Best Shrines And Temples In Kagawa
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Takaya Shrine is located at Inazumi Mountain which is over 400m above the sea level. The reason for the popularity is the world seen over the Torii in the sky! Seto Inland Sea and the townscape of Kan'onji are very moving scenery. A reward which comes after climbing up the mountain.◎Walk: 40 min from the parking lot of the foot of the mountain. The road is paved in the first half, but after that, it a mountain path. And there're steep steps at the end near the top. Car: you can access to the shrine by car from Fudo Waterfall.
Name
Takaya Shrine
Address
2800 Muromoto-cho, Kanonji-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 60 min from Sanuki Toyonaka IC via Fudō Waterfall, to the nearest parking area, and walk 150 meters. Or, 20 min from Sanuki Toyonaka IC to the mountain foot shrine, then 40 min walk to the upper shrine.
Parking
Parking area is available
Above the hard distance of 1368 stone steps, there's an inner place 'Izutama Shrine'. It's called a protecting god of this main Kotohira Shrine and filled with spiritual power. And, only people who reach here at last can get this original good-luck charm embroidered 'tengu' with such a power.
Name
Kotohira-gu (Kompira-san)
Address
892-1 Kotohira-cho, Nakatado-gun, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0877-75-2121
Hours
6:00-18:00
How to get there
To the lowest entrance, by car, 15min from Zentsuji IC, 50min from Takamatsu Airport. The toll parking areas are available. Or, 10min walk from Kotoden Kotohira Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Hydrangeas coloring the slope are very impressive. A walk in the lush grove has beautiful blue hydrangeas and makes very fantastic scenery. Hydrangea Festival is held in the middle of June every year.◎30 min could be enough to see slowly around the precinct and walk. Free parking lot is available.
Name
Awai Shrine
Address
1719-2 Awai-cho, Kanonji-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 13 min from Onohara IC, 60 min from Takamatsu Station, 55 min from Takamatsu Airport. Parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
2016 is a leap year and called 'Hinoe-saru' according to the Japanese sexagenary cycle. This year comes once in 60 years and making pilgrimage of Shikoku 88 sacred places by the counter route will give you much more divine help! To start 'Gyaku-uchi' pilgrimage, here the 88th temple, Okubo-ji is the first.
Name
Okubo-ji Temple
Address
96 Kanewari Tawa, Sanuki-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0879-56-2278
How to get there
Parking
Free parking area is available
According to one theory, this shrine enshrined Toyotama-hime who is a grandmother of the first Japanese Emperor Kammu, and known as a god for an easy delivery of baby. The scenery from the shrine is nice and cats living in Ogi-jima Island will give you a balm.◎A small hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. Whenever you visit, cats are napping here. You can arrive the shrine eventually when you walk around the Ogi Island without searching for, because there're some signboards all over the community.
Shiratori Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture. There are more than 1,000 colorful windmills on display. Now the red and white windmill is decorated with New Year's specifications. It is said that the wish is to "may things turn in a good direction with a good wind blowing".
Name
Shirotori Shrine
Address
69 Matsubara, Higashikagawa-shi, Kagawa, JapanGoogle Map
How to get there
6 min walk, from Sanukishirotori Station
Kose Iwazuchi Shrine is located on the western edge of Shodo-shima Island. After climbing up the steep steps and slopes completely, you can find the wooden torii and the wonderful view at the same time. The beautiful scenery of Setouchi can make me refreshed after a kind of exercise.◎Parking lot: for free at the foot of the steps Access: 15 min walk to the mountain top
Name
Koseiwazuchi Shrine
Address
Kose Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
Car & Walk: 10min from Tonosho Port, and then 15min walk.
Parking
Parking area is available
Shimpaku is a kind of juniper and popular for Japanese 'Bonsai'. At Hosho-in Temple, this sacred tree is said to be 1500 years old and the only Shimpaku that designated as a special natural monument. It's like a tree where Totoro and Mei met for the first time (in Ghibli movie),and very mysterious.◎Free parking lot is available. The wooden path was equipped in 2017 for protect its roots, and you can walk around the tree easier.
Name
Hosho-in Temple
Address
412 Kitayama Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0879-62-0682
How to get there
Bus: from Tonosho Port, get off at 'Kitayama' and walk 3 min. Car: 10 min from Tonosho Port
Parking
Parking area is available
One of the 100 Scenic Spots In Kagawa, a torii stands on Gotanji Beach and faces to Seto Inland Sea. It's near an art work 'Pumpkin', so meny people enjoy taking pictures of this scenery.◎Access: at a beach just near a bus stop 'Tsutsuji-so'
Name
Ebisu Shrine
Address
Gotanji Naoshima-cho, Kagawa-gun, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
Bus: get off the bus at Tsutsuji-so, just right there. Bicycle: 30 min from Miyaura Port.
Go'o Shrine has been here since Edo period, and accepted art works when the shrine was repaired. The steps to the shrine are made of glass. Arts added to a solemn shrine, you can enjoy the new style of shrine.◎Visiting the shrine is free, but the underground demands admission fee. Access: go up the steps near an art 'Kadoya'.
Name
Go'o Shrine (Naoshima Island)
Address
820 Naoshima-cho, Kagawa-gun, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min walk from Honmura Port. Go up the steps near the art work 'Kadoya'.
Kodokutsu Cave is one of the sacred places in Shodoshima Island. You enter the cave from a gate with the calm sea, then the air changes completely. It's a popular spiritual power spot that is said to have a divine grace for luck with money and improvement of sickness above neck.◎The mysterious stone, looks coming into being, has a Buddhist letter 'A' and means the start of everything.
Name
Kodokutsu Cave
Address
3010 Yanagi Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0879-62-5211
Hours
9:00-16:00
How to get there
Car: 15 min by car and a free parkin area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
They enshrine the god for children's health and growth. Floating 250m from the seashore on the Stouchi Sea, it's gate is opened only once a year. Many people all over Japan visit this big event to pray for the children's good health.
Name
Tsushima Jinja Shrine
Address
7463 Omi Mino-cho, Mitoyo-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0875-72-5463
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available
A huge gingko trees of Kagawa Prefecture's natural monument whose age is estimated to be over 600 years old and the height is 33 meters. You can see the golden world of fall foliage all around the trees in autumn. There're lovely Ema ( you can write your wish on Ema and hang in the shrine) of gingko leaves.◎Best season is the first half of November. Free parking lot is available.
Name
Iwabu Hachiman Shrine
Address
692-1 Kami Yasuhara Shionoe-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
Parking
Free parking area is available
Fujio Hachiman Shrine located at Fujio Mountain, is well known as a great place of wisteria. The highlight is the large wisteria trellis surrounding the parking area with purple, white and pink flowers. And you can find many other places where the wisteria blooming beautifully all over the shrine. ◎The best season starts from the end of April to the beginning of May.
Name
Fujio Hachiman Shrine
Address
5969 Nishi Ueta-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 20 min from Takamatsu Chu'ou (Center) IC, or 20 min from Takamatsu Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Mampuku-ji is famous as a wisteria temple in Kagawa Prefecture. The wisteria trellis with some kinds, white and purple, spreads the length of the precinct, which is worth seeing. I could enjoy the bright spring scenery from the bench under the roof of wisteria.◎Best season to see starts from the end of April to the beginning of May. In 2018, they're in its best on 4/22.
Name
Mampuku-ji Temple
Address
3519 Saita-kami Saita-cho, Mitoyo-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 30 min from Zentsuji IC, or 40 min from Takamatsu Airport. Parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Iwata Shrine is famous for its 'Peacock Wisteria (Kujaku Fuji)' as one of the celebrated trees in Kagawa. I'm surprised that this wisteria spreads from only a single trunk. And you can feel nice in the shower of beautiful wisteria flowers.◎The best season to see is from the end of April to the beginning of May.
Name
Iwata Shrine
Address
511 Iida-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 10 min from Takamatsu Nishi IC, 20 min from Takamatsu Station, or 25 min from Takamatsu Airport. Parking area is available. 10 min walk from Kinashi Station.