Takase-cha – Kagawa’s most famous tea
The first traces of tea culture in the Kagawa prefecture can be found in the 17th century, when the first lord of Takamatsu Domain, Matsudaira Yorishige, built a tea place in order to hold his tea par
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A famous and traditional dessert of east Sanuki- the Budou Mochi
The birthplace of Sanuki Wasanbon, the east Sanuki area is located at the east Kagawa prefecture and close to the Tokushima prefecture. If you are looking for the traditional dessert of this area, the
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A healthy new Sanuki sugar – the rare sugar
During your stroll in the shopping streets of Takamatsu have you noticed advertisements posted outside stores about some “Rare Sugar Sweet”? Do you wonder why this sugar is called “rare” and how rare
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The tradition and pride of Kagawa – the Shiroshitato and Wasanbon
During the Edo period, the most famous products of Kagawa prefecture the “Sanuki-san-paku讃岐三白”, “the three white of Sanuki”, were sugar, salt, and cotton. The sugar produced in Kagawa is called Wasanb
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Shimameshiya restaurant – a cuisine from local ingredient in Shodoshima
After a 5-minute ride bus from the Tonosho port of Shodoshima to Tonosho-honmachi you will arrive to the Meiro-no-Machi Dofuchi Strait which is recorded on The Guinness Book of World Records as the na
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The Sanuki Winery – a local winery making wine from regional grape
In Japan, the history of grape planting can be traced down to the Kamakura or Edo period. Back in time, the grapes was only eat like any kind of berries, until the beginning of the Meiji period when t
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The olive oil brand of Kagawa prefecture – Oki Olive
Besides the udon and wasanbon, olives is another famous product of Kagawa prefecture. People even say that Kagawa prefecture is the origin of olives in Japan. In 1908, following victory of Russo-Japan
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