When it rains · Sakata

Merchant houses in the rain

Wet days — the cluster keeps the dashes short. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

Any hours door to door4 stopsA wet day ashore

Door to door

Any hours

From the gangway and back

Best for

A wet day

Wet days — the cluster keeps the dashes short

What it costs

~¥5,000 pp — four roofs, three of them gorgeous

~¥5,000 pp — four roofs, three of them gorgeous.

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
Shuttle → Homma Museum & Kakubuen
Open daily · the garden reads beautifully in rain
What you will see here →
+1:30
Somaro — interiors and the 14:00 dance
Closed Wednesdays · the lacquered stairs alone justify the ticket
What you will see here →
Photo: さかおり / CC BY-SA 4.0
+3:00
Kaisen Ichiba — late market lunch
Indoors, casual, excellent
What you will see here →
Photo: くろふね / CC BY 4.0
+4:00
Homma Family Villa, then shuttle
Tatami, screens, and the sound of rain on a rich man’s roof
What you will see here →
Photo: shikabane taro / CC BY 3.0

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.

Different hours, different day