KimiideraPhoto: Hiroaki Kaneko / CC BY-SA 3.0
Kimiidera’s own page lists a cable car from the foot of the hill to the main hall, running 8:30 to 16:30 and stopping for about three days of inspection each February.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
A temple on the hillside above Wakaura Bay, with a vermilion pagoda among cherry trees. A cable car runs from the foot to the main hall, 8:30–16:30: admission ¥400 plus ¥200 each way. On the temple’s fee table, pilgrims who climb the stone steps pay nothing. The Buddha hall’s viewing gallery is open 8:30–16:30.
- 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
- It is a view, so it is weather. Check the morning sky before you commit the hours.
Kimiidera and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 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 2 hr 15 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.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
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The white keep stands on a hill in the middle of the city, about nine minutes’ climb from the gate.
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See · ~3hTuna-cutting show at Kuroshio Market
A whole tuna is cut up in front of the crowd every day at 12:30 and 15:00, and at 11:00 as well on weekends and holidays.
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See · ~4.5hKishi Station and the cat stationmaster
Yontama is the stationmaster of Kishi.
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