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Udo Jingu, the shrine in a sea cave, Aburatsu

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For an 8.5-hour call · Aburatsu

Udo Jingu, the moai and Obi in one taxi day

An 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. Timed from the gangway and back.

6 hr 15 min door to door9 stopsNeeds an 8.5-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 4 parts
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
6 hr 15 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
An 8.5-hour call or longer
Room to spare
15 min
What it costs
about ¥34,700 for the day
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
An 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
Room to spare
Fits an 8.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
A taxi by the hour, ¥2,780 per 30 min on the time tariff, about ¥34,700 for the day (our estimate, for up to four). Sun Messe ¥1,000; Obi houses ¥800.

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

Open in Google Maps, in 4 parts

  1. 1Your ship → Udo Jingutrain or bus
  2. 2Udo Jingu → Sun Messe Nichinanon foot
  3. 3Sun Messe Nichinan → Obi Castle Otemon gatetrain or bus
  4. 4Obi Castle Otemon gate → Back to the shiptrain or bus

Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi by the hour from the quay to the Udo Jingu tourist car park (about 25 min)

    Book the day before through a Nichinan taxi firm: Nanko 0987-23-5131, Miyako Taxi 0987-23-4141

  2. +0:25
    Walk down to the main hall, about 20 min

    The near car parks are closed by a road collapse

  3. +0:45
    Udo Jingu: the hall in the cave and the luck stones

    Gates 06:00–18:00, free

    Directions from the ship (train or bus)Full guide: Udo Jingu
    Udo Jingu, the shrine in a sea cave, Aburatsu
    Photo: MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +1:45
    Walk back up to the car park, about 20 min
  5. +2:05
    Sun Messe Nichinan, the seven moai (about 4 km, about 10 min)

    09:30–17:00, adult ¥1,000; closed Wednesdays

    Directions from the previous stop (on foot)Full guide: Sun Messe Nichinan
    The moai of Sun Messe Nichinan, Aburatsu
    Photo: Cukieiris / CC0
  6. +3:15
    Drive inland to Obi (about 20 km, 30 min)
  7. +3:45
    Obi castle town: lunch with obi-ten, the Otemon gate and Yoshokan

    Combined ticket ¥800

    Directions from the previous stop (train or bus)Full guide: Obi castle town
    Obi castle town, Aburatsu
    Photo: z tanuki / CC BY 3.0
  8. +5:45
    Drive back to the quay (12 km, about 20–25 min)
  9. +6:10
    Back at the gangway (about 14:40)

    About 50 minutes ahead of the 15:30 target

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
Other routes

The other routes in Aburatsu

The Horikawa Canal and its bridges, AburatsuAburatsu town: the canal, the Carp station and katsuoNeeds a 5-hour call · ~2.75hShort calls and late arrivals; lunch needs 11:00 or later. Bibinya is closed on Mondays, at the end of the month on Tuesdays too, and on 23 and 30 March 2027Obi castle town, AburatsuObi castle town by taxiNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4hCalls of 6 hours or more. With the train instead, leave JR Aburatsu at 08:53 or 10:59 and come back on the 13:14 or 15:00 from Obi. The houses are open 09:30–17:00, last entry 16:30Obi castle town, AburatsuA wet day in Obi: museums, houses and obi-tenA wet day · ~4hA wet day: the history museum, the Komura Memorial Hall and the old houses are under a roof, and the lanes are short
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