This weekend we went to Shodoshima. Thursday night I went to the grocery store right before they closed and stocked up on a bunch of half priced sushi (no raw fish) to take with us for lunch, and Friday morning we were out the door by seven am. We took a thirty minute train to Takamatsu, and then a one hour ferry to Shodoshima. We visited an olive orchard, and took a gandola up into some very beautiful forested areas. We got a ride down the mountain from an old couple visiting from Osaka and took the high speed ferry home. In one day we rode a regular train, a ferry, a city bus, a gandola, a strangers car, a high speed ferry, and an express train. If only we had ridden our bikes to the train station, then we really would have had the Japanese experience. The following are a ton of pictures and notes from the trip.