
- Ginshiro Noodles （銀四郎麺業株式会社 本店直売所）
- Address
- 5165-94 Ko, Tonosho, Kagawa
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Inoue Seikoen Rashiku Garden
Inoue Seikoen’s roots are in olive and citrus farming. At its Rashiku Garden complex, the main shop sells food, cosmetics and household items, while Chuzaemon restaurant pairs olive oil with seasonal ingredients from the island and the Seto Inland Sea. A visit shows how the farm’s olives find their way into food and everyday products, as well as souvenirs. It is another way to understand the island through the work people do here.
The complex is about a ten-minute walk from Ikeda Port, making it an easy stop if you are arriving or departing there.
- Place
- Inoue Seikoen Rashiku Garden （井上誠耕園 らしく園・らしく本館）
- Address
- 61-4 Ko, Gamo, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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Mamemame Beer
This Shodoshima brewery sits on a hillside in Sakate, about ten minutes on foot from the port. The brewery and dining area share a renovated house, so you can enjoy a freshly brewed beer right where it is made. Its beers reflect the ingredients, landscape and pace of life on the island. That sense of a living, evolving island culture is one of the reasons we enjoy visiting.
Opening days may change with the season. Check the official website or Instagram for the latest information.
- Place
- Mamemame Beer （まめまめびーる）
- Address
- 769 Ko, Sakate, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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Somenya Kibaco
In the lanes of Tonosho’s Maze Town, Somenya Kibaco specialises in hand-stretched somen: fine wheat noodles with around 400 years of history on Shodoshima. Enjoy a bowl made by skilled noodle makers and browse products to take home. The setting is part of the pleasure—combine lunch with the Yokai Art Museum and a walk through the old town. It is about a minute’s walk from Tonosho Honmachi bus stop.
- Place
- Somenya Kibaco （そうめんや木箱）
- Address
- 413-2 Ko, Tonosho, Kagawa
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Kitchen Kuishinbo
Kitchen Kuishinbo in Katajo serves Japanese home-style cooking, including miso katsu—pork cutlet with a miso sauce—and a selection of obanzai, small prepared dishes. It is one of our regular places for family meals: children, parents and grandparents can each find something they like. It is a good choice for a relaxed meal and a taste of everyday island life.
- Place
- Kitchen Kuishinbo （キッチン くいしんぼ）
- Address
- 44-261 Ko, Katajo, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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TODAY IS THE DAY COFFEE ROASTERS
This small seaside roastery in Nishimura sells speciality coffee beans, takeaway drinks and homemade baked goods. There is no seating or toilet for customers. As the shop is also a home, please do not photograph the exterior or visit on days when the shop is closed. Please respect the privacy of the people who live and work here.
After exploring Olive Park, take a coffee break by the sea. A little time with nothing planned can be part of the trip, too.
- Place
- TODAY IS THE DAY COFFEE ROASTERS
- Address
- 2255 Ko, Nishimura, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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MORIKUNI BAKERY
Next to the sake brewery, MORIKUNI BAKERY turns brewing ingredients into everyday bread. Its range includes soft rolls made with flour from sake-brewing rice and breads made with sake lees, the solids left after sake is pressed. It is an inventive way to give these ingredients another life. Combine a stop here with the MORIKUNI gallery and café: whether or not you drink sake, there is a way to taste the island’s fermentation traditions.
- Place
- MORIKUNI BAKERY
- Address
- 1010-1 Ko, Umaki, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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MINORI GELATO
MINORI GELATO makes gelato with island ingredients and seasonal produce in Kusakabe Honmachi. Flavours change with the season and what is available, so part of the pleasure is discovering what is on offer that day. Stop during a walk around Kusakabe or a drive across the island, and try a scoop made with the season’s island produce.
- Place
- MINORI GELATO
- Address
- 1055-2 Kusakabe Honmachi, Shodoshima, Kagawa
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BLUE BEAT BLAND CAFE
About four minutes by car from Tonosho Port, this small burger café began as a food truck in 2012 and opened its present shop in 2016. Its signature BBB BURGER combines a bun made with wheat from Kumamoto, a handmade beef-and-pork patty made with meat from Kagawa and Okayama, homemade meat sauce, cheddar and locally grown Hishio tomatoes. Island food goes beyond somen and soy sauce: this café offers a fresh take on local ingredients.
It is a relaxed option for lunch or takeaway while exploring Tonosho and Angel Road.
- Place
- BLUE BEAT BLAND CAFE
- Address
- 1360-77 Ko, Tonosho, Kagawa
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