Japan Travel #3- Kagawa in Autumn season
I learned that there is a nearby park on my location and it was famous for its red-colored plant called Kokia. I was too curious I ended up seeing it for myself. Mannou Park, Kagawa Japan.
Date : November 3, 2018
One Japan #106 Kochi Castle in Shikoku 日本全国電車でゴー！ 高知城
| | The 34th prefecture (of 46) in my tour around Japan, after heading to the island of Shikoku for the day.
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Japan Travel: The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Japan Travel: Worth the Advance Reservation at the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
【★022★Kagawa Takamatsu Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum】
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Known for the bridges at the Hiroshima Peace Park, garden at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and many others, Isamu Noguchi is an important Japanese American artists, sculptor and landscape artist. The Isamu Noguchi Museum in Mure Town near central Takamatsu is Noguchi’s former Japanese residence and workshop. Though this museum features his art, work and living space, it can only be entered through a guided tour with advance reservation.
Within the grounds is a storehouse from the Edo Period. Outside the storehouse are about 150 stone sculptures, the majority of which are unfinished. The finished sculptures are stored in a warehouse from the Meiji Period. Visitors can see the 3.6 meter tall black Swedish granite sculptor named “Energy Void” on the premises.
From his work area, tour members are taken across the street to Noguchi’s former residence. Noguchi redesigned his Edo Period merchant residence to accommodate his preferences while maintaining Japanese traditional aesthetic elements. Visitors are also able to see the garden Noguchi designed for his 80th birthday. The garden is located on the hill behind his house.
Tours are conducted on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 10am 1pm and 3pm. There are no tours during New Years and Japanese Obon Holidays (mid August).
To make a reservation:
Outside of Japan:
Please fax the following information to (+81 87 845 0505) at least 2 weeks before the intended visit. Visitors will receive confirmation of their tour date.
Please fax:
*number of people in group
*names of people in group
*ages of people in group
*contact address
*preferred tour time and two alternative tour time
Within Japan:
Please write the same information on a self-addressed , stamped return postcard (ofuku hagaki). The request must arrive at the museum (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, 3519 Mure, Mure-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken, 761-0121) at least two weeks before the date of your intended visit. Visitors will receive a reply with the tour time written on the return envelope.
The cost of admission 2160 yen per person.
Access Information:
Via Kotoden train
From Takamatsu-Chikko Station board a train to Kawaramachi Station (5 minutes) and change to the Kotoden Shido Line to Yakuri Station (20 minutes). The cost is 340 yen.
From Yakuri Station, visitors can walk (25 minutes) or take a taxi (5 minutes).
Via JR train
From Takamatsu Station board a local train to Furutakamatsu Minami Station (20 minutes). The cost is 260 yen.
From the station, visitors can walk (30-40 minutes) or take a taxi (10 minutes).
Via bus
From Takamatsu Station board the number 73 Kotoden Bus bound for Aji Onsen (庵治温泉) and disembark at Inori Iwa Yoichi Koen-mae (祈り岩与一公園前). The one way journey takes about 30 minutes and the cost is 490 yen.
From Inori Iwa Yoichi Koen-mae bus stop, the museum is a 5-10 minute walk.
Japan Trip: Explore Backstage of KABUKI! Kotohira, Kagawa, Japan
Japan Trip: Explore Backstage of KABUKI! Kotohira, Kagawa, Japan
【★016★Kagawa Kotohira Kanamaruza Kabuki Theater】
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Built in Kotohira in 1835, Kanamaruza Theater is Japan's oldest surviving, complete kabuki playhouse. Now and then, it still stages kabuki performances.
The theater is open to visitors who can explore Kanamaruza's audience hall, stage, and dressing rooms when no shows are held. Be sure to check out the basement to see the workings of the human-powered rotating stage and trapdoors used by actors to dramatically enter and exit performances.
A similar historical kabuki theater, Uchiko-za, is located in Uchiko in nearby Ehime Prefecture.
Schedule & cost
Hours: 9:00 to 17:00
Closed: Irregularly for performances and maintenance
Admission: 500 yen
Access info
Kanamaruza Theater is located about a 10 to 15 minute walk from JR Kotohira and Kotoden Kotohira Stations, and about 200 meters off the approach to Kompirasan Shrine.
Kyoto: Los templos Kinkakuji y Ryoanji
Paseo por el templo Kinkakuji , también conocido como el templo Dorado, y por el templo Ryoanji
SETOUCHI, un autre Japon
On part à la découverte d'un autre Japon que celui que l'on voit tout le temps : la région de SETOUCHI qui comprend 7 préfectures autour de la mer intérieure du Japon.
Au programme : découverte de Shikoku (la plus petite des 4 îles principales), le plus vieux Onsen du Japon, des rencontres et des paysages à couper le souffle !
Mon article sur Shimanami Kaido (la vidéo est en lien à la fin) :
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Mes visites guidées à Tokyo :
Ma carte du Japon :
La playlist Spotify des musiques d'Ichiban Japan :
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近江八幡巡り Omi-Hachiman city tour
滋賀県近江八幡市の八幡堀周り(重要伝統的建造物群保存地区指定)の風景です。