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Kotohira 2019: Climbing the stairs to Kompirasan (金刀比羅宮)

I had only one full day left on the island of Shikoku and I spent most of it on a trip to the town of…

With my little detour to Takamatsu Castle concluded, I walked to the city’s port and boarded a ferry going out into the inland sea. Downtown…

From Mt Yashima I took public transit across town to reach the Takamatsu ferry port for my planned sightseeing on nearby Ogijima Island. On my…

While I was waiting for the next bus to take me from Yashima back down to the main part of Takamatsu I got a can…

From nearby the Shikoku Mura parking lot I took a bus up to the top of Mt Yashima. The top of the mountain has a…

In the morning I rode a train to the eastern end of Takamatsu and got off close to Mt Yashima. I was there to visit…

When my time in Matsuyama came to an end I traveled next to the city of Takamatsu in the northeastern corner of Shikoku. I would…

My second sightseeing stop in Ozu was at the city’s castle. Ozu Castle is on a hilltop above the Hijikawa River and was first constructed…

At the Uchiko train station I boarded a local train that would take me a bit over 10 km to my final sightseeing destination of…

Towards the northern end of the preserved street in the Yokaichi District of Uchiko you can find the Kamihaga Residence. This property was once the…