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The long call · Takamatsu

Naoshima, or the shrine of seafarers

8h+ ashore — pick one, not both. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~8h door to door5 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Door to door
~8h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
8h+ ashore — pick one, not both
What it costs
~¥2,600 pp ferry return, or ~¥2,000 rail
Transport spend: ~¥2,600 pp ferry return, or ~¥2,000 rail. Museums ~¥2,100.
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.

  1. +0:00
    First ferry to Naoshima

    From the same pier. ~50–60 minutes. Buy the return now

    What you will see here →Full guide: Naoshima →
  2. +1:10
    Chichu Art Museum

    Sunk into the hillside by Tadao Ando. Book the timed entry before you sail

  3. +3:00
    Benesse House and the shore works

    The yellow pumpkin is on the jetty and is the photograph

  4. +4:30
    Honmura and the Art House Project

    Old houses converted one at a time. The dentist’s is the strange one

  5. +6:00
    Ferry back

    Take the second-to-last, never the last

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

Takamatsu, along this route

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

A bowl of kama-age sanuki udon
A bowl of kama-age sanuki udonPhoto: sekido / CC BY 2.0
The Teshima Art Museum, a white concrete shell in a hillside
The Teshima Art Museum, a white concrete shell in a hillsidePhoto: Kentaro Ohno from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
The stone approach stairs at Kotohira-gu
The stone approach stairs at Kotohira-guPhoto: ラハール / Public domain
The south pond at Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu
The south pond at Ritsurin Garden, TakamatsuPhoto: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
Islands of the Seto Inland Sea
Islands of the Seto Inland SeaPhoto: BehBeh / CC BY-SA 3.0
Ritsurin
RitsurinPhoto: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Takamatsu

Castle, garden, udon2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashore — and no tour neededRitsurin properly, and an island4–6 hours · ~5.5h4–6 hours ashoreThe rainy-day TakamatsuA wet day · ~3.5hWet weather
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