Tojinbo, Oshima Island and the Old Port of Mikuni in Fukui

This guide covers the columnar rock of Tojinbo, the sightseeing boat, Oshima Island, the old port of Mikuni and the practical details of visiting them.

The columnar rock of Tojinbo stretches along the coast for about one kilometer, so a visit here begins with a walk along the shore. The Tojinbo sightseeing boat takes about thirty minutes for one lap, which fits easily into the same morning. Admission to Tojinbo Tower is five hundred yen for adults.

On Sundays outside the winter months, the Mikuni Port Market holds a morning market from seven thirty to eleven thirty, so an early start pays off. For a longer break, POSSE COFFEE is open from nine in the morning until eight in the evening. Individual admission to the Sakai City Ryusho Museum is four hundred yen.

Tojinbo's Columnar Rock and Tojinbo Tower

Tall columns of grey rock at Tojinbo stand above a calm blue sea, with Oshima Island low on the horizon.

The grey rock columns stand straight above the sea, and the coast path runs along them with Oshima Island further out. Tojinbo Tower business hours are nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, depending on the weather. Admission to the Tojinbo Tower observation deck is three hundred yen for children.

Item	Detail
Tojinbo Tower admission, adults	500 yen
Tojinbo Tower admission, children	300 yen
Tojinbo Tower business hours	9:00 to 17:00, depending on the weather
Tojinbo columnar rock along the coast	about 1 km

The Tojinbo Sightseeing Boat

The rocky Tojinbo coastline runs out toward Oshima Island, with a walker on the path below the rock face.

Buy your ticket first, because the ticket window closes five minutes before each scheduled departure. The general fare for an adult, from junior high school age up, is two thousand yen. The general fare for a child of elementary school age is one thousand yen.

From April first to October thirty-first, the boat runs from nine in the morning to four in the afternoon. From November first to March thirty-first, it runs from nine in the morning to three thirty in the afternoon. The regular closing day is every Wednesday. All sailings are suspended from December twenty-ninth to January thirty-first.

Item	Detail
Tojinbo sightseeing boat adult fare (junior high school and older)	2,000 yen
Tojinbo sightseeing boat child fare (elementary school)	1,000 yen
Tojinbo sightseeing boat hours, April 1 to October 31	9:00 to 16:00
Tojinbo sightseeing boat hours, November 1 to March 31	9:00 to 15:30
Tojinbo sightseeing boat closing day	every Wednesday
Tojinbo sightseeing boat ticket window	closes 5 minutes before departure
Tojinbo sightseeing boat suspension	all sailings, December 29 to January 31

Oshima Island

The red-railed bridge leads to Oshima Island, with a torii gate at the far end and the rock wall of the island beside it.

From the shore, a bridge with red railings leads out to the island and its torii gate. After the bridge, seventy-eight stone steps lead up onto the island. A loop of the island covers about one point two kilometers and takes about forty minutes.

The Former Morita Bank and the Ryusho Museum

The brick and stone front of the Former Morita Bank Head Office stands in the old port town of Mikuni.

The Former Morita Bank Head Office shows a brick and stone front to the old port town. The Former Morita Bank Head Office is open from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, and until ten at night when there is an evening event.

At the Sakai City Ryusho Museum, high school students and under enter free, and adults pay four hundred yen. It is open from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, with last admission at four thirty. It is closed every Wednesday, the next day if Wednesday is a holiday, and from December twenty-ninth to January third.

Item	Detail
Sakai City Ryusho Museum admission	400 yen for adults; free for high school students and under
Sakai City Ryusho Museum opening hours	9:00 to 17:00, admission until 16:30
Sakai City Ryusho Museum closing days	every Wednesday (the next day if a holiday) and December 29 to January 3
Former Morita Bank Head Office opening hours	9:00 to 17:00, until 22:00 on evening event days

Mikuni Port Market and Places to Eat

Eating in Mikuni centers on the Mikuni Port Market, where the market cafeteria serves meals at three hundred yen per meal. A charcoal grill booth at the same market costs five hundred yen per hour per booth and is usable by up to four people.

The roadside station Mikuni Fureai Park Sanrihama has a shop open from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. Its restaurant is open from nine in the morning to four in the afternoon, with meals served from eleven to four. At Tojinbo itself, a restaurant is open from eight thirty in the morning to five in the afternoon.

Item	Detail
Mikuni Port Market morning market	Sundays except winter, 7:30 to 11:30
Mikuni Port Market cafeteria	300 yen per meal
Mikuni Port Market charcoal grill booth	500 yen per hour per booth, up to 4 people
POSSE COFFEE	open 9:00 to 20:00
The roadside station Mikuni Fureai Park Sanrihama shop	9:00 to 17:00
The roadside station Mikuni Fureai Park Sanrihama restaurant	9:00 to 16:00, meals 11:00 to 16:00
A restaurant in Tojinbo	8:30 to 17:00

Getting to Tojinbo and Where to Stay

First, from Fukui Station, take the Echizen Railway Mikuni-Awara Line to Echizen Railway Mikuni Station, a ride of about fifty minutes. Next, from Echizen Railway Mikuni Station, ride the Keifuku Bus to the Tojinbo bus stop, which takes about ten minutes.

First, by car from Fukui Station, Tojinbo is about forty-five minutes away when you use the toll roads. Next, parking at Tojinbo is paid at every lot and costs five hundred yen per standard car. Then, from the parking lots, the rocky area is about two minutes on foot from the nearest lot and about eight minutes from the farthest.

Other starting points work as well. From JR Awara-onsen Station, the Keifuku Bus bound for Tojinbo takes about forty-five minutes to the Tojinbo bus stop. From Kanazawa Station, the drive to Tojinbo takes about one hour and fifteen minutes when you use the toll roads.

If you would like more time in the area, browse places to stay around Awara.