Title Tamamo Park, Historic Site of Takamatsu Castle

  • Kagawa
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
251-500
FY Prepared:
2020
Associated Tourism Board:
Kagawa Prefecture Tourism Association

玉藻公園、史跡高松城跡


高松港の近くにある玉藻公園は、江戸時代(1603年~1867年)にこの地域を治めた松平家の本拠地・高松城の跡地にあります。16世紀の城は、現在残っているいくつかの構造物が建てられた1640年代に再建され、大幅に拡張されました。これには、月見櫓や水手御門、一部の石垣、また瀬戸内海から水を汲む堀などが含まれます。約30分で周る舟に乗って、堀を探索したり、魚に餌をやったりすることができます。このツアーでは、城の本丸がかつて立っていた高台を見ることができます。長年の発掘と修繕を経て2013年に公開された高台からは、高松の街や、遠く瀬戸内海の島々を眺めることができます。


公園内のもう一つの注目すべき建物は、披雲閣です。高松藩の元領主の子孫である松平家の迎賓館および別邸として1917年に建てられました。その伝統的な日本建築は、当時の慣習として、西洋の影響と建築技術を取り入れています。重要文化財に指定された披雲閣は、現在では茶道、コンサート、写真撮影などのイベントにレンタルできます。建物の見どころは、約280平方メートルの大書院や、松の木とソテツのある石庭などです。


Tamamo Park, Historic Site of Takamatsu Castle


Located near the port of Takamatsu, Tamamo Park stands on the site of the former Takamatsu Castle, the headquarters of the Matsudaira daimyo lords who ruled this area during the Edo period (1603–1867). The sixteenth-century castle was rebuilt and greatly expanded in the 1640s, when the few structures that remain today were built. These include the Tsukimi (“moon-viewing”) Yagura tower and the Mizunote gate, as well as some stone walls and the castle moat, which draws its water from the Seto Inland Sea. The moat can be explored—and the fish in it fed—by boarding a boat that circles part of the inner moat in about 30 minutes. This tour also provides views of the elevated plot of land where the castle’s main keep once stood. From that site, opened to the public in 2013 after years of excavation and repairs, visitors can look out toward the city of Takamatsu and the islands of the Inland Sea in the distance.


Another notable building in the park is the Hiunkaku mansion, built in 1917 as a guest house and country estate for the Matsudaira family, the descendants of the former lords of the Takamatsu domain. Its traditional Japanese architecture incorporates Western influences and building techniques, as was customary at the time. Designated an Important Cultural Property, the Hiunkaku can now be rented for events such as tea ceremonies, concerts, and photo shoots. Highlights of the building include the Daishoin, a grand chamber of some 280 square meters, and a rock garden with pine trees and sago palms (Cycas revoluta).


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