Takamatsu, Japan Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

On the northern coast of Shikoku, breezily cosmopolitan TAKAMATSU , the capital city of Kagawa-ken , is likely to be your first stop on Shikoku. Even before the Seto Ohashi connected Shikoku's rail network with that on Honshu, the city's port was a major gateway into the island. Warlord Chikamasa Ikoma built his castle here in 1588, but the city and surrounding area's history goes back a long way before that. The priest and mystic Kobo Daishi was born in the prefecture, the banished Emperor Sutoku was murdered here in 1164 and, 21 years later, the Taira and Minamoto clans clashed at nearby Yashima . In air … more »