Kagawa

Travel Walks: Former Konpira Grand Theater, Kanamaruza (October 2026)

On a rainy day with no performance on, I visited Kanamaruza, Japan's oldest surviving kabuki theatre. I stood on the hanamichi, went beneath the stage to the toya, listened to the rain in an empty dressing room. A solo visit that let the building itself shine.

2026.10.04

Travel Walks

Travel Walks: Former Konpira Grand Theater, Kanamaruza Route Map (October 2026)

From Takamatsu-Chikko Station to Kotohira on the Kotoden line, then up the slope to Kanamaruza. Inside: the hanamichi, the dressing rooms, the naraku, the toya, the upstairs seats. A rainy-day visit, traced in photos in the order I walked. Best read with the main article.

2026.10.04

Travel Walk Route

Castle Hopping: Marugame Castle (October 2026)

Rain, a steep slope, Japan's tallest stone walls, a tiny original keep, plus stones waiting their turn at Marugame Castle.

2026.10.04

Castle Hopping

Shinro Ohtake: Retina at MIMOCA (November 2025)

A solo day trip to Marugame for Shinro Ohtake: Retina at MIMOCA: Taniguchi architecture, drowning in the details of Dub-Hei & New Chanel, plus the Anpanman train and bone-in chicken.

2025.11.05

Museums

Shikoku Konpira Grand Kabuki: Part 1 & Part 2 (April 2024)

My first time at the Kanamaru-za, Japan's oldest playhouse, for the 37th Shikoku Konpira Grand Kabuki. Laughs from Somegoro and Koshiro, Jakuemon's hand-powered flying scene right beside the hanamichi — and somehow I didn't eat a thing all day. A back-to-back solo day out.

2024.04.15

Kabuki