Model Course
- Please confirm closed days of each facilities and islands,
- Timetable of ferry, bus may be late with extreme weather conditions.
- Timetable of ferry, bus may be changed without notice.
Model Course 4 : 2 days and a night (By Sleeping car or Coach)
Departure for Naoshima
The ferry departs at 8:12 for Noshima. (appx. 50min.)
Island of art, Naoshima

Go'o Shrine / Appropriate Proportion by Hiroshi Sugimoto
Naoshima is famous for modern art, because of Chichu Museum, Benesse House, Art House Project.
Red pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama has been exhibited in the port.
- Schedule in Naoshima
Miyaura port → (3min.,walk) → Naoshima Public Bath "I ♥ 湯" (30min., walk or 6min., bus) → Art House Project & Tadashi Kawamata → (40min., walk or 5min., town bus for Tsutsuji Cottage, and 3min., shuttle bus) → Benesse House Park( Teresita Fernández & Hiroshi Sugimoto) → (5min., walk) → Benesse House Museum → (5min., walk) → Lee U-Fan Museum (10min., walk) → Hiroshi Sugimoto "Coffin of Light" and "Conceptual Moss" Tour*1
*1 Optional (10am, 12pm, 14pm, 16pm)
- Bus Timetable in Naoshima »
Bus Timetable (PDF 104KB : Japanese)
Recommendation Lunch Spot
- Benesse House Terrace Restaurant (Lunch: 11:30-14:30)
- Genmai-shinshoku Aisunao (Open: 11:30-17:30 [summer] / 17:00 [winter])
Departure From Naoshima
High-speed ferry departs at 16:40 from Miyaura port to Tonosho port in Shodoshima.(appx. 45min.)
Arrival at Shodoshima

Hotel shuttle departs at 17:50 for Resort Hotel Olivean Shodoshima.
We offer various services such as natural hot springs with views of Setouchi, spa services...etc.

Setouchi International Art Festival in Shodoshima

Shodoshima | Koichi Kurita “ Soil Library Project ”
Go sightseeing by Treasure Ship, listen to bamboo flute music called “Voices from Disappeared People”, visit “Soil Library Project / Setouchi”...etc.
The charm of the island can be enjoyed from sea side and mountain.
- Schedule in Shodoshima
Tonosho port → (20min.,walk or 10min., bus) → (10min., walk) → Suh Do Ho → (10min., bus) → Tatsuo Kawaguchi & Koichi Kurita → (10min., walk) → Musashino Art University [Avarable: Sep.25 ] → Hitoyama Stage & Rika Aki & Yoshihiko Tanji → (20min., walk) → Wang Wen-Chih & Dadang Christanto & Nakayama Stage & Sense Art Studio → (5min., walk) → Masayuki Kishimoto → (25min., bus) → Tonosho port or Ikeda port (20min., bus) → Kusakabe port
- Shodoshima Bus Timetable
Shodoshima Bus Timetable(PDF 147KB : Japanese)
- Shuttle Bus Round-trip for Setouchi International Art Festival (Special Operation: Jul. 19 - Oct. 31)
Shuttle Bus Timetable (Operation: Jul. 19 - Oct. 31)
Olivean ⇒ Naoshima Departure
Olivean⇒ Arrival
Tonosho port⇒ Departure
Tonosho port⇒ Arrival
Naoshima port⇒ (shuttle bus)
8:00⇒ (shuttle bus)
8:15⇒ (Naoshima ferry)
8:45⇒ (Naoshima ferry)
9:28⇒ Naoshima ⇔ Hitoyama Departure
Naoshima port⇒ Arrival
Tonosho port⇒ Departure
Tonosho port⇒ Departure/Arrival
Hitoyama⇒ Departure/Arrival
Nakayama⇒ Arrival
Olivean(Naoshima ferry)
16:40⇒ (Naoshima ferry)
17:25⇒ (special service)
17:50⇒ (special service)
18:05⇒ (special service)
18:10⇒ (shuttle bus)
18:25Olivean ⇔ Hitoyama Departure
Olivean⇒ Departure/Arrival
Hitoyama⇒ Departure/Arrival
Nakayama⇒ Arrival
Olivean(special service)
10:00⇒ (special service)
10:05⇒ (special service)
10:10⇒ (special service)
10:20(special service)
13:30⇒ (special service)
13:35⇒ (special service)
13:40⇒ (special service)
13:50(special service)
15:55⇒ (special service)
16:00⇒ (special service)
16:05⇒ (special service)
16:15Departure
Tonosho port⇒ Departure/Arrival
Hitoyama⇒ Departure/Arrival
Nakayama⇒ Arrival
Olivean(special service)
17:50⇒ (special service)
18:05⇒ (special service)
18:10⇒ (special service)
18:25
Recommendation Lunch Spot
- Nonoka (Lunch: 12:00-14:00)
- Chuzaemon Cafe (Open: 11:00-18:00)
- Restaurant at Resort Hotel Olivean Shodoshima (Lunch: 11:30-14:00)
Restaurant at Resort Hotel Olivean Shodoshima;»
Departure from Shodoshima to Takamatsu

Takamatsu | Noboru Tsubaki “ Project for Sea-Light in Takamatsu ”
The ferry departs from Tonosho port(high-speed: appx. 30min. / ferry: appx. 60min.)
1 or 2 ships an hour departs from a port.