Sensui-jima by the municipal ferryPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Sensui-jima is one of the sights of Setonaikai National Park, designated in 1934. Fukuyama City runs the ferry, five minutes each way.
- Getting there
- Municipal ferry pier, a 4 min walk from the prefectural pier, our estimate; 5 min across
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The island across the channel, part of Setonaikai National Park. The city’s ferry leaves Tomo at :10, :30 and :50 from 7:30 to 18:50, except 12:10, then 19:30 and 20:00, and turns straight round; ¥240 return. The coastal path to the five-coloured rocks, more than 200 m of blue, red, yellow, white and black rock, reopened on 12 February 2026.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- Reachable on foot from the berth, so no timetable can strand you.
- 1 hr 30 min door to door needs a 3.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Sensui-jima by the municipal ferry and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 hr 30 min 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 15 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.
1 hr 45 min for bothBenten-jima from the waterfront
The small rock island with a red pagoda that sits between Tomo and Sensui-jima.
See the detail
1 hr 50 min for bothHomeishu
Tomo’s own liqueur: glutinous rice, shochu and 16 herbs, sweet with no sugar added.
See the detail
2 hr for bothJoyato lantern and the gangi steps
The stone harbour lantern at the tip of the great gangi, given by the people of Nishimachi in 1859: 12.1 m with its base, the largest harbour lantern in Japan by the tourism association’s account.
See the detail