Travel in Japan: Kagawa, delicious udon, and an ancient temple

I'd like to tell you about tourist spot in Japan that are off the beaten path.
This time, I'll introduce Kagawa.
Kagawa is located in the Shikoku area, in the Southeast part in Japan.
It takes two and half hours from Osaka. (One hour by using Shinkansen with a transferring at Okayama, another one and half hour by JR express and local JR trains.)

Shikoku is one of the four big islands in Japan, separated from Honshu (Mainland) by the Seto inland sea. Shikoku and Honshu are connected by a huge bridge, so you can go over the bridge and enjoy the island scenery when you visit Shikoku. Kagawa is located in Shikoku's inland sea side, so it's relatively easy to access compared to the other regions of Shikoku.
Kagawa is famous for Udon, Japanese noodle. Nowadays Ramen is getting popular abroad, but Udon is little different from Ramen; its attraction is in its their texture. The texture is called "Koshi", and it's very elastic and smooth. It's like..like..no idea, sorry. It just made my mouth water. I guess some people have already had Udon before, but I have good news: Kagawa's udon is way better than ordinary udon.
Kagawa's udon evolved independently, and no other udon can compare Kagawa's. Furthermore, even the tastiest Udon is much cheaper in Kagawa than that in other areas; about one to five dollars. There is no disagreement that Kagawa is the Udon kingdom in Japan.

If you are interested in Kagawa, I recommend the Kotohira region. There is an ancient temple on one of the mountains. The temple is at the top of the some long, long stone steps - more than 1300 steps in total. There is an array of souvenir shops that have unique stonework, woodwork and whatnot, and there are local snack shops on both sides of the stone steps. After eating some of the unique food there, you can enjoy exercising on the old steps, so you can see beautiful scenery from the mountain. I also love Kagawa's sake, fish, cafes, and museums, maybe I'll talk about that some other time.