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Prefecture of Japan
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By train
Takamatsu is the main train gateway to Shikoku. There are frequent services in all directions: north to Okayama on the Honshu mainland, west to Matsuyama, south to Kochi and east to Tokushima.
By bus
Buses connect JR Takamatsu station with the other prefectural capitals in Shikoku, as well as places like Osaka Kansai Airport, JR Osaka station, Fukuoka, and others.
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the prefectural capital
has the ruins of Hiketa Castle, where the Battle of Hiketa was fought in 1583
built around the shrine of Konpira
largest producer of Japanese fans (uchiwa) in Japan and home of one of the few remaining wooden castles
Sakaide (坂出) is a city in Kagawa Prefecture. Has the Seto Ohashi bridge connecting Honshu and Shikoku.
home of Ōkubo-ji, the 88th and final temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
home of and named after Zentsūji Temple, the 75th temple of the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage
many of the islands belong to the city of Sakaide
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