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For a 5-hour call · Takamatsu

Castle, garden, udon

And no tour needed. Timed from the gangway and back.

3 hr door to door5 stopsNeeds a 5-hour call
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Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0
Door to door
3 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 5-hour call or longer
And no tour needed
Room to spare
None
Fits a 5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥500 pp
Garden ¥500. Castle ¥300. Udon ~¥400.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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

    About 10 minutes on foot from the cruise quay. The moat is seawater and the fish in it are sea bream

    What you will see hereFull guide: Takamatsu Castle
  2. +0:35
    Kotoden train or taxi to Ritsurin Garden

    about 5 min by train from Takamatsu-Chikko, plus a 5 min walk

    What you will see hereFull guide: Ritsurin
    Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu
    Photo: Sei F / 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 hereFull guide: Ritsurin
  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
    Udon at a self-service mill, Takamatsu
    Photo: open-arms / CC BY 2.0
  5. +2:40
    Back to the ship
Would rather have it arranged?Takamatsu Customized Half-Day Tour with Licensed Local GuideSame castle and garden with a licensed local guide · from US$107 · 4.9★ — why we list it
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, Takamatsu
A bowl of kama-age sanuki udonPhoto: Chacmool / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Teshima Art Museum, a white concrete shell in a hillside, Takamatsu
The Teshima Art Museum, a white concrete shell in a hillsidePhoto: Kentaro Ohno from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
The main hall of Kotohira-gu, Takamatsu
The main hall of Kotohira-guPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
The islands of the Seto Inland Sea, Takamatsu
The islands of the Seto Inland SeaPhoto: Photos of Japan / CC0
Naoshima, Takamatsu
NaoshimaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Shikoku Mura (Yashima), Takamatsu
Shikoku Mura (Yashima)Photo: Suikotei / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Takamatsu

Ritsurin properly, and an islandNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6hAn 8-hour call or longer — the 10:00 ferry out, the 13:20 backNaoshima, or the shrine of seafarersNeeds a 10-hour call · ~8hThe 07:00–19:00 call — pick one, not bothThe rainy-day TakamatsuA wet day · ~3.5hWet weather
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