2013年5月18日

Shikoku Mura Art Village

A 'village' featuring the folk architecture of Shikoku

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A bridge made of vines at Shikoku Mura

Shikoku Mura is located 6 kilometres east of the JR Takamatsu Station at 91 Yashima-Nakamichi in Takamatsu, Kagawa. The entrance fee is 800 yen for adults and there are student and group discounts available.

Atop the park's hill is a lighthouse and sturdy lighthouse keepers' stone bungalows from islands in the Inland Sea.

Various features of the homes such as these lamps above a lighthouse keeper's front door add human reality to the exhibits.

The lighthouse keepers' stone homes must have protected more against wind and salty sea mists than against earthquakes.

Homes dating from as far back as the Meiji Era are on display and are open for visitors to enter.

Information on Shikoku Mura is available on-line at http://www.shikokumura.or.jp/ in Japanese. English language pamphlets are provided at the ticket counter on site.

The park has many pleasant water features including the Somegataki Waterfall.

The grounds of Shikoku Mura are wooded and guarantee to provide shade and shelter from the sunshine. The welcome greenery gives the transplanted buildings an authentic and comforting feel.

Whatever the season, the flower gardens will make for a worthwhile and colourful experience.

In addition to a kabuki theatre, a sugar cane press hut, warehouses, storehouses, and farm homes, there is a fisherman's house with two boats in front and fishing equipment in an open shed that contained nets, floats, and ceramic octopus pots large and sm

The mundane of daily life appears with the exceptional at Shikoku Mura: For an additional fee, you can gain entry to the art gallery designed by Tadao Ando.

Commercial ceramic containers, labels, and glass bottles add interest to the soy sauce warehouse.

The soy sauce warehouse and malthouse impressively display mid-19th century wooden vats.

Shikoku Mura will appeal to those interested in history, architecture and design, Japanese artistic sensibilities, gardening, hiking, and photography. Some udon and tempura from the thatched roof Waraya Udon Restaurant adjacent to the parking lot will cer

A short drive from central Takamatsu is a surprising sanctuary that will appeal to lovers of architecture and history as well as to those who enjoy respites from the modern city routines and its routines. Shikoku Mura is a park consisting of traditional homes and buildings from around the island of Shikoku and reassembled here. Most are designated as national, prefectural, municipal, or registered cultural properties.

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