--- title: "Tokushima – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Tokushima from Takamatsu, Osaka and Kobe: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Tokushima is the capital city of Tokushima…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/tokushima" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/tokushima.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Tokushima_City_View_from_the_Top_of_Bizan_20200405.jpg/1920px-Tokushima_City_View_from_the_Top_of_Bizan_20200405.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Tokushima](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Tokushima_City_View_from_the_Top_of_Bizan_20200405.jpg/1920px-Tokushima_City_View_from_the_Top_of_Bizan_20200405.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Tokushima Tokushima is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku island in Japan. [Plan a trip to Tokushima](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Tokushima) [From Takamatsu](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Takamatsu&to=Tokushima) ## Every way there - Takamatsu → Tokushima 56 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · ¥760–1,040 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/takamatsu-to-tokushima) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Takamatsu&to=Tokushima) - Osaka → Tokushima 111 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · ¥1,610–2,190 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/osaka-to-tokushima) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Osaka&to=Tokushima) - Kobe → Tokushima 90 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · ¥1,210–1,650 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kobe-to-tokushima) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kobe&to=Tokushima) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Tokushima, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Tokushima](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tokushima) What Tokushima has - Y Scheduled flights Tokushima (TKS), 9 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 515 timetable feeds for this country, 99 with real-time - Y Ferries 徳島港, 3 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 34.067°, 134.550° As of 1 September 2024, the city had an estimated population of 245,264 in 122,539 households and a population density of 1,280 persons per km². The total area of the city is 191.52 square kilometres (73.95 sq mi). Get in ## Getting to Tokushima 1. Tokushima Airport Pint-sized airport has daily services to Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo. See ## Worth seeing The 88 Temple Pilgrimage passes through Tokushima, with temples 14 through 17 — Jōrakuji (常楽寺), Kokubunji (国分寺), Kan'onji (観音寺) and Idoji (井戸寺) — all located within city limits. Ryōzenji (霊山寺), the starting point of the pilgrimage, is just north of Tokushima in the city of Naruto. 1. Awa Odori Kaikan An interesting museum devoted to the Awa Odori Festival. 2. Tokushima Castle A brisk uphill walk from Chuo Park, behind the station, takes you to the castle ruins and a view over the city. 3. Awa Jurobe Yashiki 4. House of Indigo 5. Tokushima Modern Art Museum 6. Tokushima Prefectural Museum Do ## Things to do The Awa Odori (阿波おどり) festival, held August 12-15 annually, is by far Tokushima's largest claim to fame. With a history of over 400 years, people dance in the streets according to the complex choreography. As the proverb says, "The dancing fool and the watching fool are both fools, so why not dance!" 1. Mount Bizan This mountain has 1500 cherry blossom trees, making it an impressive sight at blossom time. 2. Tokushima Chuo Park Eat ## Where to eat Tokushima is famous for its wonderful strawberries and sudachi, a small round green citrus fruit with a lime-like flavour. In the summer, sugata sushi is available, wherein a whole small fish is stuffed with sushi rice. Another popular local treat is narutokintoki, a kind of sweet potato. 1. Inotani This shop represents Tokushima ramen (pork, seafood, lots of vegetables) at the prestigious Ramen Museum in Yokohama. How locals move ## Getting around Tokushima the local way - Get in Ferries run several times a day between Wakayama and Tokushima City (2 hr), and there is one boat per day to both Kitakyushu (14½ hr) and Tokyo (17½ hr). From [Wikivoyage: Tokushima (prefecture)](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tokushima_(prefecture%29), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-02. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokushima_(city%29) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tokushima), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: 新幹線 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/tokushima, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt