Mojiko waterfront and the Kanmon Strait MuseumPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- Getting there
- Kanmon ferry from Karato Pier (7 min on foot from Arcaport; from Choshu Dejima a taxi to Karato, about 20 min), 5 min, ¥400; the museum is 8 min on foot from JR Mojiko Station
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The Mojiko side of the strait from above and at the water. The Kanmon Strait Museum is 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), paid zone ¥500; the Mojiko Retro observation room, 103 m up on the 31st floor of the Retro Hi-Mart, has hours and a fee we could not confirm from its operator, so check on the day; the Kyushu Railway History Museum is 09:00–17:00, ¥500. All three have irregular closing days.
- 4 hr door to door needs a 6-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
- It is a view, so it is weather. Check the morning sky before you commit the hours.
Mojiko waterfront and the Kanmon Strait Museum 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 20 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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