Arrive in Mima, a city in Tokushima Prefecture tucked along the Yoshino River in the heart of Shikoku. Meet your guide and get your first sense of how the evening is structured across three different pockets of Mima’s nightlife.

Follow your guide on foot from one drinking district to the next, covering three bars over the course of the evening. At each stop, settle in, order drinks and food at your own pace, and take in the atmosphere of a different venue.

Because each bar has its own character — whether a narrow counter spot or a more relaxed local haunt — moving between them gives you a layered look at how people in this part of Tokushima actually spend their evenings.

By the third bar, move through three distinct corners of Mima’s after-dark scene and share drinks across venues that most visitors to Tokushima never find on their own. The guide’s presence throughout means you navigate ordering and conversation with ease, leaving you with a grounded, first-hand read on local drinking culture in one of Shikoku’s less-visited cities.