Rowing boat under Manai FallsPhoto: Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0
Bookings and the day’s status are on the Takachiho Tourist Association’s site; the desk is in the No. 1 Oshioi car park.
- Getting there
- Takachiho Gorge, boat desk at No. 1 Oshioi car park; 62.9 km from the quay
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Thirty minutes on the river under the falls, up to three people a boat, ¥5,100 a boat on the November 2026 calendar. Book online, from 9:00 two weeks ahead to 9:00 two days ahead; slots sell out within minutes, and same-day tickets are sold at the desk only if any remain. Boats run 8:30–17:00, last reception 16:30, and stop when the river is high or for safety checks in January, April, July and October.
- This needs 7 hr 30 min, so it only fits a 9.5-hour call or longer. On a shorter one it will cost you the ship, not the view.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
Where the 7 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 5 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.
See · ~2.5hUmagase and the Hososhima Lighthouse
The tip of Cape Hyuga, over the Pacific.
See the detail
See · ~2hSea of the Cross
A rock reef split 200 m east to west and 220 m north to south, so that the sea makes a cross; the name is from the Portuguese cruz.
See the detail
See · ~1.5hOmi Shrine and the Udo cave
A shrine on columnar rock beside Isegahama beach, known locally as Hyuga’s Ise.
See the detail