Let me inroduce my self . My name is Yasuhiro Ishii . I was born in Takase, kagawa Prefecture on November 27, 1980.I am a second year student at kagawa Jumior College. My major is management and information. My hobby is playing sports.
Takamatst is the capital of kagawa Prefecture , which has taditionally been called the gateway to shikoku, with the whole land Sea like a porch .
JR takamatst Station next to takamatst Harbor is the terminal of the Kotoku Line for Tokushima Pref , the Yosan Line for Ehime Pref . and the Dosan Line for kochi Pref . while serving as the bus terminal to Tokushima matsuyama and Kochi City . Tamatsu Chikko just opposite JR Station is the terminal of Kotoden trams to and from Kotohira the seat of Kotohira , the terminal of Kompira-san .
The New Takamatst Airpor handles non -stop flights to and from Seoul, Korea.
Another place in Tamatst appropriate as a gateway to Shikoku is the Takamatst Heike monogatari Historical Museum 高松平家物語歴史観 that features not only the famous historical literature called Heike Monogatari but also about 50 great historical figures closely associated with shikoku or native to Shikoku.
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Ｏｎｅ ｎｉｎｔｈ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｒｍｅｒ ｃａｓｔｌｅ ｇｒｏｕｎｄ ｉｓ ｐｒｅｓｅｒｖｅｄ ａｓ ｔａｍａｍｏ ｋｏｅｎ Ｐａｒｋ 玉藻公園 ａｃｒｏｓｓ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｒｅｅｔ ｆｒｏｍ ＪＲ ｔａｋａｍａｔｓｕ Ｓｔａｔｉｏｎ． Ｔｈｅ danjon is gome , but two of the 15 turrets and Mizute Gomon Gate from the 17th century (Important Cultural Properties) survived the air raid in 1945. Admission: \100.
Traditionally the popular sightseeing spots in takamatsu are Ritsurin Koen Park near down town and Yashima Plateau overlooking the city and the Inland Sea. they are accessible by bus or tram, with terminals at takamatsu Chikko 高松築港 just opposite JR Station.
Ritsurin Koen Park 栗林公園
◎30 minutes walk from JR takamatsu Station.
The busy street in from JR Takamatsu , is the main street of downtown Takamatsu, and leads to the main gateto Ritsurin koen Park, a national Special Scenic Spot. This spacious garden laid out with shapely mounds, coolponds and about 160 varieties of trees and flowers provides a classic example of Japanese garden or even a Chinese Taoist fit for meditation.
Originally it belonged to local warlord, and then to Lord I koma. When it was transferred to the Matsudairas,they spent five generations developing it into a larger stroll-type garden for their villa. Seasonal cherry of flossomssuch as ume(Japaese plum blossons ) in February, camel lias in March, cherry blossoms in April , wisteria andazaleas in May , irises and water lilies in June, giant lotuses in August, and Japnese bush clover in September, and brilliant maple leaves in November add to the pleasure of strolling..Kikugetsu -tei 掬月亭, one of the pond-side teahouses , was roiginally one of the Matsudairas formal buildings.The museum just inside the main gate 讃岐民芸館 houses a variety of mostly local handicrafts. There is a zoo,too, inside the gate. Open daily. Admission to the park: About \300．
Yashima a pine- wooded tablel and to the northeast of dawnton Takamatu, is one of the world's rare lava mesas
,about 290 m high, 3 km wide, jutting 5 km out into the sea .
The hilltop, overlooking the archipelago of the
④ Yakakutei Observatory
⑤ the ancient battlefield
⑥ Shikoku-mura Museum
⑦ Y.H. Yashima Sanso 屋島山荘
⑧ Heike Monogatari Historical Museum
. Inland Sea, features Yshima-ji (No. 84) 屋島寺 ①, an aquarium ② and observatories all linked by forest promenades.
One of the observatories , Dankorei 談古嶺 ③, commannds a view of the inlet fringed with memorials to the Gempei Yshima Battle (the second last battle in Gempei War fought between the two rival clans, the Minamotos and the Tairas ).
Once a British poet, Edmund Blunden , visitsd Yashima and wrote a poem that was engraved on a stone here at Dankorei observatory:
Like a long roof , men say, and will they say, This hill of warrior ghosts surmounts the plain