Kan'onji, Kagawa

Kan'onji (Japanese観 音 寺 市, -shi, literally: Kannon Temple ) is a town in Kagawa Prefecture in Japan.

History

The present city was established on 11 October 2005 by merging the old city Kan'onji with the Chon Ōnohara (大野 原 町, -chō ) and Toyohama (豊 浜 町, -chō ) in the district Mitoyo.

Traffic

  • Train: JR Yosan - line
  • Takamatsu Expressway
  • National Road 11 to Tokushima and Matsuyama
  • National Road 377

Attractions

  • The eponymous Buddhist temple Kan'on -ji
  • Zenigata Sunae

Twinning

  • United States Appleton (Wisconsin ), United States since 1988

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Keizo Hamada ( born 1952 ), politician
  • Masayoshi Ohira (1910-1980), 68th and 69th Prime Minister of Japan, who was born at that time still in Wada

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Miyoshi
  • Mitoyo
  • Shikokuchuo
Cities of Japan Shikoku Railway Company Yosan Line Tokushima, Tokushima Appleton (Wisconsin) Miyoshi (Tokushima) Mitoyo, Kagawa Higashikagawa, Kagawa Marugame, Kagawa Sakaide, Kagawa Sanuki (Kagawa) Takamatsu, Kagawa Kotohira (Kagawa) Tadotsu (Kagawa)
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