Amami Park and the Tanaka Isson museumPhoto: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) / CC BY 2.0
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The island’s culture park and the museum of Tanaka Isson, the painter who spent his last years on Amami. 9:00–18:00 (to 19:00 in July and August), common ticket adult ¥630 (the Tanaka Isson Memorial Art Museum alone ¥520). Closed the first and third Wednesdays (the next day after a holiday); open daily 29 April–5 May and 21 July–31 August.
- Closed the first and third Wednesdays (the next day after a holiday). Check the day before you plan around it.
- 4 hr door to door needs a 6-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Amami Park and the Tanaka Isson museum and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 4 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 2 hr 20 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
Amami Park, Tanaka Isson and the north-coast beachesNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.5h door to doorA long call (08:00–17:00 or longer) and a group to share the taxiThe wet-day Amami: two museums and a hot lunchA wet day · ~5h door to doorRain or rough weatherWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
Eat · ~2.5hKeihan lunch in central Naze
Keihan is Amami’s dish: rice under shredded chicken, egg and other toppings, with hot chicken broth poured over at the table.
See the detail
See · ~2.5hOgamiyama viewpoint over Naze
The observation plaza is about 90 m above sea level, straight over the harbour and the ship.
See the detail