Photo: Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0Timed 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.
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.
- +0:00Taxi from Fujiwara Wharf to Jodogahama (~15 min)
Faster than shuttle+bus when the clock is short
What you will see here - +0:20The 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
Photo: くろふね / CC BY 4.0 - +1:00Blue 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
Photo: くろふね / CC BY 3.0 - +1:45Shore path back toward the rest house
Soft-serve and uni snacks in season
- +2:10Taxi back to the wharf
Have the rest house call it — cabs do not idle here
Miyako, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.





