Sanuki Takamatsu Festival
A summer festival with fireworks over Takamatsu harbor and dance parades in the streets.
- Area
- Shikoku · Takamatsu
- When
- Mid-August
- Location
- Takamatsu Port & Chuo Park
More places nearby
Ritsurin Garden
A vast daimyo garden with about 1,000 pines and six ponds, designated a Special Place of Scenic Beauty.
Tamamo Park (Takamatsu Castle ruins)
Castle ruins famous for moats filled with seawater, where sea bream swim.
Yashima Plateau
From the flat-topped hill you look over the Seto Inland Sea islands and Takamatsu; temple No. 84, Yashima-ji, is at the top.
Sanuki udon
Kagawa's famous chewy udon; at self-service shops a bowl costs around ¥300.
Honetsuki-dori
Kagawa's garlic-and-pepper roasted chicken leg, in chewy 'oya' (hen) or tender 'hina' (young bird).
Takamatsu Marugamemachi shopping street
Takamatsu's central arcade under a glass dome, full of fashion, goods and udon shops.
Dogo Autumn Festival
Dogo Onsen's autumn festival, famous for portable shrines clashing into each other in the 'hachiawase'.
Konpira Grand Festival
Konpira's grand festival, when a long procession in Heian-era costume descends the stone steps at night.