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Area:

  • Kagawa

Category:

  • Sightseeing Spots
  • Art

Kamome-no-chushajo (Sea Gulls Parking Lot)

Kamome-no-chushajo (Sea Gulls Parking Lot)
It takes 20 minutes from Takamatsu Port by a ferry. About 300 seagulls line the seawall and storm surge barrier at Megi Port. This is one of the artworks at Setouchi Triennale. When the wind blows, they change direction in unison, giving shape to the wind.

Details

Area Kagawa prefecture
Address Megi, Takamatsu, 760-0092 Kagawa
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Basic Information

Open hours -
Closed regularly Open all year round
*To protect them from strong winds, they are partially removed during the winter and installed again in spring. (Dec-Mar)
Admission fee Free
Parking lot Cars : No | Buses : No
Free Wi-Fi No
Toilet Yes
Recommended season Spring / Summer / Autumn

An experience you won`t find anywhere else.

This is a piece of outdoor art created for the Setonai International Art Festival in 2010. There are 3,000 seagulls lined up on the dike. When the wind blows, they all change direction together.Seagulls are always watching over smiles of tourists and ferries coming and going in the calm Seto Inland Sea.

Photo Gallery

Access Information

Ferry / Hi-speed Ferry
Megijima Harbor
Approx. 20 minutes from Takamatsu Harbor on the ferry bound for Megijima Harbor.

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