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Ritsurin properly, and an island

4–6 hours ashore. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5.5h door to door5 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: BehBeh / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
~5.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
5 stops, nothing to reserve
What it costs
~¥1,800 pp
Transport spend: ~¥1,800 pp. Garden ¥410.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Ferry to Megijima

    ~20 minutes from the pier your ship is on

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:40
    Megijima — the cave and the art works

    A near art island with almost nobody on it

    What you will see here →
  3. +2:00
    Ferry back
  4. +2:45
    Ritsurin Garden, both loops

    Ninety minutes does it justice; sixty does not

    What you will see here →Full guide: Ritsurin →
    Photo: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. +4:30
    Udon, then the castleWhat you will see here →
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Takamatsu, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

A bowl of kama-age sanuki udon
A bowl of kama-age sanuki udonPhoto: sekido / CC BY 2.0
The Teshima Art Museum, a white concrete shell in a hillside
The Teshima Art Museum, a white concrete shell in a hillsidePhoto: Kentaro Ohno from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
The stone approach stairs at Kotohira-gu
The stone approach stairs at Kotohira-guPhoto: ラハール / Public domain
Ritsurin
RitsurinPhoto: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
Naoshima
NaoshimaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Naoshima
NaoshimaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Takamatsu

Castle, garden, udon2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashore — and no tour neededNaoshima, or the shrine of seafarers8 hours or more · ~8h8h+ ashore — pick one, not bothThe rainy-day TakamatsuA wet day · ~3.5hWet weather
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