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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.
Rose Garden in Takamatsu Port is not so big, but the location commanding Seto Inland Sea and a big arch of pink rose are very photogenic!◎The best season of roses are from the middle of May to the beginning of June. No admission fee.
Name
Takamatsu Port
Address
12-2 Tamamo-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
3 min from Takamatsu Station
An art work '20th Century Recall' is located at Megijima Island, Kagawa Prefecture. A grand piano with sails at seaside, it looks like a sailing boat. What melody does it play? You can enjoy very photogenic art!◎Access: 20 min by ferry from Takamatsu Port. This piano art '20th Century Recall' is located beside the Migijima Port.
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
3 minutes walk from the port, a white sandy beach spreads like an arch. And at its edge, there's a romantic and scenic breakwater called 'Koibito Misaki (Lovers Cape)'. You can enjoy the scenery of Seto Inland Sea to your heart content without any obstructions.◎Access: 3 minutes walk to the north from the port. It could be crowded in summer for it's also a beach for swimming.
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.
Ryuo Park located in Ryuman Pond is well-known as a cherry blossom viewing spot. Lined with stone lanterns, a passage with cherry blossom tunnel is like floating on the pond. You can see very beautiful scenery that you can't expect from outside the pond.◎Parking area is near the entrance of the passage.
Name
Ryuo Park
Address
1865-13 Kami Kawahigashi Kagawa-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 10min from Takamatsu Airport, 10min from Busshozan Station, 25min from Takamatsu Chu'ou (Central) IC.
Parking
Parking area is available
In the room of a warm old house, bamboo arts make rhythmical sounds by winds occurred from somewhere. I have no idea what and how makes these sounds. But this wonderful feeling makes us feel relaxed.◎Author: Akinori Matsumoto Entrance fee: 300yen It gets crowded during the Setouchi Art Festival. Needed time: 15~20min
Busshozan Park is famous as a beautiful place of azalea. Pink, purple and white azalea bloom all over the park, and you can find photogenic places anywhere. I like the azalea tunnel in front of Honen-ji Temple.◎The best season to see starts from the end of April to the beginning of May. There're some parking areas. And the gate near Honen-ji Temple is good to see the azalea.
Name
Busshozan Park
Address
Kou Busshozan-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from Busshozan Station. By car, 15 min from Takamatsu Airport, 25 min from Takamatsu Station, or 10 min from Takamatsu Chu'ou (Center) IC.
Parking
Parking area is available
Ogi-jima Island in Seto Inland Sea has many narrow and tangled slopes like a maze. Let's go ahead in adventure mood and see the photogenic arts exhibited in the old houses in the island.◎During the term of Triennial, Passport for arts is convenient, too. Out of the term, you can enter each art for ￥300. Photos permitted, enjoy taking photos collaborating with the art in these mysterious rooms.
An art work 'Memory Bottle' stuffed photos of islanders in Ogijima, is exhibited like an illumination inside a small warehouse. It's a romantic room of beautiful art made up with lightened and gathered memories.◎Entrance fee: 300yen, or Triennale Passport is available during the art festival. You can take pictures.
Heike Pond is well known for azalea flowers. Around the pond, there're pink, purple azalea blooming taller than people. What's more, you can see Yashima, a symbol mountain in Takamatsu, in the distance.◎You can visit here together with Busshozan Park, famous for azalea, too. The best season to see: from the end of April to the beginning of May.
Name
Heike Pond
Address
3206 Kou Busshozan-cho, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from Busshozan Station. By car, 15 min from Takamatsu Airport, 25 min from Takamatsu Station, or 10 min from Takamatsu Chu'ou (Center) IC.
At the highest mountain Washigamine in Megijima, the observatory commands a panoramic view of Seto Inland Sea, and what's more, fall foliage together. It's one of the things to see when you travel in the islands of Setouchi Area.◎It's located above Onigashima Cave. Access: take a bus to the cave and go up the steps.
Ritsurin Garden, proud of its 'One Step, One Scene', is designated as Japanese Scenic Beauty and has won the highest in Michelin. Enjoy walking step by step in spring Ritsurin Garden with charry blossom colors. It'll make you feel refreshed♪◎Season: the beginning of April Entrance Fee: adult ￥410 child ￥170 Bus: Ritsurin Koen Mae Station: JR Ritsurin Koen, 3min walk from its north gate Parking: toll parking lot available
Name
Ritsurin Garden
Address
1-20-16 Risturin-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
087-833-7411
Hours
7:00-17:00,5:30-19:00
Fee
Adult 410 yen、Child 170 yen
How to get there
3min walk from JR Ritsurin Koen North Station, 10min walk from Kotoden Ritsurin Koen Station. 3min walk from JR Ritsurin Koen Kitaguchi Station. The nearest bus stop is Ritsurin Koen Mae. By car, 30min from Takamatsu Airport, 15min from Takamatsu Chu'ou IC.
Parking
Toll 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
