Momijidani ParkPhoto: Steven Perez / CC BY-SA 2.0
Momijidani means maple valley. The park lies between the shrine and the ropeway’s lower station, so anyone walking to the ropeway passes through it.
- Getting there
- 1.4 km, about 20 min on foot from Miyajima Pier; 9 min from the shrine exit — our estimates
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
A valley park of maples on the way to the ropeway station, free and always open. The leaves turn in mid to late November in a normal year. The path through it is the walking route to Momijidani Station.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 15 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- 1 hr 15 min door to door needs a 3.5-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.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
Momijidani Park and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 hr 15 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 45 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.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
2 hr for bothMomiji manju at Fujiiya
Momiji manju are small maple-leaf cakes filled with bean paste, the island’s standard gift.
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2 hr for bothThe shore walk and the deer
About 500 wild deer live on the island and about 200 of them in the town, mostly along the shore between the ferry terminal and the shrine.
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2 hr 15 min for bothSenjokaku and the Five-storied Pagoda
On the hill above the shrine stand the vermilion Five-storied Pagoda and Senjokaku, the large wooden hall the shrine lists as Hokoku Shrine.
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