The view from Benesse House Museum on Naoshima, the island where Chichu Art Museum is built · Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5From the berth
About 1h 15min
Ferry 20 min, town bus to Tsutsuji-so, then the free shuttle (our estimate with waits)
Hours
10:00–17:00
Last admittance 16:00 · closed Mondays (open on holiday Mondays, closed the next day)
Tickets
Online, timed
Weekdays ¥2,500, weekends and holidays ¥2,700 online; ¥2,800/¥3,000 on site only if online is not sold out · under 16 free
Time needed
About 1.5 hours
Our estimate
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Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Why it's worth your hours
Chichu is Tadao Ando’s museum on Naoshima, built into the hillside so that it is hardly seen from outside.
It sells only date-and-time tickets online; when they sell out there are no door sales. For a cruise call, book the slot before you sail and work the ferries back from it.
What you actually do here
Three things the plaques won't tell you
- Book the timed ticket online before the call; there may be no door sales.
- Closed on Mondays: Le Soléal’s 10 May 2027 call is a Monday.
- The free shuttle from Tsutsuji-so stops at Benesse House Museum and Lee Ufan Museum on the way.
For a cruise call, book the slot before you sail and work the ferries back from it.
While you are here
The Uno guideMore in Uno
Quick answers
Questions people ask here
Do I need to book Chichu in advance?
Yes. Chichu sells date-and-time tickets online; if they sell out there are no on-site sales that day. Weekdays ¥2,500 and weekends ¥2,700 online.
Whatever the plan: back aboard 60 minutes before all-aboard. Full port context on the Uno guide.