Takamatsu

Takamatsu castle and city skyline

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Emblem

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture in Japan.^[1]

Takamatsu is on the Inland Sea coast of Shikoku in Japan.^[1]

It has been recognized as a core city since 1999.^[2]

History

Takamatsu is the Shikoku port which is closest to Honshu from Shikoku island. Takamatsu was a castle town (joka-machi).^[1]

Timeline

Takamatsu castle in 1882

1588 – Ikoma Chikamasa begins building Takamatsu castle^[3]
2004 – Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). redevelopment district

Takamatsu Media

The skyscraper in this photograph is the 30 story Takamatsu Symbol Tower, part of the Sunport Takamatsu redevelopment complex in the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. I took the photo and contribute my rights in the file to the public domain; people and organizations retain rights to images in it.
Alphanumeral road sign for Tokushima Expressway (Tokushima − Naruto), Takamatsu Expressway and Matsuyama Expressway (Kawanoe − Matsuyama)
Shikokumura in Takamatsu Kagawa prefecture, Japan

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokushima prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 933-934.
↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
↑ Jcastle Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Takamatsu Castle profile Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-11-28.

Other websites

Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Takamatsu

http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/ENGLISH/index.html Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
Geographic data related to Takamatsu at OpenStreetMap

Coordinates: 34°21′N 134°3′E / 34.350°N 134.050°E / 34.350; 134.050

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[nussbaum933-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokushima prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 933-934.

[2] Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.

[3] Jcastle Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Takamatsu Castle profile Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-11-28.

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