NEW YORK -- The major Japanese island of Shikoku has landed on Lonely Planet's list of the best places to visit in the Asia-Pacific region this year.
"'88 Sacred Temples of Shikoku' pilgrims may have been journeying around Japan's fourth largest island for 1200 years," the travel guide publisher explained, "but this somewhat off-the-beaten-path haven is finally being discovered by non-Japanese visitors, with an increasing number of international flights winging into the main cities of Takamatsu and Matsuyama."
