Published date: July 11, 2024
Although it is far from the station, the municipal rental bike and access to the shopping street are excellent
Room Type Stayed
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Experience of the stay
The hotel is located in the shopping street, so it's quite far from Takamatsu Station. You can take a bus, but if it's your first time, I think it would be difficult. For first-timers, it might be good to walk around as part of sightseeing or take a taxi. It's located above a McDonald’s. The entrance is a bit hard to find, but there is an entrance that goes around McDonald's. There’s an elevator that goes up to the lobby. Although it's far, it's convenient for shopping and dining in the shopping street.
The lobby also has a smoking room, so it's good for those who smoke.
What’s nice about this hotel group is that they offer unlimited drip coffee.
Experiences during the trip
As the sightseeing spots are far apart, I went to various places such as the Henro pilgrimage, Kurihara Park, Kotohira Shrine, udon restaurants, and Marugame Castle by rental bike. I visited about four udon shops.
The rental bike was a bit far away, but I took the rental cycle to the affordable Yamaha rental bike, which took about 40 minutes. You can rent the rental cycle for a few hundred yen right in the basement next to the hotel. You can leave the rental bike on the first floor of a nearby building until it's time to return it.
In Kagawa, since the sightseeing spots are separate and it's difficult to travel by train, you need a rental car or rental bike; otherwise, taxi fares can add up significantly unless you can split the cost with a larger group.
Also, the stairs of Kotohira Shrine have 785 steps, and the path to the inner shrine has 1,368 steps, so you might need at least 2 hours to make a round trip. I barely made it an hour before closing, so climbing the stairs was tough, and I couldn't make it to the inner shrine.
Kurihara Park is indeed beautiful, but I found it a bit boring personally. Maybe it's because the spacing of the trees is too wide. It's a famous place, though.
Marugame Castle is small, but it seems it was intentionally kept small to be considerate of the surrounding lords. The stone walls were beautiful.
I went to "Kaisen Umaimonya Hamakaido Kajiya-cho branch" in the shopping street. It was lively, and the sashimi was delicious, especially the bonito platter, which was great.