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Tonoshō

土庄町
Tonoshō 土庄町
Town
	Clockwise from left: historic town center, port of Tonoshō, Angel Road
	Flag Seal
	Location of Tonoshō (■) in Kagawa Prefecture
	Tonoshō Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 34°29′N 134°11′E / 34.483°N 134.183°E
Country	Japan
Region	Shikoku
Prefecture	Kagawa Prefecture
District	Shōzu
Government
• Mayor	Yoshiyuki Okano
Area
• Total	74.38 km2 (28.72 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	12,915
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	559-2 Kō, Tonoshō-chō, Shōzu-gun, Kagawa-ken; 761-4192
Website	www.town.tonosho.kagawa.jp (Japanese)
Symbols
Flower	Azalea
Mascot	Olive Shimachan
Tree	Ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

Tonoshō (土庄町, Tonoshō-chō) is a town and port in Shōzu District, Kagawa, Japan, with a population of 12,915.^[1] The town lies on the west coast of the island of Shōdoshima—the second-largest island in the Seto Inland Sea—and it is the main passenger access for the island.^[2] First settled around the 8th century,^[3] the town center grew into a complex maze of streets during the war-torn Muromachi period (1336–1573) to inhibit enemy forces.^[4] The town was officially incorporated in 1898,^[5] and today sesame oil, olives, sōmen noodles, fishing and tourism are important industries.^[6]

The town's jurisdiction totals 74.38 km²,^[3] covering historic Tonoshō and smaller settlements on western Shōdoshima, as well as Teshima, Odeshima, and other nearby islands.^[5]

The town is known as the setting of the manga and anime Teasing Master Takagi-san and is the creator's hometown.^[7] Tonoshō also participates in the regional Setouchi Triennale art festival, and several art installations are found in the area.^[8]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[9] the population of Tonoshō has roughly halved over the past half-century.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1970	22,037	—
1980	21,398	−2.9%
1990	20,191	−5.6%
2000	17,711	−12.3%
2010	15,123	−14.6%
2020	12,846	−15.1%

Notable locations

Modern Tonoshō includes all of western Shodoshima, Teshima, and surrounding islands.

Angel Road, a 500-meter-long sandbar that appears during low tide, connecting Shodoshima with a series of small islets^[10]
Chōshi Gorge^[11]
Dofuchi Strait, the narrowest strait in the world^[12]
Teshima, a large island to the west