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Mangrove Park by canoe, Amami Oshima

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Mangroves by canoe, then keihan in Naze

A 7–9 hour call and a dry day. Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr door to door8 stopsNeeds a 7-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 4 parts
Photo: Vanquish0 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
A 7–9 hour call and a dry day
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ¥5,000 each way
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Room to spare
Fits a 7-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
Taxis about ¥5,000 each way (city table), cash. Canoe adult ¥3,000.

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 → Mangrove Park, Sumiyotrain or bus
  2. 2Mangrove Park, Sumiyo → Torishintrain or bus
  3. 3Torishin → Amami Museum, Nazetrain or bus
  4. 4Amami Museum, Naze → Back to the shipon foot

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 from the berth to Mangrove Park, Sumiyo (about 40 min)

    ¥5,000, cash; agree the return pick-up with the driver

  2. +0:40
    Check in at the roadside station for the next canoe

    The 60-minute course starts at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30 and 16:00; check in 20 minutes before. The 09:30 and 15:30 starts are the 90-minute course, booked by the day before

  3. +1:00
    Canoe through the mangroves, 60 minutes

    Adult ¥3,000. Time your taxi to a start: the wait can be up to 90 minutes otherwise

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (train or bus)
    Mangrove Park by canoe, Amami Oshima
    Photo: Vanquish0 / CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. +2:15
    Taxi back to central Naze (about 40 min)

    Ask to be dropped in the centre

  5. +2:55
    Keihan lunch

    Check hours on the day

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (train or bus)
    Keihan lunch in central Naze, Amami Oshima
    Photo: Kentaro Kuribayashi (kentaro) / CC BY 2.0
  6. +3:55
    Walk through the shopping streets to the berth

    About 20 min

  7. +4:15
    Amami Museum if time allows

    About 10 min beyond the berth; last entry 16:30

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (train or bus)
  8. +4:55
    Back at the gangway

    About 10 min on foot from the museum

    Ogamiyama viewpoint over Naze, Amami Oshima
    Photo: Vanquish0 / CC BY-SA 3.0
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 Amami Oshima

Keihan lunch in central Naze, Amami OshimaNaze on foot: the museum and a keihan lunchNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hCalls of five hours or more, and anyone who wants the town rather than a long driveAmami Park and the Tanaka Isson museum, Amami OshimaAmami Park, Tanaka Isson and the north-coast beachesNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.5hA long call (08:00–17:00 or longer) and a group to share the taxiAmami Park and the Tanaka Isson museum, Amami OshimaThe wet-day Amami: two museums and a hot lunchA wet day · ~5hRain or rough weather
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