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For a 4.5-hour call · UwajimaThe castle and Tensha-en
A ship alongside on any call of 4.5 hours or more, between 08:30 and 16:30. From the tender pier walk instead: about 15 minutes to the castle. Timed from the gangway and back.
- Best for
- A ship alongside on any call of 4.5 hours or more, between 08:30 and 16:30. From the tender pier walk instead: about 15 minutes to the castle
- Room to spare
- Fits a 4.5-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
- Two taxis, about ¥1,100 there and ¥1,000 back (our estimates). Keep ¥200 in cash, Tensha-en ¥500.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
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.
- +0:00Taxi from Sakashitazu No. 2 Wharf to the castle’s north entrance (2.3 km, about 10 min, about ¥1,100, our estimate)
No shuttle is published and waiting taxis are not confirmed: ask the ship to call one
- +0:15Climb the stone steps to Uwajima Castle and go up the keep
Keep 09:00–17:00 (to 16:00 Nov–Feb), adult ¥200, cash only
Full guide: Uwajima CastlePhoto: Reggaeman / CC BY-SA 3.0 - +1:15Walk down the south side through Noboritachi-mon and on to Tensha-en (8 min from the gate)Full guide: Tensha-en garden
Photo: ぺ有家音 / CC0 - +1:35Tensha-en: the pond, the bamboo and the wisteria bridge
08:30–16:30 (to 17:00 Apr–Jun), adult ¥500
What you will see here
Photo: As6673 / Public domain - +2:15Taxi back to the wharf (2.2 km, about 10 min, about ¥1,000, our estimate)
Ask the garden’s desk to call one
- +2:30Back at the gangway
Uwajima, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
The other routes in Uwajima
Garden, castle, pearls and tai-meshiNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4hA ship alongside from 08:00 or earlier that stays past 14:00: off at 08:30, back by 12:30. Kadoya serves lunch 11:00–14:00
Uchiko by limited expressNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7hA call of about 07:00–17:00 or longer: off at 07:30, back about 14:25, an hour before a 15:30 gangway time. Not a morning or an afternoon half-dayA wet day: Kisaiya Hiroba, pearls and tai-meshiA wet day · ~2.5hRain 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 not