Kotohiki Park

Kan'onji, Japan

Kotohiki Park (Kotohiki kōen) is a city park located in the city of Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan on the island of Shikoku inside Setonaikai National Park. The park is known for its Zenigata suna-e (lit. 'coin-shaped sand-drawing'), dating in origins to 1633 when it was created by the local people to greet their new daimyō Ikoma Takatoshi; Its gardens were designed by gardener Ozawa Keijiro. Kotohiki Park opened as a prefectural park in 1897. It was nationally designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty in 1936. The park is near Jinne-in and Kannon-ji, temples 68 and 69 of the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage.

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