Ubushina – A shrine’s Udon shop
When strolling in the Kagawa’ streets, you are more likely to find Sanuki Udon shops and restaurants instead of convenience stores and ramen restaurants so loved by foreign tourists. According to the
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TEMPLES & SHRINES
Pilgrimage to the Seven Lucky Gods – travel and prayer for good fortune
In Japan, people started to believe in the Seven Lucky Gods during the Kamakura period (1185-1333). The faith then grew up quickly through the prosperous business area of the Muromachi period (1338-15
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The tanukis’ legends of Yashima temple and Kukai
Yashima, located at the east side of Takamatsu city in Kagawa prefecture, was in the Edo period a lava plateau island looking like a roof, so people named it as “roof-island”. As salt farms started an
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Silent and solemn – The Tawa shrine
Tawa shrine, a Shikinai-sha shrine (shrines listed in the Engishiki, a Japanese book about laws and customs), is located at Shido area of Sanuki city in Kagawa prefecture. The shakaku (社格,shrine ranki
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The Abare-mikoshi festival of Tsukahara Inari shrine – a crazy matsuri inherited from the Edo period
Late September, as the golden rice paddies are harvested the season of festival starts. All over Japan, the tradition is to carry mikoshi (sacred palanquin of god) around the shrine to celebrate and t
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The Gonin Byakusho (Five Farmers) selling Kamiyoame at the Konpira shrine
After you climb the 365 stone stairs of the approach of Kotohira, there will be no shop or vendor. From the gate of the Konpira shrine the place is sacred and all business has been prohibited in this
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The Shirotori Shrine – a place full of myths and legends
The Shikoku Pilgrimage starts from the Tokushima prefecture, and goes through the Kochi and Ehime prefectures, to ends in the Kagawa prefecture. There are lots of temples in this area. However, not on
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