The host's favourite. A local institution: order kake udon and add a slice of fried tofu.

Open for just one hour at lunchtime. Silky noodles at a small price.

Thick, firm noodles. Have them with the shrimp kakiage.

Hand-cut noodles and crisp tempura. Very popular with visitors.

Open from 5 in the morning. Good noodles.

Open from 5 in the morning, known for its broth.

Known for katsu curry udon.

Fish from the Seto Inland Sea. About ¥3,000–4,000 a person.

Fish dishes. About ¥4,000–5,000 a person.

Seafood rice bowls.

Local nigiri, open late.

A hamburg steak restaurant famous for its juicy patties. Queues at weekday lunch and on weekends; go just after 11, or around 17:00 or 20:00.

Japanese cooking and set courses with local ingredients. Private rooms available.

A small local izakaya, busy with neighbours every night.

A local favourite. The owner is from Aomori and cooks its food the real way.

A creative izakaya with a beautiful interior and good local fish.

A creative izakaya. A little pricey, and worth it.

A rice merchant's diner. The pot-cooked rice is the star, and prices are gentle. Lunch and dinner.

Kagawa's olive-fed beef, run by a butcher.

Yakiniku.

Dining in a sukiya-style house more than a hundred years old.

The birthplace of honetsukidori, Kagawa's roast chicken on the bone. Goes well with beer.

A neighbourhood Chinese restaurant.

Indian food.

Spice curry that takes three days to prepare.

Tokoroten jelly noodles, made here since the Edo period.

A sweet shop founded in 1887. Try the green soft-serve.

A tokoroten shop surrounded by green. A quiet place to rest.

A bakery since 1923, known for its cake doughnuts.

Rice cakes fragrant with mugwort.

A fruit shop's café. Pancakes piled with local fruit.

Taiwanese castella inside the Seto Ohashi Memorial Park.

Hot springs and hot-stone rooms in one. More than five kinds of bath, one made of sanukite stone. Shampoo and towels provided.

About ten kinds of bath, and a theatre for popular drama.

A hot spring on the hill, with a view.

The islands and the bridge. A museum, fountains and lawns.

After the paintings, the café looks out over the Seto Inland Sea.

An aquarium themed on Shikoku's waterscapes.

A quiet Japanese garden. A hidden gem.

Said to have the finest stone walls in Japan.

The art museum in front of Marugame Station.

A thousand cherry trees, and the islands from the summit.

Known as the mirror of the sky.

A drugstore that also sells food.