HappyRaft Access
The Happy Raft base is located on a beautiful bend of the Yoshino River at Iwahara, Ootoyo-cho, right in the the middle of Shikoku. We’re just inside Kochi-ken, maybe 2 minutes drive upstream from the border with Tokushima-ken.
A train station, JR Tosa-Iwahara, is right next door, so it’s easy to reach us by train. If you’re driving, it takes around 4 hours from Osaka, 3 hours from Kobe, or 2 hours from Okayama or Tokushima city.
Our base is a great place to hang out, picnic, barbeque or camp, so you can really make a trip of it when you come down for some rafting or canyoning. Check out the maps on this page and read the directions below for more information about how to get here.
Happy Raft is less than 100 metres from JR Tosa-Iwahara station, on the JR Dosan Line about halfway between Awa Ikeda and Kochi stations. Only local trains run to Tosa-Iwahara – the express service stops at JR Oboke, but passes by Tosa-Iwahara. Click here for directions.
Thanks heaps for the great day out- much fun was had by all! I especially loved the cliff jumps- I think I could've done them all day long! No wonder I went twice! You were all very professional in what you did and gave a true Aussie feel to this experience in Japan. It's all about having FUN and not about quickly shuffling people in and shuffling them out. I'm telling all my friends about you, they're going to come and give you hell! A hell of a good time! haha Will come back in the future, bloody oath i will!
Cheers, Juz