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Kagawa Prefecture
; Kagawa Prefecture; ; .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}; 香川県;
	Prefecture
Japanese transcription(s)
• Japanese;	香川県
• Rōmaji;	Kagawa-ken
; ; Flag;	; ; Symbol;
Country	Japan
Region	Shikoku
Island	Shikoku
Capital	Takamatsu
Government ;
• Governor;	Keizō Hamada
Area ;
• Total	1,861.70 km2 (718.81 sq mi)
Area rank	47th
Population (May 1, 2016);
• Total	974,052
• Rank	40th
• Density	523.20/km2 (1,355.1/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	JP-37
Districts	5
Municipalities	17
Flower	; Olive (Olea europaea)
Tree	Olive (Olea europaea)
Bird	; Lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Website	www.pref.kagawa.jp

Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan

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]

History

Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province.^[3]

For a brief period between August 1876 and December 1888, Kagawa was made a part of Ehime Prefecture.^[4]

Battle of Yashima

Located in Kagawa's capital city, Takamatsu, the mountain of Yashima was the battlefield for one of the best-known struggles between the Heike and the Genji clans.

Geography

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 Kagawa's^{[citation needed]}. 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]

Cities

Map of Kagawa Prefecture.
City Town

Takamatsu

Marugame

Kotohira

Eight cities are located in Kagawa Prefecture:

Higashikagawa

Kan'onji

Marugame

Mitoyo

Sakaide

Sanuki

Takamatsu (capital)

Zentsūji

Towns

These are the towns in each district:

Ayauta District
- Ayagawa
- Utazu

Kagawa District
- Naoshima

Kita District
- Miki

Nakatado District
- Kotohira
- Mannō
- Tadotsu

Shōzu District
- Shōdoshima
- Tonoshō

Mergers

Economy

Foods

People queuing for udon in Kagawa

Sanuki udon (a type of udon noodle) is the most famous local food of Kagawa Prefecture. In 2008, there were over 700 udon restaurants in this prefecture alone.^{[citation needed]}

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 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 Yellowtail 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, sōmen noodles and shōyu soy sauce.
Rare sugar researches are thriving and have discovered mass production culture enzymes.D-tagatose 3-epimerase is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible epimerization reaction of the 3rd carbon of ketose.

Demographics

Education

Universities

Kagawa University in Takamatsu

Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences

Shikoku Gakuin University in Zentsuji

Takamatsu University

Tokushima Bunri University in Sanuki

Sports

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)

Tourism

Kanamaruza Kabuki Theatre

Benesse House, Naoshima

Manno Lake

Sanuki Manno National Park

Kotohira
- Kanamaruza Kabuki Theatre
- Konpira Shrine

Manno
- Manno Lake
- Sanuki Manno National Park

Marugame
- 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 – Zentsū-ji, Motoyama-ji, Yashima-ji, etc.

Kankakei

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
  
  Ritsurin Garden

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^{[citation needed]}, and many Japanese now take day-trips to taste the many Sanuki udon restaurants in Kagawa.

Transportation

Railroad

JR Shikoku
- Honshi-Bisan Line
- Yosan Line
- Dosan Line
- Kotoku Line

Kotoden (Takamatsu Kotohira Electric Railroad)
- Kotohira Line
- Shido Line
- Nagao Line

Bus

Departure from Takamatsu

Tokyo Station

Shinjuku of Tokyo

Tokyo Disneyland

Hachioji

Yokohama

Nagoya

Kyoto Station

Osaka
- Umeda
- Nanba

Kansai Int'l Airport

Kobe
- Sannomiya
- Maiko Bus Stop

Tokushima

Kōchi

Matsuyama

Yawatahama

Hiroshima

Fukuoka
- Kokura Station
- Hakata Station
- Tenjin Station

Road

Expressway

Seto Chuo Expressway

Takamatsu Expressway

Matsuyama Expressway

National Highway

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

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

Port of Marugame

Port of Tadotsu

Port of Tonoshō – Ferry route to Okayama, Himeji, Kobe and Osaka.

Airport

Takamatsu Airport

In popular culture

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 Poco's Udon World, My Bride is a Mermaid, and Yuki Yuna is a Hero.

References

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagawa prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 446, p. 446, at Google Books

^ Nussbaum, "Takamatsu" at p. 934, p. 934, at Google Books.

^ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books.

^ 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

External links

Kagawa Prefecture English homepage

(in Japanese) Official Kagawa Prefecture Japanese homepage

National Archives of Japan ... Kagawa map (1891)

Notes from Shikoku in English

Coordinates: 34°16′N 133°57′E / 34.267°N 133.950°E / 34.267; 133.950

[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagawa prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 446, p. 446, at Google Books

[2] Nussbaum, "Takamatsu" at p. 934, p. 934, at Google Books.

[3] Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books.

[choshi-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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[5] "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

v t e Kagawa Prefecture
Takamatsu (capital)
Core city	Takamatsu
Cities	Higashikagawa Kan'onji Marugame Mitoyo Sakaide Sanuki Zentsūji
Districts	Ayauta District Ayagawa Utazu Kagawa District Naoshima Kita District Miki Nakatado District: Kotohira Mannō Tadotsu Shōzu District Shōdoshima Tonoshō
List of mergers in Kagawa Prefecture

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