From Sanuki Udon to Bone-in Chicken and Wagyu: 11 Popular Restaurants to Enjoy Kagawa Gourmet

Merikenya Takamatsu Ekimae Branch is located Approx. 2 minutes on foot from Takamatsu Station.
It is a self-service Sanuki udon chain where you carry a tray and order your udon.
There are more than 10 kinds of udon, including kake udon, meat bukkake udon, and soy sauce udon.
Its fried items are also diverse, including croquettes, flounder tempura, sweet potato, shrimp tempura, nanohana, and, depending on the season, conger eel tempura from the Seto Inland Sea.

Sakaeda Udon Main Branch is located behind the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office in Takamatsu City.
It is a long-established hand-cut udon restaurant founded in 1963.
The menu features eight kinds: kake udon, hiyakake udon, bukkake udon, meat udon, meat bukkake udon, kamakake udon, kamatama udon, and kamaage udon.

Located a 20-minute walk from Yakuri Station on the Kotoden Shido Line, Udon Honjin Yamada-ya Sanuki Main Branch is a restaurant where you can enjoy authentic Sanuki udon, so highly regarded that it has been selected as one of the best by famous gourmet websites.
The restaurant also offers a wide variety of dishes, including the Sanuki regional specialty shippoku udon, Sanuki udon suki with udon served in a hot pot, and udon kaiseki, which lets you enjoy udon together with a variety of Japanese dishes.

A diner-cafe located in the mountainous area of Shodoshima, where nostalgic rural Japanese scenery spreads out, including the Nakayama Senmaida rice terraces.
Popular menu items include the Tanada Onigiri Set Meal, which comes with gently shaped rice balls made from rice harvested from the terraces along with side dishes and soup, as well as Shodoshima somen and other dishes made with plenty of ingredients nurtured by Shodoshima’s natural environment.

Honetsukidori Taachan is located in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture.
Each piece of its signature bone-in chicken takes 50 minutes to grill over a direct flame. Skilled craftsmen carefully grill both sides over time, which brings out the distinctive aroma and flavor unique to direct-fire cooking. The result is a one-of-a-kind dish known for letting you fully enjoy the natural umami of the chicken.

If you visit Kagawa Prefecture, Honetsukidori Tanakaya is a place you should definitely stop by.
Its specialty is, of course, bone-in chicken, one of Kagawa Prefecture’s local gourmet dishes.
Grilled whole on the bone until fragrant, the chicken is crisp on the outside and juicy inside.
The more you bite into it, the more flavor flows out, creating a simple yet deep taste.

Yakiniku Kotobuki Ota Branch is operated by Nikubuki Co., Ltd., founded in Ehime Prefecture in 1967. It serves meat finished with wet aging at low temperature for 40 days at affordable prices.
The signature Aged Apple Beef Kalbi, marinated for 72 hours using Approx. 40 apples, is a proud dish in which the apple components bring out the delicious flavor of the meat.

Steak House Ichigo in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, is a specialty restaurant for female Japanese Black Olive cattle.
Among Olive Beef, which has limited annual shipments, the restaurant purchases whole cattle of only the rarest female cows.
For lunch, you can enjoy a range of cuts, including the popular 100% Japanese Black Olive Beef hamburger steak.
For dinner, it offers a wide variety of menu items, including set meals with sirloin or filet, à la carte rare cuts, and a monthly changing Japanese Black Olive Beef full-course meal.

Steak Ishida is located Approx. 4 minutes on foot from Kawaramachi Station on the Kotohira Line.
Its standout feature is the style in which the chef grills meat on an iron griddle set at the counter seats while dramatically sending flames upward.
Lunch comes in three options: filet steak lunch, filet steak lunch with foie gras, and steak lunch.
For dinner, three courses are available, centered on filet from branded beef such as Sanuki beef.

Sakana-ya no Sushi Toshin is a detached-house Japanese restaurant located in Maedanishi-machi, Takamatsu City.
For lunch, it always offers more than 20 menu items, including bluefin tuna yukhoe rice bowl, octopus and whiting tempura, and plump shrimp with mayo sauce.
There are also sushi, fried dishes, and grilled dishes. In winter, limited-time menu items such as local butter-grilled oysters with plump flesh are also available.

A cafe stand run by CONNECT, an interior shop based in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, that deals in Scandinavian furniture, with the concept of serving as a reception point connecting island residents and people from outside the island while sharing information about the island.
The recommended dish is the Honjima Seafood Curry, made with seasonal fish purchased directly from local fishermen, pesticide-free vegetables grown in-house, and carefully selected vegetables sourced from local farmers.