Overview | : | National Highway 439 runs from Tokushima across the Shikoku Mountains to Kochi. The road is only 2 meters wide in the mountains and is called “Kudo Yosaku,” which means "terrible road. Fans of Kudoku Road come from all over Japan to enjoy the rugged mountain road, which has a legend of the fallen Heike warriors. Along the 340-kilometer-long “Josaku,” there are people who live on a subsistence diet of wild vegetables, river fish, and even pit vipers. In three days, they will travel along the “Josaku” and encounter the original landscape of Japan. |