Umagase and the Hososhima LighthousePhoto: 長曽我部政幸 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Umagase means “horse’s back”: the tourism association says the cape is named for its shape. There are two lookouts.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The tip of Cape Hyuga, over the Pacific. From the car park a path leads to Sukeruccha, a glass-floored deck over the cliff opened in 2022, and two minutes on to the Umagase lookout. The white Hososhima Lighthouse, first built in 1910 and rebuilt in 1941, is on the same path. Free and open all day; car park for 70 with toilets. No taxis wait here, so keep the car.
- Number 1 of ten on our list for Hososhima.
- 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-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.
Umagase and the Hososhima Lighthouse and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 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 2 hr 10 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.
