Kotohira · Place · candidate to visit
Kanamaruza
The oldest surviving playhouse in Japan. Kabuki is still performed here.
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Kagawa travel guide
The 785 steps of Kotohiragu, Zentsuji and Yashimaji. Sanuki udon and wasanbon sugar, Marugame fans first in Japan, Naoshima and Shodoshima. Kagawa, set out category by category.
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294 regional entries. This is not the number of facilities.
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Sightseeing spots
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Kotohira · Place · candidate to visit
Konpira Ishidan
Seven hundred and eighty-five steps to the main shrine, 1,368 to the inner one. The climb is itself the practice.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityShrines & temples
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Kotohira · Place · candidate to visit
Kotohiragu
The approach runs 785 steps to the main shrine and 1,368 to the inner one. In the Edo period, when free travel was difficult, a Konpira pilgrimage was, like a visit to Ise, an accepted pretext for a journey. There was even the konpira-inu: if you could not go yourself, you sent a dog with an offering and a tag tied to it. The wish to travel borrowed the form of faith.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilitySpecialties & souvenirs
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See all Specialties & souvenirs in Kagawa (0)Crafts & industry
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Kagawa · Crafts & industry entry
Kagawa Lacquerware
Lacquerware of Takamatsu. It has the carving techniques of kinma, zonsei and choshitsu. Tamakaji Zokoku founded it by copying Chinese techniques.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityKagawa · Crafts & industry entry
Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
The prefecture's lacquer art institute. It passes on kinma and other techniques to the next generation.
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The Kagawa Museum Lacquer Art Exhibit
The lacquer art exhibit of the prefectural museum. It holds Kagawa lacquerware in its collection.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityArt & culture
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Naoshima · Place · candidate to visit
Chichu Art Museum
Buried entirely underground to spare the island's skyline, showing three artists only, and lit by daylight alone.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNaoshima · Place · candidate to visit
Benesse House Museum
A museum you can sleep in; artists chose their own sites here and made the works for those places.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNaoshima · Place · candidate to visit
Art House Project
Empty houses and a shrine in a working village turned into artworks, with residents themselves acting as guides.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facility100 Regional Revitalization Picks
100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.
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Kagawa · Place · candidate to visit
Yamaroku Soy Sauce
A soy-sauce brewery in Shodoshima, keeping to wooden-vat brewing, which accounts for under one per cent of production.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityKagawa · Place · candidate to visit
Marukin Soy Sauce Memorial Museum
A museum in Shodoshima in a soy-sauce brewery that is a registered cultural property.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityKagawa · Place · candidate to visit
Shodoshima Olive Garden
An olive grove in Shodoshima of some 2,000 trees, looking down on the Inland Sea.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityTransport and accommodation, too
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