True to his word, prefectural governor Kaneko entrusted the design of the new prefectural government office to Kenzo Tange, the murals at the entrance to Genichiro Inokuma, and the furniture and fixtures to Isamu Kenmochi. Thus, the hands of Japan’s leading creators crafted the new prefectural office.

Through architecture, these men tried to express the concept of "democracy".

Now it's a given, but at the time, if asked what democracy was, few Japanese would have been able to give a clear answer. And that's why the architecture was so significant.

Last year a unique project performance using projection mapping, images, drama and architecture was held in the inner garden.

http://www.sanukieigasai.com/event/event06.html
*Sanuki Film Festival 2015 / Hi-bye Company (representative Hideto Iwai) Performance "Reikan shojo Hitomi" ('Hitomi, the girl who can sense the supernatural')
(Website in Japanese)

The Kagawa prefectural office building expressed the new idea of democracy in the form of architecture. The results of the chemical reaction that occurred from the late 1960s to the early 1970s came from the artistic genes provided at the beginning.

Kagawa Prefectural Government Building Guided Tour

If you wish to take a tour, please make a reservation one week before the date on which you wish to visit.

Taking a tour is possible from Monday through Friday (excluding national holidays and New Year's holidays) between 9am-11am & between 1pm-4pm (the tour lasts about an hour)

Reservations: Tel. 087-832-3075 (Responsible: Property Management Section)
e-mail: zaisankeiei@pref.kagawa.lg.jp
(Write the name of the contact person, a telephone number where you can be contacted, how many people will participate, and the date and time you wish to visit)
URL: http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/zaisankeiei/guide/guide.htm (Japanese)

Setouchi Finder Photo-writer: Chizuko Konishi