• Detail of supports for a roof. Shikoku Mura Gallery by Tadao Ando (2002). Shikoku Mura (四国村) is an open-air architectural park in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
  • If you are a traditional Japanese architecture enthusiast like me, and you happen to visit Shikoku or Okayama, then you have to visit Shikoku Mura in Takamatsu.
  • The entire trip takes about 30 minutes and costs 330 yen. From the station, it is a five minute walk to Shikoku Mura.
  • Shikoku Mura is an architectural village located at the foot of Mount Yashima in the east of Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture.
  • Shikoku Mura is an open-air architectural park in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It houses over twenty buildings from around Shikoku dating from the Edo...
  • Shikoku Mura is an open-air architectural park in Takamatsu. ... Experience the most beautiful and interesting temples of the Shikoku Pilgrimage in seven days.
  • Shikoku Mura in Yashima near Takamatsu is an open-air museum displaying over thirty traditional buildings brought from all over Shikoku and surrounding islands.
  • The core of the village is the Shikoku Mura Museum, made up of 33 restored historic buildings relocated here from the four prefectures of Shikoku.
  • From there you pass into Shikoku Mura itself by crossing a deceptively rickety-looking bridge made from wood held together with strong mountain-grown vine.
  • So Shikoku Mura is “Shikoku’s Village” that is an open-air museum where a certain number of historical houses from all over Shikoku have been gathered.