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The moai of Sun Messe Nichinan

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The moai of Sun Messe Nichinan, Aburatsu

The moai of Sun Messe NichinanPhoto: Cukieiris / CC0

Round trip
3 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 5-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
17 km north, about 4 km past Udo Jingu: taxi about ¥6,200 each way (our estimate)
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Booking
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Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Why go

Seven full-size moai stand on a lawn above the Pacific, made with the permission of the Rapa Nui elders after a Japanese team re-erected the fallen moai of Ahu Tongariki in the 1990s. 09:30–17:00, last entry 16:30; adult ¥1,000. Closed on Wednesdays except public holidays, and on a few other days on its calendar.

Why it earns the hours
  • Number 3 of ten on our list for Aburatsu.
  • On a 4–6h ashore call our verdict is "Yes" — with Udo Jingu, 4 km back down the coast road.
Before you count on it
  • Closed on Wednesdays except public holidays, and on a few other days on its calendar. Check the day before you plan around it.
  • 09:30–17:00 — last entry 16:30. Closed Wednesdays, except public holidays, Golden Week, Obon and New Year, and on some other days.
  • 3 hr door to door needs a 5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
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Before you go

Things worth knowing

  • Check the calendar: it closes on Wednesdays and on a few extra days.
  • The park climbs a hillside to about 120 m above the sea. The hire carts (a driving licence is needed) do not go to the moai square; on rainy days a free park bus does.
Where it is

The moai of Sun Messe Nichinan and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

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Questions

Is Sun Messe Nichinan open on Wednesdays?

No, except on public holidays and in Golden Week, Obon and New Year. It also closes on some other days marked on its calendar.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.

Udo Jingu, the moai and Obi in one taxi day, AburatsuUdo Jingu, the moai and Obi in one taxi dayNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.25h door to doorAn 08:00–17:00 call on any day but Wednesday (Sun Messe closes). Times assume off the ship at 08:30 and back by 15:30, an hour before a 16:30 all-aboard
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day
Udo Jingu, the shrine in a sea cave, AburatsuSee · ~3h

Udo Jingu, the shrine in a sea cave

A vermilion main hall built inside a sea cave at the tip of Cape Udo, with the Pacific breaking on the rocks below.

See the detailObi castle town, AburatsuSee · ~3.5h

Obi castle town

The Ito lords ruled from Obi for 280 years, and the town has been a preserved district since 1977: the rebuilt Otemon gate, mossy stone walls, a cedar grove where the keep stood, and samurai lanes.

See the detailThe Horikawa Canal and its bridges, AburatsuSee · ~2h

The Horikawa Canal and its bridges

The Obi domain dug this canal in 1683–86 to float its cedar to the port.

See the detail
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Aburatsu plan page.
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