text: Situated at the eastern end of Shikoku , across the Inland Sea from Kurashiki and Okayama , is Takamatsu , another friendly provincial town where foreigners seem to receive a particularly warm welcome .
  
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  Foreigners are welcomed in Takamatsu which is located at the eastern end of Shikoku , across the Inland Sead from Kurashiki and Okayama .