Senjokaku and the Five-storied PagodaPhoto: そらみみ / CC BY-SA 4.0
The shrine’s admission page lists Senjokaku as Hokoku Shrine: ¥100, 8:30–16:30.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
On the hill above the shrine stand the vermilion Five-storied Pagoda and Senjokaku, the large wooden hall the shrine lists as Hokoku Shrine. The hall opens 8:30–16:30 and costs ¥100; the pagoda is seen from outside. It is the nearest sight to the ferry terminal after the shopping street.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr door to door, so even a tender day works.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
Senjokaku and the Five-storied Pagoda and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 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 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.
The shrine and the gateNeeds a 4-hour call · ~2h door to doorAny call, including the morning calls that sail at 11:30 or 12:00. The shrine opens at 6:30The shrine, Daisho-in and oystersNeeds a 5.5-hour call · ~3.5h door to doorCalls of 5.5 hours or more that land at about 8:00 or later (Daisho-in opens at 8:00, the oyster shop at 10:30), on any day but Wednesday, when Yakigaki no Hayashi is closedUnder the shrine’s roofs, then the shopsA wet day · ~2.5h door to doorA wet day on a call of 4.5 hours or more. The shrine’s corridors are roofed but open at the sides, and Senjokaku is a roofed hall; the ropeway stops in high wind or thunderWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
1 hr 45 min 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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1 hr 45 min 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 for bothGrilled oysters at Yakigaki no Hayashi
Yakigaki no Hayashi has been on Omotesando since 1948 and calls itself the first grilled-oyster shop.
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