- Tokushima is the only prefecture in Japan where all railway lines are non-electrified single tracks.
- Per capita LED bulb shipment is the highest in Japan, with a thriving LED industry.
- Naruto whirlpools can reach 20 meters in diameter, with tidal currents up to 20 km/h during spring and autumn high tides.
- The Iya Kazurabashi vine bridge is woven from hardy kiwi vines and rebuilt every three years.
- The Awa Odori chant 'Dancing fools and watching fools' became a nationwide catchphrase.
- Tokushima ramen typically features pork bone soy sauce base topped with raw egg.
- About 75% of the prefecture is forested, with Japan's highest production of sawdust-cultivated shiitake mushrooms.
- Sudachi-kun, born in 1988, is one of Japan's first officially recognized local mascot characters.
- Cable TV subscription rate exceeds 90%, ranking first nationwide.
- The Yoshino River, nicknamed 'Shikoku Taro,' is one of Japan's premier rafting spots.
- The port of Komatsushima features one of the world's largest tanuki (raccoon dog) statues.
- With the opening of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the bicycle route connecting Honshu and Shikoku starts in Tokushima.
- Mount Tsurugi, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, has ice age remnant dwarf azalea communities near its summit.
- Tokushima's Ikeda High School baseball team, with their 'Yamabiko batting lineup,' achieved remarkable success at Koshien in 1982-1983.
- German POWs performed the first Asian premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Bando POW camp in Naruto.