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Kan'onji City
Kagawa Prefecture · City
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Kan'onji City is the center of the Seisan area at the western end of Kagawa Prefecture. On the beach of Kotohiki Park lies "Zenigata Sand Art," a huge sand drawing shaped like a Kan'ei Tsuho coin, and Kotohiki Hachimangu shrine also stands there. Ibukijima Island is known for iriko (dried sardines), and the autumn chosa float festival is powerful.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Buddhist templeKan'on-ji TempleShingon temple in Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 69 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
IslandIbukijimaisland in Seto Inland Sea, Japan
GardenKotohiki ParkPlace of Scenic Beauty in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineKotohiki HachimanguShinto shrine in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineTakaya Shrineshrine in Kan'onnji, Kagawa
Buddhist templeJinne-in TempleShingon temple in Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 68 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
Shinto shrineAwai ShrineShinto shrine in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeHagiwara-ji Templetemple in Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Toyohamaroadside station in Kan'onji, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kotohikiroadside station in Kan'onji, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
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National parks in this city
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kagawa Prefecture
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