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Castle, garden, udon

2–3 hours ashore — and no tour needed. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~3h door to door5 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Door to door
~3h
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
2–3 hours ashore — and no tour needed
What it costs
~¥600 pp
Transport spend: ~¥600 pp. Garden ¥410. Udon ~¥400.
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
    Walk to Takamatsu Castle

    Five minutes from the berth. The moat is seawater and the fish in it are sea bream

    What you will see here →Full guide: Takamatsu Castle →
  2. +0:35
    Tram or taxi to Ritsurin Garden

    ~15 minutes

    What you will see here →Full guide: Ritsurin →
    Photo: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. +1:00
    Ritsurin — the south garden circuit

    Four hundred years old, and a mountain borrowed as its backdrop. The south loop is the good one

    What you will see here →Full guide: Ritsurin →
    Photo: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. +2:00
    Udon at a self-service mill

    Carry your own bowl, add your own broth, pay by the plate

    What you will see here →
    Photo: sekido / CC BY 2.0
  5. +2:40
    Back to the ship
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.

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
Islands of the Seto Inland Sea
Islands of the Seto Inland SeaPhoto: BehBeh / CC BY-SA 3.0
Naoshima
NaoshimaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Naoshima
NaoshimaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Honetsuki-dori
Honetsuki-doriPhoto: Ari Helminen / CC BY
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Takamatsu

Ritsurin properly, and an island4–6 hours · ~5.5h4–6 hours ashoreNaoshima, 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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