Getting around Kagawa

Getting inHow you arrive in Kagawa

Takamatsu Airport · Takamatsu Station — no shinkansen; about 1 hour by train from Okayama

Confirmed journey times

Fastest services, checked on the date shown.

From Tokyo: About 4 hours in total: Nozomi to Okayama (3h 09m), then the Marine Liner across the long bridge to Takamatsu (about 55 minutes). Add the connection time.
Checked 2026-08-16
From Okayama: About 55 minutes by Marine Liner, roughly every half hour in the daytime. The bridge crossing is worth a window seat.
Checked 2026-08-16

A Japan Rail Pass does not cover Nozomi or Mizuho. What a rail pass covers

In this prefecture you will probably use Kotoden — a private railway, not JR. A Japan Rail Pass does not cover it.

An IC card works on most of them. Signs and station names are in English.

Worth it the moment you leave the main city. What you need to drive here

Permit neededDrive left

Clean, safe and metered. Show the address on your phone rather than saying it. Doors are often opened for you.

Show the address

City: Usually around midnight
Country: Far earlier — sometimes mid-afternoon. Ask at the stop when you arrive, not when you want to leave
If you miss it: Ask your inn to call a taxi before the last bus goes, not after

ATMs: Use 7-Eleven or Japan Post for a foreign card. Bank ATMs are hit and miss
Carry: ¥10,000–20,000 on a day out of the city. Rural areas have very little
Small places: Cash only is common. Ask “Card OK?” before you order

Lockers: At the main station, paid by IC card. They fill by mid-morning
Send it: Any convenience store will deliver it to your next hotel, usually next day. Cheaper than carrying it up stairs
At your inn: They will hold it before check-in and after check-out