The long call · Miyako

The beach and the seawall — the whole Sanriku truth

Long calls — and anyone who wants to understand this coast. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~7h door to door7 stops8 hours or more ashore

Door to door

~7h

From the gangway and back

Best for

8 hours or more

Long calls — and anyone who wants to understand this coast

What it costs

~¥6,500 pp with the railway, the boat and lunch

~¥6,500 pp with the railway, the boat and lunch.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

+0:00
Taxi to Jodogahama early
Beat the boats: cave first, beach after
What you will see here →
+1:45
Taxi/bus back to Miyako Station
Buy Sanriku Railway cash fare (¥460) — no IC on board
What you will see here →
Photo: Cheng-en Cheng / CC BY-SA 2.0
+2:15
Rias Line to Taro (~15 min of cliff-and-bay riding)
The recovery railway itself is part of the story
What you will see here →
Photo: くろふね / CC BY 3.0
+2:40
Taro: the seawalls, old and new
The 1934–1979 X-wall the sea overtopped, and the 14.7 m wall finished 2021 · book the ¥5,000 guided tour 3 days ahead if you want the full hour
What you will see here →
Photo: Yoshio Kohara / CC BY 3.0
+3:40
Walk to Sanoiwa if legs allow (20 min each way)
Three sea stacks, 50 meters of Cretaceous rock
What you will see here →
Photo: Yoshio Kohara / CC BY 3.0
+4:40
Train back → late bin-don at the market
Closed Wednesdays
What you will see here →
Photo: くろふね / CC BY 4.0
+6:00
Shuttle/taxi to the wharf
Margin spent on nothing, as always

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.

What the day looks like

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.