Sanuki City

The 88-temple pilgrimage ends here.

Ōkubo-ji, temple 88

Photo by Reggaeman (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Hiraga Gennai

A broken Dutch machine,revived by a boy from Shido.

Hiraga Gennai (平賀源内) was born in Shido (志度) in 1728, the son of a Takamatsu domain storehouse official. He got hold of a broken erekiteru, a friction electricity generator, and completed its restoration in Edo in 1776. He made many other inventions, including a pedometer and fireproof cloth, and his former residence in Shido became a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2010.

Born in Shido, 1728
Erekiteru revived, 1776
Cultural property, 2010

02 ／ Tomida Chausuyama Kofun

Shaped like the tombs of Kinai,but built the largest in Shikoku.

In the early 5th century, a keyhole-shaped tomb (Tomida Chausuyama Kofun, 富田茶臼山古墳) 139 m long was built at Ōkawa. Its rear mound stands 15.7 m high, ringed by a shield-shaped moat, with three smaller satellite tombs nearby. The Agency for Cultural Affairs calls it the largest keyhole tomb in Shikoku, and it became a National Historic Site in 1993.

139 m long
Largest in Shikoku
Historic Site, 1993

03 ／ Tsuda no Matsubara

Pines 600 years old,three thousand of them by the sea.

The pine grove at Tsuda no Matsubara (津田の松原) is said to have begun in 1600, when Jōraku-ji, a temple affiliated with Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine, planted trees along the shore as a windbreak and fuel source. Today about 3,000 old pines, some said to be 600 years old, line about 1 km of coast. Trees with exposed roots are called nemagari-matsu (root-risen pines), and the grove became part of a national park in 1956.

About 3,000 old pines
About 1 km of coastline
National park, 1956

Living here

Tsuda, Ōkawa, Shido, Sangawa, and Nagao, once five towns.

about 50,000 people

The city was formed in 2002 by the merger of five towns in Ōkawa District. To the north it faces the Seto Inland Sea at Shido Bay and Tsuda Bay; to the south it meets the Sanuki Mountains and the border with Tokushima Prefecture. The gateway is JR Shido Station, about a 5-minute walk from City Hall. Temples 86 through 88 of the Shikoku pilgrimage lie within the city.

People living here: 47,003people
Area: 158.62km²
Households: 19,445households
Rent (average for rentals): 32,010yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 39 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —10 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Sanuki City in Japan34.325°N 134.172°E

Territory of Sanuki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

22.6km

Kagawa Prefecture: 三木町, 東かがわ市, 高松市
Tokushima Prefecture: 美馬市

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Sanuki City isthis kind of town.

01Ōkubo-ji (大窪寺, temple 88), the closing temple of the 88-temple Shikoku pilgrimage, stands at the foot of Mt. Nyotai (女体山). Pilgrims leave their sedge hat and staff here and end their journey.
02Hiraga Gennai, born in Shido, revived the erekiteru and left many other inventions, including a pedometer and fireproof cloth. His former residence is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
03Ōkawa has Tomida Chausuyama Kofun, the largest keyhole tomb in Shikoku, and Tsuda has a pine grove 600 years old. The city also holds Shidoji's (志度寺) ama pearl-diving legend, Nagaoji's (長尾寺) story of Shizuka Gozen (静御前), and the pilgrim-ambassador program at Maeyama (前山).

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Sanuki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗