## The trip starts from Takamatsu and takes you to explore the beautiful secrets of Shikoku! ## * **Kuririn Garden** — Japan’s century-old garden, poetic garden aesthetics "If gardens can tell stories, then Ritsurin Garden must be an ancient book filled with poetry." This vast strolling daimyo garden, designated as a national special place of scenic beauty, was built in the early Edo period and was meticulously crafted by successive feudal lords. The garden is carefully planned with six ponds and thirteen mountains, and uses Ziyun Mountain as a borrowed scenery, showing the ever-changing beauty of the Japanese garden with the changing seasons. Whether you are cruising the lake or strolling along the garden path, you can feel the elegant atmosphere of the Edo period. * **Iya's Rattan Bridge** — Stand on the secret suspension bridge, feel the breeze and look out over the surrounding mountains Designated as an important tangible folk cultural property of the country, this bridge is woven with the local plant "wh