Iya's First Snow of the 2020/21 Winter Season !
December 16, 2020
First Snow 初雪！Winter is now fully here and the Iya Valley is having its first snow of the season. There is about 7 or 8cm on the ground now (at the elevation of 650m in the middle of Oku-Iya), and its still slowly falling.
The temperature has been between -5C and 0C all day, so if you are driving, please be careful of ice, especially on bridges.
And for anybody planning to come this season, you can find out more about winter weather in the Iya Valley Iya here:
Please enjoy the winter wonderland of Iya!
From January 9, 2024 until February 15 the Iya-no-Kazurabashi in Nishi-Iya will be closed in order to replace the vines.
Several sights and places to stay either fully close or have limited schedules in the winter season from December 1 until March 31, particularly in the Oku-Iya area.
On Saturday morning November 4th the annual Oku-Iya Harvest Festival will be held in the 'downtown' area of Kyojo where lots of Iya foods will be on offer!
Join the fun with the local people this summer at a variety of events that are happening all across the Iya Valley and Miyoshi City area!
As of April 22, 2023 the main road into Oku-Iya (Higashi-Iya) has been patched up and is now passable again, and local bus service is now back to normal.
On April 6th bus service will begin again to and from Oku-Iya, but the necessary road detour will create delays for the entire bus route.
A driving route detour is now necessary for reaching Oku-Iya. Bus access is now possible again, but delays are necessary.
Spring has arrived a little earlier than usually to the Iya Valley, and the dazzling cherry blossoms are starting to paint the valley pink!
On Feb 25, 2023 the 24th Annual Shikoku Sake Festival returns to Miyoshi's Ikeda town, with lots of regional brewers serving their finest sake!