Marukin Soy Sauce Museum — Attraction in Shodoshima

Since there wasn’t much around the hotel, we decided to visit this soy sauce museum nearby. It seems that soy sauce is a specialty of Shodoshima. The entrance fee was 500 yen, and although I initially thought it was a bit pricey, I was surprised to receive a bottle of soy sauce as soon as I bought the ticket. And it’s even in a glass bottle, so I already felt the ticket was worth it before we even started the tour. The explanations inside are available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Traditional Chinese, which is very considerate, and it’s definitely worth a visit regardless of whether you’re interested in the soy sauce production process. After the tour, you can buy soy sauce ice cream outside, and you can even drizzle a few drops of soy sauce on top. It tastes a bit like salted caramel ice cream, and it’s quite good. Plus, you can get a 100 yen discount on the ice cream with your...

Fun place to visit and walk through. Not much to do really but seeing how soy sauce is made and looking into the factory is a good time. This will take you less than 30 minutes to see it all.

No English descriptions or help is offered, which is to be expected as very few tourists to Japan would visit this island. But, if you make your way here be ready to speak Japanese.

Be sure to try the soy sauce ice cream! It’s not...

This museum was so great! It was very informative and fun. For such a low admission fee, you get an omiyage, entry and if you come around 10 am or 14:00, you can participate in soy sauce squeezing. I really recommend doing it. There is also a little shop connected where you can get omiyage and soy sauce icecream. Lots of parking, easy to find. Most of the signs are in...