Photo: Yanajin / CC BY-SA 3.0Door 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
¥240
Ferry ¥240 return. Ota Residence ¥500, Taichoro ¥300.
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
- Best for
- A call of 6.5 hours or more, such as 11:30–18:00, in fair weather. Times run from the landing
- 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.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
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.
- +0:00Land and walk to the Joyato lantern
6 min from the prefectural pier, our estimate
Photo: Yanajin / CC BY-SA 3.0 - +0:10Lantern and gangi steps
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +0:30
- +1:10Fukuzen-ji Taichoro, 5 min along the waterfront
¥300
What you will see here
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +1:45Walk 3 min to the municipal ferry pier and take the next boat to Sensui-jima
:10, :30 and :50 past the hour, except 12:10; 5 min; ¥240 return
- +2:00Sensui-jima: the beach and the coastal path towards the five-coloured rocks
The path reopened in February 2026; the path from Koura to Tanoura is closed. Walking times on the island are not confirmed
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +3:30Ferry back to Tomo
The boat turns straight round at the island
- +3:45Homeishu shops near the Ota Residence, or straight to the landing (4 min from the ferry pier)
Shop hours not confirmed
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +4:30Back at the landing
For an 18:00 departure that leaves an hour before a 17:30 all-aboard if you landed at noon
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
Tomonoura, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
Other routes
The other routes in Tomonoura
The lantern, the Ota Residence and TaichoroNeeds a 4-hour call · ~2hAny call. On a Tuesday the Ota Residence is closed: walk up to Io-ji instead. Times run from the moment you step off the tenderThe old town, a sea-bream lunch and the view from Io-jiNeeds a 5.5-hour call · ~3.5hA call of 5.5 hours or more. Not a Tuesday, when the Ota Residence and the lunch stop are both closed. Times run from the landing
Under a roof: the Ota Residence, Taichoro and the museumA wet day · ~2.5hA wet day. Everything is indoors except five-minute walks between stops