The original Elleair, tucked into the Sanuki hills

Elleair Golf Club Kagawa sits in Saita-cho, Mitoyo City, in western Kagawa, and belongs to the Daio Paper group behind the Elleair name. The par-72 layout plays to 6,572 yards from the back tees, rolling up and down across the hills: a downhill par three over a valley at the 7th, two ponds guarding the 9th green, a narrow, OB-lined 16th that punishes the careless, and a downhill par-five finish that offers a genuine eagle chance. The club's history pages trace the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open, a JLPGA event first played in 1982 at Elleair Golf Club before moving to Matsuyama in 1994.

Firm greens and honest elevation changes, with Kotohira's onsen half an hour away.

Rounds can be played with a caddie or on your own, and rental sets are available with a week's notice. After golf, the club points guests to the hot-spring inns of Kotohira, around 25 to 30 minutes away, where the long climb up to Kotohira-gu shrine and a bowl of Sanuki udon round off a classic Kagawa day. Golf-and-stay packages are booked through the inns themselves. Takamatsu Airport is the closest air gateway; a rental car is the simplest way in.