32 hours after leaving my apartment, I've reached my simple but adequate hotel room in Takamatsu (40€ for the night). I only use the room for sleeping so my standards are very low regarding size and amenities. If I splurge on something, it's flights in premium cabins and not hotels usually, but neither on this trip.

Takamatsu at half past nine is virtually dead. I walked around for an hour and only in the end saw groups of (drunk) people around a "dodgy" nightlife area.
Nicely modernized station square:


Takamatsu castle, on my list for tomorrow when It's open:

A deserted covered shopping street:

In the more lively area there was a well-rated Udon restaurant with Curry Udon being the signature dish. The soup was nice but the highlight was (as to be expected) the noodles and freshly prepared Tempura:

On my way back to the hotel I passed by a charming bar and fell back into old patterns from my youth enjoying a shisha. Was a nice experience. Some other guests were quite eager to talk but no-one spoke English (and I don't speak Japanese) so it was not a very fluent conversation.

That's it for today, much too late; but hopefully tomorrow will still be a successful first day of exploring.