Rent a holiday apartment in Kagawa Prefecture

Renting a holiday apartment in Kagawa Prefecture means choosing between island art, udon culture, the Seto Inland Sea and the southern mountain landscape. Kagawa is located in the north of the Japanese island of Shikoku on the Seto Inland Sea. When searching for accommodation, it is therefore worth first deciding on your preferred travel focus: Should Naoshima, with its museums and modern art, shape your stay, or should the trip be more focused on the mainland around Takamatsu? You can then search for accommodation in the appropriate area.

Key facts

• Location: Kagawa is located in the north of Shikoku on the Seto Inland Sea.
• Islands: Naoshima and Shōdoshima are mentioned as islands belonging to Kagawa.
• Food culture: Udon characterizes the regional cuisine.
• Landscape: In the south, the Sanuki Mountains run along the border with Tokushima Prefecture.
• Connections: Kagawa is connected by land, sea and air links to the wider areas of Shikoku and Honshu.

Seto Inland Sea, islands and Sanuki Mountains

Kagawa combines maritime areas and islands with the mountainous region in the south. The prefecture lies on the Seto Inland Sea, while the Sanuki Mountains shape the southern landscape along the border with Tokushima. The island examples also differ: Shōdoshima is known for olive cultivation and sandy beaches. This contrast is important for trip planning because your preferred landscape focus can influence your choice of area to stay.

Art, udon and regional culture

On the island of Naoshima, museums and modern art exhibitions are combined with island life. This makes the island a distinct art and travel component within Kagawa. Those who consider regional cuisine an important part of their trip will find a clear culinary focus in udon. Regional festivals and matsuri are also part of the prefecture's cultural offerings.

Which area is right for your travel plans?

Those who place Naoshima's art and island atmosphere at the center of their trip will plan differently than they would for a more mainland-focused stay around Takamatsu. Takamatsu is the administrative seat of Kagawa Prefecture and therefore serves as a clear mainland-oriented point of reference, without this automatically making it the best base for accommodation.

If Naoshima, with its museums and exhibitions, is to be the core of the trip, your accommodation search should explicitly compare an island-oriented stay with the mainland-focused range of options in Kagawa. If, on the other hand, you want to combine the sea and islands with the southern mountainous region, first decide on your preferred landscape focus before booking. This makes the choice of accommodation a decision about the character of the entire trip.

Getting there and searching for accommodation

Kagawa is connected to Shikoku and Honshu by land, sea and air links. The Seto Ohashi Bridge is described as a connection between Kagawa and Honshu. For planning purposes, this means that you should first classify your stay according to your preferred island, sea, mainland or mountain focus and then compare the types of accommodation available in that area.

In Kagawa, the type of accommodation can be linked to your chosen focus: For a stay centered on Naoshima, the island and art connection is the priority; as the administrative seat, Takamatsu provides a mainland-oriented point of reference. Then compare holiday apartments, holiday homes and hotels within your chosen area.

Discover more places in Kagawa Prefecture

For further orientation within the prefecture, you can also view the pages on Ayauta District, Furue, Higashikagawa, Kotohira, Manno, Marugame and Mime.

Further regional pages lead to Nishishirakata, Sakaide, Sanuki, Shozu District, Tadotsu, Tonoshō and Zentsūji. For the broader travel context, Japan provides higher-level orientation.

Once your travel focus has been decided, you can specifically search for suitable accommodation in Kagawa Prefecture by location and type of accommodation.