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Setonaikai NP, Kagawa
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About 500 metres of sand—not paving—make Angel Road. Currents and wind build this natural tombolo between Shodoshima and the Yoshima islets; the island’s tide can vary by nearly 2 metres, hiding it again.
Farther along the island chain, Ooyoshima hosted Kobe YMCA youth camps from 1950. In 1953 it held Japan’s first camp for children with physical disabilities; the YMCA’s 75-year operation there ended on March 31, 2026.
A hotel legend sets Angel Road in 1587: a hidden-Christian girl and a seminary student flee toward Nagasaki as a sandy path appears beneath her steps. It’s folklore, not documented local history.
Mail a letter from Angel Post and it receives a scenic postmark featuring both Angel Road and an olive—a tiny two-part portrait of Shodoshima on your postcard.
The dreamy name is relatively new: the hotel group credits its then-president, Miki Yūjirō, with naming the route “Angel Road” in 1998. A 1971 Tonosho town history called the landmark Yoshima.
The 2008–09 TBS romance drama Love Letter filmed at Angel Road. After the series became a hit, the hotel group says it established the nearby Hill of Promises in 2009; the viewpoint has a love bell.
The wave-shaped “Angel’s Rest” bench is made from thinned timber cut in Tonosho’s Obe district, with help from the town’s Forest Cooperative. Its curves were designed to echo the gentle waves of the Seto Inland Sea.
