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Day 5 --- Visits to Shikoku (四國) |
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D05-01 --- Climbing up to Konpira Shrine (金刀比羅宮): Part I - Waypoints |
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05-01-01 A shot on the way with Great Gate Shrine (大門神社) of Kotohira-gu (琴平宮) Shrine in the background |
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05-01-02 An uprising traditional street |
05-01-03 Varous along-way shops |
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05-01-04 A stop to take a photo with Great Gate Shrine (大門神社) of Kotohira-gu (琴平宮) Shrine |
05-01-05 A Tanuki (信樂燒狸貓) seen on the way |
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05-01-06 A deep look at the Main Sect of Konpira Shrine (金刀比羅本教-神社) (see D05-02 below for details) |
05-01-07 A close look at Great Gate Shrine (大門神社) of Kotohira-gu (琴平宮) Shrine (see D05-02 below for details) |
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D05-02 --- Climbing up to Konpira Shrine (金刀比羅宮): Part II - Temples |
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05-02-01 A big entrance structure called "Torii" (鳥居) of Konpira Shirine (金刀比羅宮) at the beginning of Sakura Baba (櫻馬場)(see 05-02-11 for more details) |
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05-02-01a A map of the vacinity of Konpira Shirine (金刀比羅宮) |
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05-02-02 "kotooka Hirotsune bronze statue" (琴陵宥常銅像) - 琴陵宥常: 元金刀比羅宮 宮司 |
05-02-03 A drum tower of Konpira Shrine (鼓樓 Koro) | |
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05-02-04 The Main Sect of Konpira Shrine (金刀比羅本教-神社) |
05-02-06 A closer look at the Main Sect of Konpira Shrine (金刀比羅本教-神社)(above right) |
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05-02-06 Water pavilion for ritual cleansing (手水舍Temizuya) in the left shrine |
05-02-07 Washing hands before worshipping at the shrine (金刀比羅本教-神社) above |
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05-02-08 Great Gate Shrine (大門神社) of Kotohira-gu (琴平宮) Shrine, also widely known as Konpira-san.
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05-02-09 A closer look at Great Gate Shrine (大門神社) of Kotohira-gu (琴平宮) Shrine |
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05-02-10 An entrance structure "Torii" ("鳥居") at the beginning of Sakura Baba (櫻馬場) |
05-02-11 A passage with lots of stone lamps on the sidewall, named Sakura Baba (櫻馬場) |
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05-02-12 A shrine which we did not see --- 本宮 (Hongu) (we abandoned climbing up to there because of physical exhaustion)(from Wikipedia, 2025/7/11) |
05-02-13 Another shrine which we did not see --- 旭社 (Asahi-sha) (we abandoned climbing up to there because of physical exhaustion)(from Wikipedia, 2025/7/11) |
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D05-03 --- Strolling in Downtown Takamatsu (高松): Part I - City impression |
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05-03-01 Takamatsu Castle（高松城） |
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05-03-02 Walls of Takamatsu Castle |
05-03-03 The entrance |
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05-03-04 An artwork "Happy Snake" by José de Guimarães used as a sign boeard welcoming people to visit the city |
05-03-05 Chiko Metro Station (築港站) in Takamatsu |
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05-03-06 Another artwork "Banker, Nurse, Detective, and Lawyer" by Julian Opie from UK |
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05-03-07 The sign board of the above artwork |
05-03-08 "The lawyer" of the above artwork in 05-03-06 |
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05-03-09 The hotel we stayed in for the first night |
05-03-10 Another view of the hotel |
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D05-04~05-12 --- Strolling in Downtown Takamatsu (高松): Part II - Artworks |
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05-04-02 The sign board of the above bamboo-made artwork |
05-04-03 An exterior scene of the artwork that looks like a seed |
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05-04-0４ Another view |
05-04-05 A third view with some dolls appearing in the tailor hole |
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05-04-06 A fourth view of the exterior appearance |
05-04-07 The entrance of the artwork |
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05-05-01 Standing in fornt of the artwork "Uchiwa Rib Square" (Nishibori Takashi 西堀隆史)(Note: Uchiwa: 團扇) |
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05-05-02 The sign board |
05-05-03 Another view of the above work |
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05-05-04 A farther view |
05-05-05 A plant nearby |
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05-06-01 The sign board of the artwork "Leftover" by KOSUGE 1-16 from Japan |
05-06-02 A view of the work |
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05-07-02 The explanation board |
05-07-03 Part of the exhibition |
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05-08-01 A photo taken near the exhibition of "Living Traditional Craft" created by high school students |
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05-08-02 The entrance of the exhibition space for tk08, tk09, etc. shown below |
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05-08-03 The sign baord of the artwork "Living traditional Craft" |
05-08-04 An artwork of "Living Traditional Craft" |
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05-09-01 The sign board of the artwork "Kagawa Urushi ("Lacquer Work")" |
05-09-02 Some lacquer works |
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05-10-01 The sign board of a robot - "Udon Master Robot" created by Hidenori Ishihara from Kitahama Creator's Studio (Japan) |
05-10-02 The robot in operation |
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05-11-01 In the exhibition room of "Watercolors" by Nicholas Floch (French) from Kitahama Creator's Studio (Japan) |
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05-11-02 The sign board |
05-11-03 Part of the artwork --- a series of photos taken under water |
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05-11-04 A ball made of funny-looking paper hats |
05-11-05 The exhibition room |
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05-12-01 An artwork entitled "Izumoring --- Cosmos of Rare Sugar" created by a research institute of Kagawa University |
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05-12-02 The sign board |
05-12-03 An explanation of the "cosmos" of rare sugar |
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05-13-01 Having a rest after visiting the artworks |
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05-13-02 An iron artwork by Makizuka Noboru (楨塚登) in Japan (seen on way of our visits to the Setouchi Triennale) |
05-13-03 Water lily seen nearby |
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05-13-04 We flied back to Taiwan from Takamatsu Airport via China Airline CI179 |
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