As you may already know, Shikoku is famous among other things for its Pilgrimage of 88 Buddhist Temples. I’m sure that I will talk about it into more details another day as today I am going to focus on only one of those temples; temple number 80, Sanuki Kokubunji […]
Kagawa Prefecture
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Before actually starting covering the Setouchi International Art Festival we had a few free days in Takamatsu. 康代 had decided to use them to get more familiar with some of Kagawa’s traditions, and it was a great opportunity for me to tag along and learn more about them too. […]
It was of course in Kaihō, my favorite sushi restaurant, possibly in the world (with Hotaru in Paris). This is what I ate: And this is what 康代 ate: Of course, I more than advise you to go when you’re in Takamatsu (for example when you […]
Last Spring, we visited Megijima, Ogijima’s sister island and I had been quite disappointed. As I had never been disappointed by an island of the Seto Inland Sea before, I assumed that I hadn’t visited under the right conditions (although nothing special happened). So the Setouchi International Art Festival was […]
On our first trip to Teshima, we didn’t see all of the works of art (and only one of the three villages) so we had to go back. Going to Teshima on a Saturday was a risky idea. See, the festival organizers had seriously underestimated the number of people it […]
Surfing the web looking for things about Ōshima, I found very interesting pictures from 1931 on this website. I’m copying them here, I hope that won’t be a problem.
After a morning spent discovering the subtleties of the tea ceremony, we went to the strangest and least known island of the Seto Inland Sea (at least in that part of the sea, I don’t really know anything about the western part), I mean Ōshima. There are several islands […]
Last Friday morning, Thierry, 康代 and I, accompanied by Nobuko-san, had the immense privilege to be the guests of Chūjō Zaidan, a Sukiya, a tea-house, in Takamatsu. We had the honor to be part of a genuine tea ceremony, a thing I never thought I would do. But thanks […]
The next day we went to Teshima. Strange how I never really paid attention to this island before. I mean, it has a quite noticeable size, the only bigger island in the area is Shōdoshima. I guess the fact that it’s surrounded by Naoshima, Ogijima, Sōdoshima and Honshū, as well as […]