Jodogahama in Miyako: White Rocks, Sappa Boats and the Umineko-maru Cruise

This guide covers what visitors can do at Jodogahama in Miyako, with the opening hours, fees and the way in.

White Rock and Clear Water at Jodogahama

Rows of sharply pointed white rhyolite line the shore at Jodogahama, and each rock along the coast shows a different face. The sea here is highly transparent, and the waves are gentle.

Viewpoints and the Shiofuki-ana Blowhole

Odaiba Viewpoint is about a seven-minute walk from the first parking area. Ryujinzaki Viewpoint is a fifteen-minute walk from the same first parking area. Godai Viewpoint is a two-minute walk from the third parking area.

The Shiofuki-ana blowhole sits on the coast north of Jodogahama, between the Hideshima district and Kyukamura Rikuchu-Miyako. When large waves strike, their pressure pushes seawater up through the hole and out onto the ground. From Miyako Station, the drive to the parking area for the blowhole takes twenty minutes and covers about nine kilometers.

Blue Cave by Sappa Boat

A sappa boat excursion from Jodogahama Marine House heads into the Blue Cave, where the water surface spreads out in emerald green. The Blue Cave sappa-boat tour takes about twenty minutes. The sappa boat experience runs from March through November.

Applications for the Blue Cave sappa boat experience go through Jodogahama Marine House. Jodogahama Marine House is open from half past eight in the morning to five in the afternoon between March and November, and it closes for the winter.

Miyako Umineko-maru Cruises

On the Miyako Umineko-maru, the direct trip from Dezaki Wharf to Jodogahama takes about seven minutes. The fare from Dezaki Wharf to Jodogahama is six hundred yen for an adult.

Rosoku-iwa cannot be approached from land, but it comes into view from the Miyako Umineko-maru. Umineko bread, sold on board, costs two hundred yen including tax.

To add a guided outing around Miyako to your plans, browse tours around Jodogahama.

Visitor Center and Facilities Around the Park

Jodogahama Visitor Center is open from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. It closes from December twenty-ninth to January third. From the Visitor Center, the promenade brings you to the Jodogahama pier in three minutes on foot.

Jodogahama Rest House keeps business hours from half past eight in the morning to five in the afternoon. The Iwate Prefectural Fisheries Science Museum is open from nine in the morning to half past four in the afternoon. The museum closes on Mondays, on the following day when a Monday is a holiday, and over the year-end and New Year period.

Getting to Jodogahama

Jodogahama Park Hotel stands a ten-minute walk from Jodogahama. A taxi from the rotary in front of Miyako Station to Jodogahama Park Hotel takes about ten minutes, with a fare of about one thousand seven hundred to one thousand eight hundred yen.

From the start of April through the end of October, general vehicles cannot enter Jodogahama. Private cars also cannot enter at night, from six in the evening to eight in the morning, all year round.

Item	Detail
Bus bound for Okujodogahama, Miyako Station to the Okujodogahama bus stop	20 minutes
By car, Miyako Station to Jodogahama	10 minutes
Iwate Kenpoku Bus route bus between Miyako Station and Jodogahama Park Hotel, one way	About 14 minutes, 250 yen
Miyako Umineko-maru bay cruise, adult	1,800 yen
Blue Cave sappa-boat tour, per person	2,000 yen