Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The Hyuga fishing cooperative’s own restaurant and shop at Hososhima’s commercial harbour. The bowl is bonito and tuna from the boats, with fish soup. Restaurant 11:00–14:30, last order 14:00; shop 10:00–17:00. Closed Mondays and the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- Closed Mondays and the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 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.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The place to have it
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| Local pickUmi-no-Eki Hososhima海の駅ほそしま | The Hyuga fishing cooperative’s restaurant and shop, 769-4 Hososhima, 2.2 km from the quay (our estimate). Seafood bowls of bonito and tuna with fish soup. Restaurant 11:00–14:30, last order 14:00 (the cooperative’s own page says to 15:00); shop 10:00–17:00. Closed Mondays and the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
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 20 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 14:00
A wet day: Mimitsu’s merchant houses and the Hososhima Minato MuseumA wet day · ~4.5h door to doorA wet day on any call except a Monday. The cape lookouts are open headlands and Takachiho’s boats stop after heavy rainWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
2 hr 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 10 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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3 hr 30 min for bothSea 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.
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