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The yokai road, Sakaiminato

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For a 4.5-hour call · Sakaiminato

The yokai road

The one-street day — ride in, then never need wheels again. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsNeeds a 4.5-hour call
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Photo: Totti / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 4.5-hour call or longer
The one-street day — ride in, then never need wheels again
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
about ¥2,300 each way
Taxi about ¥2,300 each way from the Yumeminato Terminal (estimate), or about ¥250 pp by bus 41; a ship shuttle only if your line runs one. Carry cash. Museum ¥1,000.
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 to Sakaiminato Station (~15 min), or bus 41

    178 statues wait between the station and the museum

    What you will see here
  2. +0:40
    Mizuki Shigeru Museum

    Renewed 2024; English throughout

    What you will see hereFull guide: Mizuki Shigeru Road
    Mizuki Shigeru Road, Sakaiminato
    Photo: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
  3. +1:40
    Eyeball-daddy sweets in the shops on the Road

    The souvenir photo and souvenir in one

    What you will see here
    Yokai sweets: the eyeball daddy, Sakaiminato
    Photo: At by At / CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. +2:00
    Walk the road back, spotting missed statues

    Daisen milk soft serve en route

  5. +2:30
    Taxi back to the terminal, about 15 min

    Or your ship’s shuttle if it runs one

Would rather have it arranged?Sakaiminato Private Vehicle Service with Restaurant ReservationOnly if you want a private car all day: non-refundable and unreviewed. The statues and museum are on foot from the station. · from US$269 — why we list it
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: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
Snow crab at a market in western Japan, Sakaiminato
Snow crab at a market in western JapanPhoto: Nishimuraya Kinosaki Onsen / CC BY 2.0
The worship hall of Izumo Taisha with its enormous straw rope, Sakaiminato
The worship hall of Izumo Taisha with its enormous straw ropePhoto: MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
Lafcadio Hearn’s old residence in Matsue, looking out onto its garden, Sakaiminato
Lafcadio Hearn’s old residence in Matsue, looking out onto its gardenPhoto: irisgazer / Public domain
The fish market, Sakaiminato
The fish marketPhoto: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
Matsue, Sakaiminato
MatsuePhoto: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Sakaiminato

The rainy-day SakaiminatoA wet day · ~3.5hWet weather — one dry ride in, then everything is closeRoad + market feastNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4hYokai first, then Japan’s biggest crab port at lunchThe Adachi excursionNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hLong calls — Japan’s best garden needs the trip
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