- Getting there
- Taxi 2.0 km, about 10 min and ¥1,000 (our estimate); 2 min on foot from the tender pier
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The calm inlets of the Uwa Sea are farmed for akoya pearls. The pearl hall at Kisaiya Hiroba, the roadside market by the harbour, brings seven Uwajima pearl shops under one roof, from necklaces to small charms. The same building has a market hall with jakoten sold hot from the fryer, citrus and a food court. Market and pearl hall 09:00–18:00, food court 10:30–16:30; closed on 1 January.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- Closed on 1 January. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 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.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The place to have it
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| Local pickKawachiya Kamaboko, Kisaiya Hiroba shop河内屋蒲鉾 きさいや広場店 | Jakoten, Uwajima’s fried fish cake, sold one at a time straight from the fryer. 09:00–17:30; closed on 1 January. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
Akoya pearls at Kisaiya Hiroba 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 10 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.
Garden, castle, pearls and tai-meshiNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4h door to doorA ship alongside from 08:00 or earlier that stays past 14:00: off at 08:30, back by 12:30. Kadoya serves lunch 11:00–14:00A wet day: Kisaiya Hiroba, pearls and tai-meshiA wet day · ~2.5h door to doorRain on any call that covers lunch. The castle’s steps and the garden are in the open; the market, the pearl hall and the restaurants are notWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
3 hr for bothTensha-en
The pond garden the 7th lord, Date Munetada, built for his retirement.
See the detail
3 hr 30 min for bothThe castle hill by Noboritachi-mon
The hill opens at 06:00, three hours before the keep, so this is the walk for an early arrival.
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