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The shore walk and the deer

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The shore walk and the deer, Miyajima

The shore walk and the deerPhoto: Panzer VI-II / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Tourist Association counts about 500 deer on the island, about 200 of them in the town. They are wild.

Round trip
45 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 3-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
From Miyajima Pier along the shore towards the shrine
See the rides below
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Why go

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. The Tourist Association asks visitors not to feed them and warns that they eat paper, plastic and cloth. Keep maps, tickets and paper bags out of reach.

Why it earns the hours
  • Short enough to be certain of: 45 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
Before you count on it
  • No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.

The shrine and the gate, MiyajimaThe 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 oysters, MiyajimaThe 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 closedRopeway to Mount Misen, then the shrine, MiyajimaRopeway to Mount Misen, then the shrineNeeds a 7.5-hour call · ~5.5h door to doorCalls of 7.5 hours or more, with the day inside the ropeway’s hours, 9:00 up to 16:30 down. None of the 2027 calls with published times fits: the morning calls sail by 12:30 and Le Soléal’s 20 March call lands too late for the summit. Check your own ship’s hours
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day
Momiji manju, fresh off the iron, Hiroshima, Miyajima1 hr 30 min for both

Momiji manju at Fujiiya

Momiji manju are small maple-leaf cakes filled with bean paste, the island’s standard gift.

See the detailSenjokaku and the Five-storied Pagoda, Miyajima1 hr 45 min for both

Senjokaku 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.

See the detailGrilled oysters at Yakigaki no Hayashi, Miyajima1 hr 45 min for both

Grilled oysters at Yakigaki no Hayashi

Yakigaki no Hayashi has been on Omotesando since 1948 and calls itself the first grilled-oyster shop.

See the detail
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Miyajima plan page.
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