Mojiko Retro by the Kanmon ferryPhoto: jason199567 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Getting there
- Karato Pier is 500 m, about 7 min on foot from Arcaport (our estimate); ferry to Mojiko about 5 min, ¥400 each way. From Choshu Dejima, a taxi to Karato first: about 17 min (city figure), about ¥3,900 (our estimate)
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Across the strait in Kitakyushu: JR Mojiko Station, a Neo-Renaissance building of 1914 restored in 2019 and the first station building made an Important Cultural Property, and a harbour quarter of brick and stone around it. The ferry from Karato runs about every 20 minutes in the daytime, 5 minutes, ¥400; sailings can change with the weather.
- 4 hr door to door needs a 6-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Mojiko Retro by the Kanmon ferry and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 4 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 3 hr 40 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
Eat · ~2hSushi stalls at Karato Market
On Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the fishmongers of Karato Market sell sushi from their stalls, fugu nigiri among them: the Iki-iki Bakangai.
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See · ~2hAkama Jingu
The vermilion shrine of Emperor Antoku, who drowned aged eight at the battle of Dannoura in 1185; its Suitenmon gate was built to look like the Dragon Palace under the sea.
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