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Shokoji temple, on foot from the wharf

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Shoko Temple 2010Photo: Miyuki Meinaka / Public domain

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Round trip
1 hr 40 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 2–3 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
About 2 km / 25 min on foot from the Manyo wharf
Himi line ¥210 · shuttle fare on board · taxi about ¥4,500 on the meter (our estimate, distance only)
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

The one sight you can walk to from the big-ship berth. A Pure Land temple whose main hall of 1795 and great hall of 1653 became National Treasures in December 2022. 9:00–16:30, ¥500. Closed to visitors 13–17 November 2026.

Why it earns the hours
  • Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 40 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
Before you count on it
  • Closed to visitors 13–17 November 2026. Check the day before you plan around it.
The story

Why Shokoji temple, on foot from the wharf is famous

Shokoji began in 1471 as a temple of the Pure Land reformer Rennyo. It moved to its present site at Fushiki in 1584. It grew under the Maeda lords of Kaga through the Edo period. A repair programme begun in 1998 took more than twenty years. In December 2022 the main hall of 1795 and the great hall of 1653 were designated National Treasures. The other ten buildings are Important Cultural Properties.

Where it is

Shokoji temple, on foot from the wharf and your ship

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

The arithmetic

Where the 1 hr 40 min goes

Counted from the moment you step off the gangway. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.

Out25 minAbout 2 km / 25 min on foot from the Manyo wharf
There50 minWhat you came for
Back25 minTo the gangway

25 minutes each way is the measured figure for about 2 km / 25 min on foot from the manyo wharf, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 50 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

Amaharashi and the mountains (Fushiki wharf)2–3 hours · ~2h door to doorA clear morning and a short call at the big-ship berthTakaoka: Zuiryuji, the Daibutsu and Yamachosuji (Fushiki wharf)4–6 hours · ~4.5h door to doorA 6-hour call at the big-ship berth, mountains or notTakaoka and Toyama city by train (Fushiki wharf)8 hours or more · ~7h door to doorThe 10-hour Westerdam-type call at the big-ship berthThe wet-day Fushiki (Fushiki wharf)A wet day · ~4.5h door to doorRain over the bay; a market hall, a lunch and covered corridors
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 →
3 hr 40 min for both

Amaharashi Coast and the Tateyama view

Onna-iwa rock, the Himi-line train and the 3,000-metre Tateyama range across the bay, on a clear day.

See the detail →3 hr 40 min for both

Kaiwomaru Park and the Shinminato Bridge walkway

A four-masted training barque of 1930 you can board for ¥500, closed Wednesdays.

See the detail → 3 hr 40 min for both

Kittokito Ichiba and the 12:30 auction

The Shinminato fish market, 9:00–17:00, with restaurants inside and a midday auction at the fishing port next door from about 12:30.

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