Awa-Ikeda Tobacco Museum and Awa-Ikeda Udatsu House — Attraction in Miyoshi

A small museum built inside an antique Japanese house, presenting the history of Awa tobacco. The manager is very friendly. Despite language barrier, he still tried to briefly bring us through the building for introduction (with the aid of translation machine from him).

Materials in the display area were presented in both Japanese and English.

No need to wait for entrance even in weekend. Visit time spent:...

Definitely worth a visit if you‘re passing through this town to/from Iya Valley. The staff is very friendly and gave us a private tour, translating Japanese information to English. Even though we‘re not smoking it was interesting to learn about Japanese history and also to walk through the 150-year old house. Very beautiful and in...

No matter whether you're smoker or not, you can enjoy this tobacco museum. The rise and fall of tobacco cultivation and development of its industrialisation in the rural area are of great interest. Puffins can taste the chopped...