Yashima 屋島
An island until the nineteenth century: 292 m of lava, in Japan's first national park (1934).
In 1185 the Battle of Yashima between the Genji and the Heike was fought at its foot: here the archer Nasu no Yoichi, on horseback and in rough seas, hit the fan hanging from the mast of an enemy ship, a famous episode of the Heike Monogatari. On the summit also stands Yashima-ji, the 84th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, founded according to tradition in 754. Japan's first national park (Seto Inland Sea, 1934); the mountain itself has also been a national Historic Site and Natural Monument since the same year.
Kagawa
Yashima, Kotodenyashima
