Out with the boats before dawn, then a shrine reached from the water
An oyster family that has worked this stretch of water for three hundred years takes you out for the morning harvest, and then on to Itsukushima Shrine by boat.
- Price
- On request
- Duration
- 3 h 00 min
- Season
- Winter only
- Language
- Check with the operator
Booking opens on the operator’s own site. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
The oyster rafts you see from the Miyajima ferry are not scenery. They are farms, worked before most visitors are awake, and this is one of the few ways to be on them.
The family has been in oysters here since the Edo period. You go out while it is still dark, watch the ropes come up, and then the boat carries on to Itsukushima Shrine — approached from the sea, which is how it was meant to be approached, and how almost nobody arrives today.
It runs in the cold months. That is worth knowing, because winter is when the rest of Japan is booked solid and Hiroshima is not.
| From Hiroshima Station | Train, then a short walk, about 30 minutes |
|---|---|
| Nearest stop | JR宮島口駅 |
| Notes | 広島駅からJR山陽本線で宮島口。宮島口西1丁目。 ※徒歩分数は要確認 |
| Luggage | Unconfirmed |
| How far ahead | Book at least a week ahead |
|---|---|
| How to book | By phone |
| Payment | Check with the operator |
| Operator | 島田水産 |
| Restrictions | 要確認 |
|---|---|
| If it rains | Check with the operator |
- あたたかい上着
- 手ぶくろ
- ぬれてもいい靴
- 防寒着