Takamatsu Airport (TAK) to central Takamatsu

Getting from Takamatsu Airport into central Takamatsu

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Ways into central Takamatsu from Takamatsu Airport, from the airport's own access pages
Route	Transport	To	Time	Fare
Limousine bus	Bus	JR Takamatsu Station	19min	800yen
Limousine bus	Bus	Kotohira	28min	1,500yen
Route bus	Bus	Ritsurin Garden	20min	600yen
Taxi	Taxi	JR Takamatsu Station	—	6,300yen
Taxi	Taxi	Ritsurin Garden east gate	—	5,400yen

How long each way in takes

Bus to JR Takamatsu Station19 min

Bus to Kotohira28 min

Bus to Ritsurin Garden20 min

Every route we cover, with first and last departures and where to board: airport transfers.

This is a smaller airport, so arrange an eSIM before you fly rather than counting on a counter in the arrivals hall.

eSIM: Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.
Prepaid SIM: Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.
Pocket Wi-Fi: A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.
Free Wi-Fi: Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.

Opening hours, lounges, cash, SIM rental and free Wi-Fi at Takamatsu Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Opening hours: 05:45–22:00; the hours can change with flight operations.
Lounge: Lounge Sanuki, 2F, east side of the domestic departure lobby, before security (06:00 until the last flight's security check closes) — 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards; Priority Pass not accepted.
Rest area: Rest corner for Ohenro pilgrims, 1F, east side of the arrival lobby.
Nearby hotel: APA Hotel <Takamatsu Airport>, near the airport, not in the terminal; free shuttle for guests.
Currency exchange: Foreign currency exchange machine (no staffed counter), 1F international arrival lobby (in front of the Jetstar counter) (09:00–21:00).
ATMs: 114 Bank, a shared JA Bank Kagawa and Kagawa Bank machine, and AEON Bank, 1F.
SIM and pocket Wi-Fi: Prepaid SIM cards (5 GB for 5 days, 2,500 yen), 1F arrival lobby, at the Information Center (08:00–20:00); Self Wi-Fi rental "WiFiBOX" by Telecom Square (reserve online), 1F arrival lobby, next to the coin lockers.
Free Wi-Fi: Networks Airport Free (2.4 GHz) and Airport Free_a (5 GHz).
Leaving a bag: ecbo cloak, 1F arrival lobby, Information Center (08:30–19:00).
Sending a bag on: Same-day luggage delivery to eligible hotels in central Takamatsu, 1F arrival lobby, Information Center (reception 08:00–12:00); FamilyMart Takamatsu Airport (parcel delivery also available), 2F (06:15–20:00).

The same order at every international airport in Japan.

Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
Baggage claim.
Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.

Register on Visit Japan Web before you fly and you get one 2D code that covers both immigration and customs. You need a phone or tablet to show it.

What you can and cannot carry is in our what you can bring to Japan table, and the baggage allowance for your airline is in the airline baggage rules.

The Limousine bus to JR Takamatsu Station, which the airport puts at about 19 minutes. The fare is 800 yen.

The Limousine bus to JR Takamatsu Station, at 800 yen. It takes about 19 minutes.

Yes: Lounge Sanuki (2F) — 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards; Priority Pass not accepted.

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