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The Otsuka Museum, then the Awa Odori show

A wet day on any call of 9 hours or more except Mondays. Everything is indoors except the taxi stops. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr door to door7 stopsA wet day
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: Kzaral / CC BY 2.0
Door to door
7 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ¥26,850 in taxis
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
A wet day on any call of 9 hours or more except Mondays. Everything is indoors except the taxi stops
Room to spare
Fits a 9-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
Taxi Akaishi → Otsuka about ¥12,950, Otsuka → Awa Odori Kaikan about ¥8,250, Kaikan → Akaishi about ¥5,650, our estimates. Otsuka ¥3,300, show ¥1,300, museum ¥500.

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 → Otsuka Museum of Arttrain or bus
  2. 2Otsuka Museum of Art → Awa Odori Kaikan and the Bizan Ropewaytrain or bus
  3. 3Awa Odori Kaikan and the Bizan Ropeway → 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
    Taxi to the Otsuka Museum of Art (39.2 km, about 40 min free-flow, allow an hour)

    Opens 9:30

  2. +1:00
    Otsuka Museum, with lunch inside

    ¥3,300; tickets sold until 16:00

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (train or bus)
    Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima
    Photo: Kzaral / CC BY 2.0
  3. +4:00
    Taxi to the Awa Odori Kaikan (24.5 km, about 25 min free-flow, our estimate)

    About ¥8,250

  4. +4:30
    Awa Odori Museum, 3F, then the 14:00 show

    Museum ¥500; show 40 min, ¥1,300

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (train or bus)
    Awa Odori dancers, Tokushima
    Photo: Ann Lee / CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. +6:10
    Arudeyo Tokushima shop, 1F

    9:00–20:00

    What you will see here
  6. +6:30
    Taxi back to Akaishi (about 25 min, our estimate)
  7. +7:00
    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.
Other routes

The other routes in Tokushima

Awa Odori dancers, TokushimaThe Awa Odori show and the Bizan RopewayNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hAny call: one building, open every day except the 2nd Wednesday of Feb, Jun, Sep and Dec. Time your exit so you reach the Kaikan before an 11:00, 14:00, 15:00 or 16:00 showBizan Ropeway to the summit, TokushimaTokushima city: Bizan, the Awa Odori show, ramen and the castle gardenNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6hCalls of 8 hours or more on any day but Monday, when the Castle Museum is closed. Times assume 08:30 off the shipNaruto whirlpools by boat, TokushimaNaruto: the whirlpool boat, Uzu-no-Michi and the Otsuka MuseumNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7hCalls of 9 hours or more on a Tuesday to Sunday. Not on a Monday (museum closed). Times assume 08:30 off the ship
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