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Chichu Art Museum

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Yayoi Kusama's Red Pumpkin at Miyanoura, the Naoshima ferry port on the way to Chichu

Yayoi Kusama's Red Pumpkin at Miyanoura, the Naoshima ferry port on the way to ChichuPhoto: Yamashita Yohei / CC BY 2.0

Chichu, Lee Ufan Museum and the free museum shuttle all stop on Mondays: the shuttle does not run on the days the two museums are closed, so on a Monday the walk from Tsutsuji-so is the only way to the museums that do open.

Round trip
5 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 7-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
Ferry to Miyanoura 20 min, ¥370
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Booking
Reserve ahead
Not a walk-in: book before you sail
Getting there
Ferry to Miyanoura 20 min, ¥370; town bus to Tsutsuji-so ¥100, then the free museum shuttle

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Why go

Tadao Ando’s museum on Naoshima, built into the hillside. 10:00–17:00, last admittance 16:00; closed Mondays (open on holiday Mondays, closed the next day). Weekdays ¥2,500 online, weekends and holidays ¥2,700 online. Date-and-time tickets are sold online in advance; if they sell out, there are no door sales that day.

Why it earns the hours
  • Number 2 of ten on our list for Uno.
  • On a 4–6h ashore call our verdict is "Only just" — book a slot about 90 minutes after your ferry lands and skip the rest of the island.
Before you count on it
  • Closed Mondays (open on a holiday Monday, closed the next day). Check the day before you plan around it.
  • 10:00–17:00 — last admittance 16:00 · closed Mondays (open on holiday Mondays, closed the next day).
  • 5 hr door to door needs a 7-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
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Before you go

Things worth knowing

  • 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.
Where it is

Chichu Art Museum and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

Asked about Chichu Art Museum

Questions

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.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.

Naoshima’s museums under a roof: Chichu and Benesse House, UnoNaoshima’s museums under a roof: Chichu and Benesse HouseA wet day · ~6.5h door to doorA wet day on any call of 7 hours or more, except a Monday. Book Chichu’s timed ticket online before the call; there are no door sales when it sells out
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day
Naoshima, TakamatsuSee · ~3h

Naoshima: the Red Pumpkin and Miyanoura

The art island across the water from the ship.

See the detailBenesse House Museum and the yellow Pumpkin, NaoshimaSee · ~4h

Benesse House Museum and the yellow Pumpkin

The museum-hotel on Naoshima’s south shore, open every day of the year, 08:00–21:00 (last admittance 20:00), ¥1,300 online, ¥1,500 at the door.

See the detailTeshima Art MuseumSee · ~6h

Teshima Art Museum

A single white concrete shell on a hillside on Teshima, by the artist Rei Naito and the architect Ryue Nishizawa.

See the detail
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Uno plan page.
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