Naruto whirlpools by boatPhoto: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Naruto Kanko Kisen runs two boats from Kameura.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The tide pours through the Naruto Strait at up to 20 km/h and throws up whirlpools 20–30 m across at spring tides. Naruto Kanko Kisen’s Wonder Naruto needs no booking: it sails every 40 minutes from 9:00 to the last at 16:20, takes about 30 minutes and costs ¥2,000. The company advises boarding within about 1.5 hours of the fastest current on its daily tide table; at other times the water can be calm. Not running 14–22 January 2027.
- Number 1 of ten on our list for Tokushima.
- 3 hr door to door needs a 5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Naruto whirlpools by boat and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 3 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 1 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.
See · ~4.5hOtsuka Museum of Art
Western masterpieces from 26 countries, reproduced at full size on ceramic boards, with a walk-in copy of the Sistine Chapel.
See the detail
Do · ~2.5hAwa Odori show at the Awa Odori Kaikan
Tokushima’s summer dance, any day of the year.
See the detail