Kotohira, Kagawa - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kotohira (琴平町, Kotohira-chō) is a Japanese town in Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[1]
History
[change | change source]Kotohira grew up around the Kotohira Shrine.[1]
Kanamaru-za in Kotohira is Japan's oldest surviving Kabuki playhouse.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Deal, William E. (2005). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, p. 74.
- ↑ "Kanamaruza Kabuki Theatre" at Japan-guide.com; retrieved 2013-2-24.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Kotohira, Kagawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Kotohira City website (in English) Archived 2005-12-11 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)