Prefecture

Japanese transcription(s)

bull Japanese 香川県

bull Rōmaji Kagawa-ken

Flag Symbol

Country Japan

Region Shikoku

Island Shikoku

Capital Takamatsu

Government

bull Governor Keizō Hamada

Area

bull Total 186170 km2

(71881 sq mi)

Area rank 47th

Population (May 1 2016)

bull Total 974052

bull Rank 40th

bull Density 52320km2

(13551sq mi)

ISO 3166code

JP-37

Kagawa Prefecture

Kagawa Prefecture (香川県 Kagawa-ken) is the smallest

prefecture of Japan (by area) It is located on Shikoku

island[1] and the capital is Takamatsu[2]

HistoryBattle of Yashima

GeographyCities

Towns

Mergers

Economy

Foods

Demographics

EducationUniversities

Sports

Tour ism

Transportat ionRailroad

BusDeparture from Takamatsu

RoadExpressway

National Highway

Port

Airport

In popular culture

References

External l inks

Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province[3]

For a brief period between August 187 6 and December

1888 Kagawa was made a part of Ehime Prefecture[4]

Kagawa Prefecture香川県

Contents

History

Battle of Yashima

Coor din a tes 3 4 deg1 6 primeN 1 3 3 deg5 7 primeE

Districts 5

Municipalities 17

Flower Olive (Olea europaea)

Tree Olive (Olea europaea)

Bird Lesser cuckoo(Cuculus poliocephalus)

Website wwwprefkagawajp (httpwwwprefkagawajpforeignershtml)

Located in Kagawas capital city Takamatsu the mountain

of Y ashima was the battlefield for one of the best-known

struggles between the Heike and the Genji clans

Kagawa comprises the northeast corner of Shikoku

bordering Ehime Prefecture on the west and Tokushima

Prefecture on the south with a coastline on the Seto Inland

Sea facing Okayama Prefecture and the Kansai The Sanuki

Mountains run along the southern border

Kagawa is currently the smallest prefecture by area in Japan Osaka Prefecture held that title until Kansai

International Airport was reclaimed from the ocean in the early 1990s pushing its land area slightly

above Kagawas Kagawa is a relatively narrow prefecture located between the mountains of Shikoku and

the sea

As of April 1 2012 11 of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks namely

Setonaikai National Park and Ōtaki-Ōkawa Prefectural Natural Park[5]

Eight cities are located in Kagawa Prefecture

Higashikagawa

Kanonji

Marugame

Mitoyo

Sakaide

Sanuki

Takamatsu (capital)

Zentsūji

These are the towns in each district

Geography

Cities

Map of Kagawa Prefecture

City Town

Takamatsu

Towns

Ayauta District

Ayagawa

Utazu

Kagawa District

Naoshima

Kita District

Miki

Nakatado District

Kotohira

Mannō

Tadotsu

Shōzu District

Shōdoshima

Tonoshō

Sanuki udon (a type of udon noodle) is the most famous local food

of Kagawa Prefecture In 2008 there were over 7 00 udon

restaurants in this prefecture alone

Aside from udon Kagawa is also famous for hone-tsuki-dori

seasoned chicken thigh cooked on the bone Originating from

Marugame City the dish has now become a popular dish in izakaya

restaurants across the country

Olives and olive-related products have also come to be recognized

as Kagawa foods As the first place in Japan to successfully

cultivate olives Kagawa has been producing olive-related products since 1908 As well as winning both

domestic and international awards for the quality of its olive oil Kagawa has also created two offshoot

Marugame

Kotohira

Mergers

Economy

Foods

People queuing for udon in Kagawa

food brands from its olive industry - olive beef and olive yellowtail Waste organic matter from olive

pressing is used as feed for cattle and the Y ellowtail Amberjack Due to the high amount of polyphenol in

the olive waste the flesh of the respective meats does not oxidize or lose colour easily

Other local specialties include wasanbon sugar sweets soumen noodles and shoyu soy sauce Rare sugar

researches are thriving and have discovered mass production culture enzymesD-tagatose 3-epimerase is

an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible epimerization reaction of the 3rd carbon of ketose

Kagawa University in Takamatsu

Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences

Shikoku Gakuin University in Zentsuji

Takamatsu University

Tokushima Bunri University in Sanuki

The sports teams listed below are based in Kagawa

Baseball

Kagawa Olive Guyners

Basketball

Kagawa Five Arrows (Takamatsu)

Football (Soccer)

Kamatamare Sanuki (Takamatsu)

Volleyball

Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen

Ice Hockey

Kagawa Ice Fellows (see Japan Ice Hockey Federation)

Kotohira

Kanamaruza Kabuki Theatre

Konpira Shrine

Manno

Manno Lake

Sanuki Manno National Park

Marugame

Demographics

Education

Universities

Sports

Tourism

Marugame Castle

Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art

Naoshima Island

Ando Museum

Benesse House

Chichu Art Museum

Lee Ufan Museum

Setonaikai National Park

Shikoku Pilgrimage ndash Zentsū-ji Motoyama-ji Yashima-ji etc

Shodoshima

Kankakei Gorge

Shodoshima Olive Park

Takamatsu

Megijima and Ogijima

Ritsurin Garden

Takamatsu Castle

Yashima the island on which the Battle of Yashima was fought

Teshima Island

Shima Kitchen

Teshima Art Museum

Based on its ancient name Sanuki Kagawa is famous for its

Sanuki udon (wheat noodles) Recent years have seen an interest

in Sanuki udon across Japan and many Japanese now take day-

trips to taste the many Sanuki udon restaurants in Kagawa

JR Shikoku

Honshi-Bisan Line

Yosan Line

Dosan Line

Kotoku Line

Kotoden (Takamatsu Kotohira Electric Railroad)

Kotohira Line

Shido Line

Nagao Line

Tokyo Station

Shinjuku of Tokyo

Tokyo Disneyland

Hachioji

Yokohama

Kanamaruza Kabuki Theatre

Benesse House Naoshima

Manno Lake

Sanuki Manno National Park

Transportation

Railroad

Bus

Departure from Takamatsu

Nagoya

Kyoto Station

Osaka

Umeda

Nanba

Kansai Intl Airport

Kobe

Sannomiya

Maiko Bus Stop

Tokushima

Kōchi

Matsuyama

Yawatahama

Hiroshima

Fukuoka

Kokura Station

Hakata Station

Tenjin Station

Seto Chuo Expressway

Takamatsu Expressway

Matsuyama Expressway

Route 11 (Tokushima-Takamatsu-Marugame-Niihama-Maysuyama)

Route 30

Route 32 (Takamatsu-Kotohira-Kochi)

Route 193

Route 318

Route 319

Route 377

Route 436

Route 438

Port of Takamatsu ndash Ferry route to Uno Tonoshō (Shōdoshima Island) Kobe Naoshima

Port of Marugame

Port of Tadotsu

Port of Tonoshō ndash Ferry route to Okayama Himeji Kobe and Osaka

Takamatsu Airport

Kankakei

Ritsurin GardenRoad

Expressway

National Highway

Port

Airport

The novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami was set in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Castle Rock) in the

Kagawa Prefecture Okishima the fictional island on which much of the novel takes place is placed in the

Seto Inland Sea The manga also places Shiroiwa in Kagawa Prefecture while the film moves Shiroiwa to

Kanagawa Prefecture

Takamatsu Kagawa Prefecture is also the main setting of the book Kafka on the Shore by Haruki

Murakami

Kagawa Prefecture is also the setting of the anime Pocos Udon World My Bride is a Mermaid and Y uki

Y una is a Hero

Kagawa Prefecture English homepage (httpwwwprefkagawajpforeignershtml)

(in Japanese) Official Kagawa Prefecture Japanese homepage (httpwwwprefkagawajp)

National Archives of Japan Kagawa map (1891) (httpjpimgdigitalarchivesgojpjpg_prgjgmWebTmpFileDispenv=jpeg2k_imagesezufukenchizu027_kagawa_eenv)

Notes from Shikoku (httpnotesfromshikokublogspotcom) in English

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1 Nussbaum Louis-Freacutedeacuteric (2005) Kagawa prefecture in (httpsbooksgooglecombooksid=p2QnPijAEmEC

amppg=PA446)Japan Encyclopedia p 446 (httpsbooksgooglecombooksid=p2QnPijAEmECamppg=PA446) p 446

at Google Books

2 Nussbaum Takamatsu at p 934 (httpsbooksgooglecombooksid=p2QnPijAEmECamppg=PA934) p 934 at

Google Books

3 Nussbaum Provinces and prefectures at p 780 (httpsbooksgooglecombooksid=p2QnPijAEmECamppg=PA7

80) p 780 at Google Books

4 Ikatachōshi Editing Committee ed (March 31 1987) Ikatachōshi 伊方町誌 [Ikata Town History] (in Japanese)

Town of Ikata printed by DAI-ICHI HOKI Publishing

5 General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture (httpwwwenvgojpennaturenpspark

docfilesnp_6pdf) (PDF) Ministry of the Environment Retrieved 19 August 2012

In popular culture

References

External links