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A Shikoku Kisen ferry at Uno Port, the crossing to Naoshima

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Naoshima by ferry: the two pumpkins and Benesse House

Calls of 7.5 hours or more, any day of the week: Benesse House Museum and the pumpkins open on Mondays too. Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr 15 min door to door10 stopsNeeds a 7.5-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Door to door
5 hr 15 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7.5-hour call or longer
Room to spare
15 min
What it costs
about ¥740 out and back
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
Calls of 7.5 hours or more, any day of the week: Benesse House Museum and the pumpkins open on Mondays too. Times use the 09:22 ferry out, the 10:00 town bus and the 13:55 passenger boat back, so step off by 09:00
Room to spare
Fits a 7.5-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.
What it costs
Ferry ¥370 out, passenger boat ¥370 back (cash only); town bus ¥100 a ride, coins only. Benesse House Museum ¥1,300 online, ¥1,500 at the door.

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 → Miyanoura Port, Naoshimatrain or bus
  2. 2Miyanoura Port, Naoshima → Benesse House Museumon foot
  3. 3Benesse House Museum → 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
    Walk from the First Pier to the Shikoku Kisen ferry pier (about 4 min, our estimate)

    Ferries and passenger boats use different piers: check the sign for the ferry

  2. +0:20
    The 09:22 ferry Uno → Miyanoura, 20 min, ¥370

    Morning ferries 08:22, 09:22, 11:00 (Shikoku Kisen)

    A Shikoku Kisen ferry at Uno Port, the crossing to Naoshima
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
  3. +0:40
    Kusama’s Red Pumpkin and Fujimoto’s Naoshima Pavilion on the Miyanoura quay

    You can walk into both

    Directions from the ship (train or bus)Full guide: Naoshima
    Naoshima, Takamatsu
    Photo: Yamashita Yohei / CC BY 2.0
  4. +0:58
    The 10:00 town bus to Tsutsuji-so (10:14), ¥100

    Coins only; buses can be full on weekend afternoons

  5. +1:12
    Walk (about 1 km, our estimate) or the 10:30 free shuttle to Benesse House Museum

    08:00–21:00 every day. The shuttle does not run on the days Chichu is closed (Mondays)

  6. +1:30
    Benesse House Museum and the outdoor works on its shore, the yellow Pumpkin among them

    Last admittance 20:00

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
    Benesse House Museum and the yellow Pumpkin, Naoshima
    Photo: Jean-Marie Hullot / CC BY 2.0
  7. +4:05
    Walk back to Tsutsuji-so (or the 13:19 shuttle) for the 13:26 town bus to Miyanoura (13:41)

    Be at the stop early: the bus can be full

  8. +4:53
    The 13:55 passenger boat Miyanoura → Uno, 15 min, ¥370 cash

    From the passenger-boat pier, not the ferry terminal

  9. +5:08
    Walk back to the First Pier from the passenger-boat pier
  10. +5:15
    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 Uno

Uno on foot: pier art and a sea-view bathNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hShort calls, or a slow morning before a Naoshima afternoon. Everything is within about 10 minutes of the gangway on footOkayama KorakuenOkayama Korakuen, the castle and Kurashiki by trainNeeds an 11-hour call · ~9hCalls of 11 hours or more, such as 08:00–20:00. Train times assume you step off at 08:30 on a weekday (JR West timetable revised 3 October 2026). Not a Monday if you want the Ohara Museum. The cruise lines sell the same day as “Koraku-en & Kurashiki”A Shikoku Kisen ferry at Uno Port, the crossing to NaoshimaNaoshima’s museums under a roof: Chichu and Benesse HouseA wet day · ~6.5hA 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
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