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Sushi stalls at Karato Market, Shimonoseki

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For a 6.5-hour call · Shimonoseki

Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferry

Arcaport calls of 6 hours or more, any day of the week. From Choshu Dejima take a taxi to Akama Jingu first, about ¥3,900 (our estimate). Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr 30 min door to door9 stopsNeeds a 6.5-hour callStarts from Arcaport
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: Rick888chen / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
4 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 6.5-hour call or longer
Room to spare
None
What it costs
¥400
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
Arcaport calls of 6 hours or more, any day of the week. From Choshu Dejima take a taxi to Akama Jingu first, about ¥3,900 (our estimate)
Room to spare
Fits a 6.5-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
The tunnel is free; Kanmon ferry Mojiko → Karato ¥400. Akama Jingu grounds free.

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · 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.

Open in Google Maps, in 3 parts

  1. 1Your ship → Karato Market → Akama Jingu → Kanmon tunnel pedestrian entrance, Mimosusogawaon foot
  2. 2Kanmon tunnel pedestrian entrance, Mimosusogawa → JR Mojiko Station, Mojiko Retrotrain or bus
  3. 3JR Mojiko Station, Mojiko Retro → Back to the shiptrain or bus

Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.

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
    Walk from Arcaport to Karato Market (about 15 min, our estimate)

    Sushi on a Friday, weekend or holiday; otherwise walk on

    Directions from the ship (on foot)Full guide: Karato Market
    Sushi stalls at Karato Market, Shimonoseki
    Photo: Rick888chen / CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. +0:45
    Walk to Akama Jingu (7 min)

    Grounds free

    Directions from the previous stop (on foot)Full guide: Akama Jingu
    Akama Jingu, Shimonoseki
    Photo: Rick888chen / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:15
    Walk east along the strait to Mimosusogawa (1.1 km, about 15 min, our estimate)

    Or the Sanden bus to Mimosusogawa

    Walk east along the strait to Mimosusogawa (1.1 km, about 15 min, our estimate), Shimonoseki
    Photo: Wei-Te Wong / CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. +1:30
    Kanmon pedestrian tunnel: lift down, 780 m under the sea, about 15 min

    Free, 06:00–22:00. The border between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka is painted on the floor

    Directions from the previous stop (on foot)Full guide: Kanmon pedestrian tunnel
  5. +1:50
    On the Moji side, walk to Mojiko Retro (2.35 km, about 35 min, our estimate)

    At weekends and holidays the Shiokaze-go trolley runs from Kanmon Kaikyo Mekari to the railway museum, about 10 min, ¥500

  6. +2:25
    Mojiko Retro: JR Mojiko Station and the harbour

    The 1914 station building; the Kanmon Strait Museum is 8 min on foot (09:00–17:00, ¥500)

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (train or bus)
    Mojiko Retro by the Kanmon ferry, Shimonoseki
    Photo: jason199567 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. +3:55
    Kanmon ferry Mojiko → Karato, 5 min, ¥400

    From Mojiko at :10, :30 and :50 in the daytime; sailings can change with the weather

  8. +4:10
    Walk from Karato Pier to Arcaport (500 m, about 7 min, our estimate)
  9. +4:20
    Back at the gangway
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

Shimonoseki, along this route

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

Karato Market, Shimonoseki
Karato MarketPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
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