Date: 24 Apr, 2019
Time: 6:30pm
Weather: 18C rain
Distance: 4km / roundtrip
Course type: pedestrian path
Elevation: 18m, mostly flat
Traffic Light: none
Start Point: Takamatsu Port
Access: 3 mins walk from JR Takamatsu Station
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- The route is in the city centre of Takamatsu, just a few minutes walk from JR Station, easy access from everywhere in town.
- There is cover along the seaside promenade, so even it's raining, you can still run around the port area.
- You may walk to the nearby Tamamo Park where Takamatsu Castle is located.
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This is the starting point of my run, Takamatsu Port, where you can take a ferry to outlying islands in Seto Inland Sea.
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This is the seaside promenade where there is cover under the bridge, you may still run under the bridge during rainy days.
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Passing by a seaside Western style seafood restaurant called "Mikayla".
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Run to the seaside, you see some tiny islands in Seto Inland Sea.
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Run towards the red lighthouse at the end of the path.
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Looking back at the city on the path to red lighthouse.
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Arrived the red lighthouse, the ground is getting wet, so there was beautiful reflection. The cloud covering the island at the back was funny too.
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Running back towards the city from the red lighthouse.
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The rain was getting heavier so I had to run under the bridge back and forth.
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I also run out to the pier as it looks like a nice runway as well.
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I could see the light up of Takamatsu Castle from the pier.
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Due to the wet floor and the rain, I could only repeatedly run along the pier, so it's just a short 4km run, the nightview at the pier was impressive!
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