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The rainy-day Sakaiminato

Wet weather — one dry ride in, then everything is close. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~3.5h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: At by At / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
~3.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — one dry ride in, then everything is close
What it costs
~¥0–1,500 pp (shuttle/taxi)
Transport spend: ~¥0–1,500 pp (shuttle/taxi). Museum ~¥800.
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.

  1. +0:00
    Shuttle or taxi to Sakaiminato Station

    The yokai road starts at the station; from the big-ship berth it is ~15 min

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:30
    Mizuki Shigeru Museum

    An hour indoors, covering the yokai and the war

    What you will see here →Full guide: Mizuki Shigeru Road →
    Photo: puffyjet / CC BY
  3. +1:40
    The covered arcade section of the road

    Shops, yokai sweets and the stamp rally

    What you will see here →
  4. +2:30
    Crab or seafood bowl at the fish market

    Indoors, on the harbour — a short taxi from the road, beside the Showa berth

    What you will see here →Full guide: The fish market →
    Photo: sodai gomi / CC BY
  5. +3:15
    Back to the ship
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

Sakaiminato, along this route

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

Bronze yokai figures along Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato
Bronze yokai figures along Mizuki Shigeru Road in SakaiminatoPhoto: At by At / CC BY-SA 3.0
Snow crab at a market in western Japan
Snow crab at a market in western JapanPhoto: さかおり / CC BY-SA
The worship hall of Izumo Taisha with its enormous straw rope
The worship hall of Izumo Taisha with its enormous straw ropePhoto: MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum in Matsue
The Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum in MatsuePhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Matsue
MatsuePhoto: 663highland / CC BY
Mizuki Shigeru Museum
Mizuki Shigeru MuseumPhoto: puffyjet / CC BY
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Sakaiminato

The yokai road2–3 hours · ~2.5hThe one-street day — ride in, then never need wheels againRoad + market feast4–6 hours · ~4hYokai first, then Japan’s biggest crab port at lunchThe Adachi excursion8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls — Japan’s best garden needs the trip
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