![Four corners: Shikoku Garden Four corners: Shikoku Garden](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PXL_20230731_232321475.jpg?fit=150%2C113)
Of the foremost quartet of islands that make up Japan, I have visited three: Hanshu (Tokyo and Kyoto), Kyushu (Kagoshima and Fukuoka), and Hokkaido (snow festival!). Yesterday I tripped across the bay to Shikoku, the daintiest of the four.
The ocean liner train sailed over a mammoth suspension bridge, opening up vistas of intricate coastline and miniature islets. Just an hour’s journey landed me in Takamatsu, home of the Ritsurin Kouen – one of Japan’s loveliest and most historic gardens.
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