Kagawa Prefecture 

(香川県, Kagawa-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island

of Shikoku.[1] Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 957,430 (as of 1 June 2019) and is
the smallest prefecture by geographic area at 1,876 square kilometres (724 sq mi). Kagawa
Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the south.
Takamatsu is the capital and largest city of Kagawa Prefecture, with other major cities
including Marugame, Mitoyo, and Kan'onji.[2] Kagawa Prefecture is located on the Seto Inland
Sea across from Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshu, which are connected by
the Great Seto Bridge. Kagawa Prefecture includes Shōdoshima, the second-largest island in the
Seto Inland Sea, and the prefecture's southern land border with Tokushima Prefecture is formed
by the Sanuki Mountains.

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Battle of Yashima
 2Geography
o 2.1Cities
o 2.2Towns
o 2.3Mergers
 3Economy
 4Foods
 5Demographics
 6Education
o 6.1Universities
 7Sports
 8Tourism
 9Transportation
o 9.1Railroad
o 9.2Bus
 9.2.1Departure from Takamatsu
o 9.3Road
 9.3.1Expressway
 9.3.2National Highway
o 9.4Port
o 9.5Airport
 10In popular culture
 11References
 12External links

History[edit]
See also: Historic Sites of Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province.[3]
For a brief period between August 1876 and December 1888, Kagawa was made a part of Ehime
Prefecture.[4]

Battle of Yashima[edit]
Located in Kagawa's capital city, Takamatsu, the mountain of Yashima was the battlefield for one
of the best-known struggles between the Heike and Genji clans.
Geography[edit]
Kagawa comprises the northeast corner of Shikoku, bordering Ehime Prefecture on the west
and Tokushima Prefecture on the south, with a coastline on the Seto Inland Sea facing Okayama
Prefecture and the Kansai. The Sanuki Mountains run along the southern border.
Kagawa is currently the smallest prefecture, by area, in Japan. Kagawa is a relatively narrow
prefecture located between the mountains of Shikoku and the sea.
As of April 1, 2012, 11% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks,
namely Setonaikai National Park and Ōtaki-Ōkawa Prefectural Natural Park.[5]

Cities[edit]
See also: List of cities in Kagawa Prefecture by population

Map of Kagawa Prefecture.

     City      Town

Takamatsu

Marugame

Kotohira

Eight cities are located in Kagawa Prefecture:

 Higashikagawa
 Kan'onji
 Marugame
 Mitoyo
 Sakaide
 Sanuki
 Takamatsu (capital)
 Zentsūji
Towns[edit]
These are the towns in each district:

 Ayauta District
o Ayagawa
o Utazu
 Kagawa District
o Naoshima
 Kita District
o Miki
 Nakatado District
o Kotohira
o Mannō
o Tadotsu
 Shōzu District
o Shōdoshima
o Tonoshō
Mergers[edit]
Main article: List of mergers in Kagawa Prefecture

Economy[edit]
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Foods[edit]

People queuing for udon in Kagawa

Sanuki udon (a type of udon noodle) is the most famous local food of Kagawa Prefecture. In
2008, there were over 700 udon restaurants in this prefecture alone. [6]
Aside from udon, Kagawa is also famous for "hone-tsuki-dori", seasoned chicken thigh cooked
on the bone. Originating from Marugame City, the dish has now become a popular dish
in izakaya restaurants across the country.
Olives and olive-related products have also come to be recognized as Kagawa foods. As the first
place in Japan to successfully cultivate olives, Kagawa has been producing olive-related
products since 1908. As well as winning both domestic and international awards for the quality of
its olive oil, Kagawa has also created two offshoot food brands from its olive industry - "olive
beef" and "olive yellowtail". Waste organic matter from olive pressing is used as feed for cattle
and the Yellowtail Amberjack. Due to the high amount of polyphenol in the olive waste, the flesh
of the respective meats does not oxidize or lose colour easily.
Other local specialties include wasanbon sugar sweets, sōmen noodles and shōyu soy
sauce. Rare sugar researches are thriving and have discovered mass production culture
enzymes. D-tagatose 3-epimerase is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible epimerization
reaction of the 3rd carbon of ketose.

Demographics[edit]
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Education[edit]
Universities[edit]
 Kagawa University in Takamatsu
 Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences
 Shikoku Gakuin University in Zentsuji
 Takamatsu University