Richmond Hotel Takamatsu occupies a modern mid-rise building in the Kawara-machi district, placing guests within a two-minute walk of the Marugamemachi covered shopping arcade—one of the longest covered shopping streets in Japan—and a ten-minute walk from JR Takamatsu Station. The hotel belongs to the Richmond Hotels group (a Fujita Kanko brand), a mid-market Japanese business hotel chain known for clean, practical accommodation at competitive city-centre rates.
The building presents a straightforward contemporary exterior; interiors are functional and were updated in recent years with neutral tones and efficient layouts. Standard singles are compact, typical of Japanese city hotels, while superior twin rooms offer noticeably more floor area and suit pairs or travellers with larger luggage.
Room furnishings include flat-screen televisions, individual climate control, work desks, and en-suite bathrooms with combination shower-tubs. Wi-Fi is complimentary throughout the property. A coin laundry on a guest floor handles multi-night laundry needs without the cost of hotel laundry services.
The on-site restaurant serves Western and Japanese breakfast and offers lunch and dinner menus incorporating local Kagawa ingredients; sanuki udon dishes appear as regional representatives given the prefecture's identity as Japan's udon heartland. The surrounding Kawara-machi and Hyogo-machi arcade areas offer dozens of additional restaurants, cafes, and specialty udon shops within a short walk.
Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu's principal historic attraction, is reachable in around fifteen minutes by city bus or twenty minutes on foot along the palm-lined central boulevard. The Takamatsu City Museum of Art and the Kagawa Museum are both walkable from the hotel.
Room types
- Standard Single
- Standard Double
- Superior Twin
- Triple
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Coin laundry
- Wi-Fi
- Near covered shopping arcade
- Parking (fee)
Location
9-1 Kawaramachi, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-0028
34.3427, 134.0483 View on map
Highlights
- Two-minute walk to Marugamemachi covered shopping arcade, with supermarkets, restaurants, and Takamatsu's retail core directly accessible
- Competitive mid-range rates in a central location closer to the shopping and dining core than the station-adjacent hotel
- On-site restaurant incorporates local Kagawa produce and sanuki udon, giving a regional flavour to standard hotel dining
- Ritsurin Garden, rated among Japan's finest historic strolling gardens, is reachable in fifteen minutes by bus
- Coin laundry facilities make this a practical base for multi-night Kagawa itineraries
Tips for visiting
- Lower floors facing the Marugamemachi arcade may pick up foot-traffic noise until around 20:00; request a high floor or a rear-facing room for quieter evenings
- The Kotoden tram line runs nearby and connects the city centre to Ritsurin-Koen Station in under ten minutes
- Parking adjacent to the hotel fills quickly on weekends; book a space when making the room reservation if arriving by car
- The hotel is less than five minutes on foot from the Takamatsu Central Post Office if international mail or ATM access is needed
- Several excellent sanuki udon restaurants are within a ten-minute walk—ask the front desk for the current local recommendations