Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Sea castle on the Seto Inland Sea with three rings of seawater moats, counted among Japan's Three Great Water Castles, with four surviving castle buildings.
Takamatsu · KagawaA shrine devoted to the protection of sailors and sea transport, requiring a climb of 785 steps to the main shrine on Mount Zozu.
Kotohira · KagawaSeventeenth-century castle with distinctive 20-meter stone walls, rebuilt in 1640 and completed in 1670, ranked among Japan's Top 100 Castles.
Marugame · KagawaJapan's oldest surviving Kabuki theatre, constructed in 1835 and restored to Edo-period appearance, hosting major spring programs annually.
Kotohira · KagawaShikoku's only state-run park, with seasonal flower blooms, playgrounds, cycling paths and Japan's largest RV campground, and pets welcome in set areas.
Manno · KagawaTemple 81 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, on Mt Shiromine in Kagawa, where the exiled Emperor Sutoku was laid to rest after his death in 1164.
Sakaide · KagawaMuseum on Shodoshima island in a converted soy sauce factory, with over 800 yokai artworks tracing Japanese supernatural traditions from ancient animism.
Tonosho · KagawaAn open-air film set on Shodoshima island that preserves the world of a beloved literary and cinematic masterpiece set in prewar Japan.
Shodoshima · KagawaA garden in Takamatsu counted among Japan's three most beautiful gardens, created in the early Edo period, with ponds, hills, rare plants and tea houses.
Takamatsu · KagawaA water-droplet-shaped museum on Teshima Island by artist Rei Naito and architect Ryue Nishizawa, a pillar-free interior space open to wind, light and sound.
Tonosho · KagawaMuseum in Kagawa dedicated to the Nihonga-style works of master painter Kaii Higashiyama, housed in an architect-designed gallery space.
Sakaide · KagawaAn underground museum on Naoshima designed by Tadao Ando, with permanent works by Claude Monet, Walter de Maria and James Turrell shown in natural light.
Naoshima · Kagawa
