Ｈｕｏ Ｓhｕ Ｍｉｎ 'ｓ Ｈｏｍｅ Ｐａｇｅ

Let me introduce myself . M ｙ name is Huo Shu Min . I was born in He Long Jiang, China on March 9, 1972. I'm a second year student at Kagawa Junior College. My major is management and information. My hobby is listening to music.

Rｉｔｓｕｒｉｎ ｋｏｅｎ ｐａｒｋ

Ｔhe busy ｓｔｒｅｅｔ ｉｎ ｆｒｏｎｔ ｏｆ ＪＲ ｔａｋａｍａｔｓｕ ｉｓｔｈｅ ｍａ ｉｎ ｓｔｒｅｅｔｏｆ down town takastu，and leads to the main gate of park ，a national special scenic spot ． this spacious garden ｌａｉｄ ｏｕｔ ｗｉｔｈ ｓｈａｐｅｉｙ ｍｏｕｎｄｓ . ｃｏｏｌ ｐｏｎｄｓ ａｂｏｕｔ １６０ ｖａｒｉｅｔｉｅｓ ｏｆ ｔｅｅｅｓ ａｎｄ ｆｌｏｗｅｒ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｓ ａ ｃｌａｓｓｉｃ ｏｆ ｊａｐｎｅｓｅ ｇａｒｄｅｎｏｒ ｅｅｖｅｎ ａ ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ ｔａｏｉｓｔ ｐａｒａｄｉｅｓ ｆｏｒ ｍｅｄｉｔａｔｉｏｎ ．

ｏｒｉｇｉｎａｌｌｙ ｉｔ ｂｅｌｏｎｇｅｄ ｔｏ ａ ｌｏｃａｌ ｗａｒｌｏｒｄ ， ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｔｏ ｌｏｅｄ ｌｋｏｍａ . ｗｈｅｎ ｉｔ ｔｏ ａ ｗａｒｌ ｔｒａｎｓｆｅｒｒｅｄ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｍａｔｓｓｕｄａｉｒａｓ ， ｔｈｅｙ ｓｐｅｎｔ ｆｉｖｅ ｇｅｎｅｒａｔｉｏｎ ｄｅｅｖｅｌｐｉｎｇ ｉｔ ｉｎｔｏ ａ ｌａｒｇｅｒ ｓｔｒｏｌｌ ‐ ｔｙｐｅ ｇａｒｄｅｎ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｖｉｌｌａ ， ｓｅａｓｏｎａｌ ｃｈａｒｍｓ ｏｆ ｆｌｏｗｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｂｌｏｓｓｍｓ ｓｈｕｈ ａｓ ｕｍｅ 〈Japanese plum blossoms 〉in Februart ， camellisa in M arch ， cherry blossoms in lilies in j une ， giant lllotuses in A ugust ， and Japanese buse clver in September , and brilliant maple leaves in November add to the plessure of strolling ．

Kikugetsu‐ tei ，one of the pond ‐ side teahouses ， was oritginally one of the matsudairas ， formal building ． the museum jusst inside the main handicrafts ． There is a zoo ， too ， inside the gate ．

Open daily ． Admisson to the park ： About \300.

Yashima ， a pine ‐ wooded tableland to the northeasst of down town Takamatsu ， is one of the word rare lava mesas ， about ２９０ m high ， ３ km wide ， jutting ５ km out inot the sea .

The hilltop ， overlooking the archipeago of the

�CYukakutei Observatory

�Dthe ancient battlefield

�EShikoku‐mura Museum

�FY.H .Yashima Snso

�GHeike Monogatari

Historical Museum

Inland Sea ， featuees Yashima‐ji (No８４) �@，anaquarium �Aand observatories ALL linkey by forest promenades .

One of the observatories ， Dankorei �Bcommancs a view of the inlet fringed whih memorials in Gempei Yashima B attle 〈the second last battle in Gempei War fought between the two rival clans, the M inamotos and the airas )

Once a British poet ， Edmund Blunden ， visited Y sshima and wrote a poet ， Edmund Blunden ， yashima and wrote that was engraved on a stone here at Dankorei observaoty :

like a long ， men say ， and will they say ， this hill of warrior ghosts surmounts the plian ． the second floor exhibits about ３００ dolls portraying the １７ sceens from the Heike Mongatari or theTale of the Tarias ， the Saga ， composed of a large numbr off revealing episodes， ｗａｓ ａｎｄ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｉｓ ａｎ ｉｎｅｓｈａｕｓ ｔｉｂｌｅ ｓｏｕｒｃｅ ｏｆ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｌｉｔｅｒａｔｕｒｅ ａｎｄ ａｒｔ ． Sｏｍｅ ｏｆ Yａｓｈｉｍａ Ｐｌａｔｅａｕ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｎｏｒｔｈｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｔｉｐ of Tａｋｅｍａｔｕｓ (p,35 )

Oｎｅ ｈｉ - ｔｅｃｈ ｄｏｌｌ ｓｅｅｎ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｅｓｈｉｂｉｔｉｏｎ ｉｓ ｗｈａｔ ｗａａｓ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｂｉｗａ ｈｏｓｈｉ ｏｒ ｂｉｌｉｎｄ ｂｉｗａ - ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ ｂｒａｄ ｗｈｏ ｔｒａｖｅｌｅｄ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｃｈａｎｔｉｎｇ Tｈｅ Tａｌｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｈａｌｆ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ 13ｔｈ ｃｅｎｔｕｒｙ ． Ｉｔ ’ｓ ｏｐｅｎｉｎｇ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｉｓ ｅｓｐｅｃｉｌｌｙ ｆａｍｏｕｓ ｆｏｅ ｉｔｓ B ｕｄｄｈｉｓｔ ｉｄｅａ ｏｆ ｉｍｐｅｒｍａｎｅｎｃｅ ｔｈａｔ ｇｏｅｓ ａｓ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｓ :

Ｔｈｅ ｂｅｌｌ ｏｆ Ｇｉｏｎ Monastery tolls

The impermanence of all worldly things Ｔｈｅ ｉｍｐｅｒｍａｎｅｎｃｅ ｏｆ ａｌｌ ｗｏｒｌｄｌｙ ｔｈｉｎｇ

ｃｏｌｏｒ ｏｆ ｓａｌ ｂｌｏｓｓｏｍｓ ｓｈｏｗｓ ｔｈｅ ｔｒｕｔｈ

Ｅｖｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｓｔ ｐｒｏｓｐｅｒｏｕｓ ｉｎｖｉｔａｂｌｙ ｄｅｃｌｉｎｅ ．

Ｔｈｅ ｐｒｏｕｄ ｗｉｌｌ ｆａｌｌ ｌｉｋｅ ａ ｄｒｅａｍ ｏｎ ａ ｓｐｒｉｎｇ ｎｉｇｈｔ ．

Ｔｈｅ ｖａｌｉａｎｔ ｍｕｓｔ ｐｅｒｉｓｈ ， ｔｏｏ ， ａｓ frａｉｌ ａｓ ｄｕｓｔ ｂｌｏｗｎ ｂｙ ａ ｐｕｆｆ ｏｆ ｗｉｎｄ ．

ｈｓ Quoted from the Shikoku guidebook by Akiko Takemoto and Steve McCarty.

I also contributed input to the Kagawa guide

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