Ｌet me introduce myself my name is Masanobu Otsu. I was born in ayautata gun Kagawa-ken, Japan on December 4, 1980, I am a second year student at Kagawa Junior College. My major is Management and Information. My hobby is running.
Takamatsu ｉｓ ths Capital ｏｆ Kagawa Prefecture, which has taditionally been called the gateway to shikoku, with the whole land of the prefecture jutting out into the Seto Inland Sea like a porch.
JR Takamatsu Station next to Takamatsu Harbor is ths terminal of the Kotoku Line for Tokushima Pref.
, the Yosan Line for Takamatsu Harbor is the terminal of the KotokuLine for Tokushima Pref., her Yosann Line for Ehime Pref. annd hhe Dosann Line for Kochi Pref., while servinng as the bus terminal to Tokushima, Matsuyama annd Kochi City. Takamatsu Chikko just opposite JR Station is the terminal of Kotoden trams to and from Kotohira, the seat of `Kompira-san`.
The New Takamatsu Airport handles non-stop flights to and from Seoul, Korea.
Another place in Takamatsu appropriate as a gateway to Shikoku is the Takamatsu Heike Monogatari Historical Museum 高松平家物語歴史館 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.
Takamatsu became the capital in 1587 with the advent of Lord IKoma I as governor of Sanuki Province. The castle he built on the harbor was succeeded by 4generations of his descendants, and then by 11 generations of Matsudaira lords, governing Takamatsu Province with a fief of 120,000 koku.
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 donjon is gone , but two of the 15 turrets and Mizute Gomon Gate 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 downtown and Yashima Plateau overiooking thecity 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 kouen ｐａｒｋ 栗 林 公 園
３０ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ’ walk from JR Takamatsu is the main street of down town Takamatsu , and leads to the main gate to Ritsurin Koen Park , a National Special ScenicSpot. This spacious garden laid out with shapely mounds, cool ponds and about 160 varieties of trees and flowers provides a classic example of a Japanese garden or ever a Chinese Taoist paradise fit for meditation.
Originally it belonged to a local warlord, and then to Lord Ikoma. When it was transferred to the Matsudairas, they spent five generations developing it into a larger stroll- type garden for their villa. Seasonal charms of flowers and blossoms such sa ume(Japanese plum blossoms) in February, camellias in March, Irises and water lilues 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, wsa originaiiy one of the Matsudairas formal buildings. The museum just inside the main gate 讃岐民芸館 houses a variety of mostlylocal handicrafts. There is a zoo, too, inside the gete. Open daily. Admission to the park: About \300.
Yashima Plateau 屋島
Bus: 30 minutes, ride from Chikko to the terminal(Kotoden Bus for Yashima-sanjo or YashmaＰｌａｔｅａｕ 屋島山上).
Tram+Cable:30 minutes, tram ride from Chikko to Yashima (Shido-sen Line 志度線）+5minutes, cable-car ride.
Yashima, a pine-wooded tableland to the northeast of downtown Takamatsu, is one of the worlds, rare lavamesas, about290 m high, 3 km wide, jutting5 km out into the sea.
The hilltop, overiooking the archipelago of the Inland Sea, features Yashima-ji (no84) 屋島寺 ①, anaquarium ② and observatories all linked by forest promenades.
One of the observatories, Dankorei 談古嶺 ③,commands aview of the inlet fringed with memorials to the Gempei War fought between the two rival clans, the Minamotos and the Tairas).
Once a British poet, Edmund Blunden, visited Yashima and wrote a poem that wsa 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....