Iya valley, no car, doable?

Hello,
Since having no drivings license, but wanting to visit the Iya valley in Shikoku (will be staying in Kochi or Okayama), is visiting the area doable only with buses? I saw there are only a few buses running into the valley.

Actually I wanted to see mt Tsurugi and the Oku-Iya area, but there seem to be only two buses going there each day on weekends...

I will be travelling in mid-May.

when i was there, the hotel driver showed me around, but i had an hotel for one night in iya valley.

however: try to plany your trip that it falls on a weekend. on weekends there are generally more buses.

Arighty, thank you for the information :)

Do you know any bus timetables for the area?

My husband and I travelled through the Iya Valley in 2012 and received a great response on this site regarding bus timetables. It is an old thread but you might pick up something from it - try searching in this forum for "Broulee Iya Valley" - the thread was 2012/13/3.

We loved our time in this part of Japan. We stayed at the Iya Valley onsen who looked after us well. The only comment I would make would be that back then, the bus was not large so don't overdo the luggage!

We now drive in Japan with an english-speaking GPS but in 2012 we were solely on foot.

Good luck