Garyu Sanso, OzuPhoto: 京浜にけ / CC BY-SA 3.0
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
A villa that a wax trader spent more than ten years building above a pool of the Hiji River: the thatched Garyu-in, the Chishi-an tea room and the small Furo-an, in a moss garden. 09:00–17:00, last entry 16:30, open every day, adult ¥550; ¥880 with the castle.
- This needs 6 hr 30 min, so it only fits an 8.5-hour call or longer. On a shorter one it will cost you the ship, not the view.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
Where the 6 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 3 hr 20 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
See · ~2.5hUwajima Castle
One of the 12 castle keeps in Japan that survive from the Edo period: three storeys of white plaster, rebuilt by the second Date lord in the 1660s on a hill first fortified by Todo Takatora.
See the detail
See · ~1.5hTensha-en
The pond garden the 7th lord, Date Munetada, built for his retirement.
See the detail