As you may know, Anpanman, or rather his creator, Takashi Yanase, is originally from Shikoku (albeit, Kochi, not Kagawa). As a consequence, Anpanman is probably even more ubiquitous on Shikoku than in the rest of Japan (don’t mark my words, I didn’t actually research that). Especially famous and sought […]
Takamatsu Station
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Today, I want to tell you about a piece from Art Setouchi that you can see 24/7 and you don’t even need to go to an island for that. Actually, if you’ve been to Takamatsu since 2013, there are chances that you walked around Takamatsu Station, and if you’ve […]
This is how the Takamatsu Station has looked like for a few days/weeks: I’m not exactly sure why. Apparently the four major train stations of Shikoku got that “Shikoku Smile Station” treatment.
Let me introduce you to Ao Oni-kun. One can poorly translate this into “Mr. Blue Oni.” You most likely have already seen this statue if you’ve been to Takamatsu. It is a Oni and it is located right next to the Takamatsu Station in the Sunport. As […]
Just wanted to say hi to those of you who don’t follow me on Facebook or Twitter (really you should). I’m still without an internet connection at home, but apart from that everything is doing great. I hope to be back here very soon. Cheers!