Takamatsu Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Takamatsu airport, 16km south of the city, is easily reached by bus (¥740, 35 minutes, hourly from the front of the JR Takamatsu station). There are direct flights to/from Tokyo (ANA/JAS, ¥24, 500, one hour, six daily) and Fukuoka (JAC, ¥28, 500, 70 minutes, two daily).

The rail line crossing the Seto-Ōhashi has brought Takamatsu much closer to the main island of Honshū. From Tokyo, you can take the shinkansen (bullet train) to Okayama (four hours), where you can change trains for Takamatsu (¥1470, 55 minutes, hourly). From Takamatsu, the JR Kōtoku line runs southeast to Tokushima (¥2560, one hour, hourly), the JR Yosan line runs west to Matsuyama (¥5500, 2½ hours, hourly) and the JR Dosan line runs to Kōchi (¥4440, 2½ hours, hourly). The private Kotoden line also runs direct to Kotohira (¥830, one hour, hourly).

There are frequent direct bus services that operate to/from Tokyo (¥12, 500, 9½ hours), Yokohama (¥11, 500, nine hours) and Nagoya (¥7550, 7¾ hours).

There are regular daily hydrofoil connections with Goshima Sangyo Kisen (821-9436) between Takamatsu and Osaka (¥6000, two hours) and regular ferry services to various ports in the Inland Sea including Kōbe (¥6400, four hours). Ferries depart/arrive from Takamatsu port, which is several kilometres east of the town centre, and can be reached by free shuttle bus (35 minutes, hourly) from the front of the JR Takamatsu station.