Sea of the CrossPhoto: 長曽我部政幸 / CC BY-SA 4.0
The reef is split 200 m east to west and 220 m north to south. “Kurusu” comes from the Portuguese word for a cross.
- Getting there
- Taxi from the quay, 5.1 km, about ¥2,100, our estimate; 1.3 km from Umagase
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
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. With the rock beside it the shape reads as 叶, “to come true”, and the lookout has a bell to ring for a wish. Free, open all day; car park for 22.
- Number 2 of ten on our list for Hososhima.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door, so even a tender day works.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
- It is a view, so it is weather. Check the morning sky before you commit the hours.
Sea of the Cross and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 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 1 hr 40 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.
Cape Hyuga: Umagase, the Sea of the Cross and Omi ShrineNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3h door to doorAny call. Everything is outdoors and open at any hourThe cape, a seafood bowl at the harbour and Mimitsu old townNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6h door to doorCalls of 8 hours or more on a Wednesday to Sunday, or a Tuesday that is not the 1st or 3rd of the month; on an 11:00 arrival eat first, as the last order is 14:00What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
2 hr 30 min for bothThe Hyottoko send-off on the quay
Hyuga’s own dance: dancers in red with comic fox, okame and hyottoko masks.
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3 hr 40 min for bothOmi Shrine and the Udo cave
A shrine on columnar rock beside Isegahama beach, known locally as Hyuga’s Ise.
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