The Kido and Takasugi housesPhoto: m-louis .® / CC BY-SA 2.0
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Two houses of men who made the Meiji Restoration, two lanes apart. Kido Takayoshi, also known as Katsura Kogoro, lived in this two-storey house for his first 20 years; volunteer guides are on duty. 09:00–17:00, no closing day, ¥100. Takasugi Shinsaku, who raised the Kiheitai militia, was born just off Kikuya lane: ¥100, 09:00–17:00, closed on irregular days.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- Reachable on foot from the berth, so no timetable can strand you.
- 1 hr 30 min door to door needs a 3.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
The Kido and Takasugi houses and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 hr 30 min 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 1 hr 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.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
2 hr 30 min for bothHagi Castle ruins and Shizuki Park
Mori Terumoto built his castle here in 1604, at the foot of Mt Shizuki.
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2 hr 30 min for bothThe Hagi Hakkei boat
A small roofed boat starts beside the castle ruins and follows the Hashimoto River past the walls of the Horiuchi and Hiyako samurai quarters; in calm weather it goes out to sea off Kikugahama.
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2 hr 30 min for bothHagi-yaki pottery
Hagi’s soft, plain stoneware has been made for more than 400 years.
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