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Jodogahama, straight and true, Miyako

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Jodogahama, straight and true

Short calls — the icon and back, no gambling. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsNeeds a 4.5-hour call
Photo: Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 4.5-hour call or longer
Short calls — the icon and back, no gambling
Room to spare
None
Fits a 4.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥4,000 pp
Taxi hops + the ¥2,000 sappa boat if the sea is kind.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi from Fujiwara Wharf to Jodogahama (~15 min)

    Faster than shuttle+bus when the clock is short

    What you will see here
  2. +0:20
    The beach and the white spires

    The monks named it “Paradise Shore” in the 1600s — you will see why. Visitor center is free

    What you will see here
    Uni, at its June–August peak, Miyako
    Photo: くろふね / CC BY 4.0
  3. +1:00
    Blue Cave sappa boat, sea permitting

    ¥2,000 · 20 min · first-come at the Marine House — skip without regret if the swell says no

    What you will see here
    Blue Cave sappa boat, Miyako
    Photo: くろふね / CC BY 3.0
  4. +1:45
    Shore path back toward the rest house

    Soft-serve and uni snacks in season

  5. +2:10
    Taxi back to the wharf

    Have the rest house call it — cabs do not idle here

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

Miyako, along this route

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