One-day trip to Tokushima with its unique Naruto Whirlpools

Tokushima is very famous for whirlpools occurring in Naruto Strait. Enjoy a one-day trip including a tour of the whirlpools, said to be the largest in the world. See with your own eyes this natural wonder you cannot experience anywhere else in the world. Also visit a museum of rare ceramic masterpieces.

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Update 2023.08.07

DAY1

2018-03-26
- Otukakokusai Art Museum
  
  10:00
- Aqua Eddy underwater sightseeing boat
  
  13:15
- Naruto Park
  
  14:30
- Uzonomichi Promenade (Tokushima Prefecture)
  
  15:45

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DAY1

- Otukakokusai Art Museum
  
  10:00
  
  180min
  
  (Provided by service)Located in Naruto Town, Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, this art museum has the largest permanent exhibition space in Japan. The exhibits consist of more than 1,000 Western paintings reproduced in full scale on ceramic panels. Visitors can appreciate masterpieces from all over the world such as Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Picasso’s Guernica. The viewing route through the museum is about four kilometers long. There is also a museum shop and a restaurant where visitors can enjoy meals while looking out over the garden.
  
  Address
  
  10 Best Art Museums in Kansai Region
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  - Otukakokusai Art Museum
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  15min
- Aqua Eddy underwater sightseeing boat
  
  13:15
  
  60min
  
  Pleasure Boat / Water Cruise
  
  (Provided by service)The Aqua Eddy is a small, fast boat equipped with an underwater observation room. Passengers can get a close underwater view of the spectacular Naruto Strait whirlpools through the glass bottom of the boat, which extends one meter under the water. Being able to enjoy the different views of the whirlpools from on deck and from down below really enhances the viewing experience. As the Aqua Eddy has a limited capacity of 46 passengers, advance booking is required. The journey time is 25 minutes; there are 15 scheduled trips per day. The Uzusio Whirlpool Sightseeing Boat dock, from which the trips depart, is located approximately 15 minutes by car by Naruto Station and around 75 minutes’ drive from Kobe-Sannomiya Station.
  
  Address
  
  Tokushima Pref. Narutoshi Narutochoutosadomariura Oge 264-1
  - Aqua Eddy underwater sightseeing boat
  - Aqua Eddy underwater sightseeing boat
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  15min
- Naruto Park
  
  14:30
  
  45min
  
  (Provided by service)Naruto Park sits next to the Naruto Strait, famous for its whirlpool, and the Onaruto Bridge. There are many scenic spots and places of interest here including a promenade called Uzunomichi (the road of whirlpools), the observation deck Esukahiru Naruto, and the Onaruto Bridge Crossing Memorial Hall, making it a park often visited by tourists.
  
  Address
  - Naruto Park
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  30min
- Uzonomichi Promenade (Tokushima Prefecture)
  
  15:45
  
  75min
  
  Skyline, etc.
  
  (Provided by service)Uzunomichi Promenade is located around 60 minutes by bus from JR Tokushima Station. The promenade extends out over the sea, under the Ohnaruto Bridge, for 450 meters. Opened in 2000, this is one of Tokushima’s best known tourist attractions. Glass-floored sections have been installed at four locations along the Promenade, so that visitors can view the strong tides　and roaring whirlpools in the sea below. The observation gallery at the far end of the Promenade makes use of the space provided by one of the Bridge girders to enable visitors to walk right round and get a 360-degree view; visitors can experience the impressive whirlpools from a spot 45 meters above the water.
  
  Address
  
  Tokushima Prefecture Naruto City Naruto-cho (in Naruto Park)
  - Uzonomichi Promenade (Tokushima Prefecture)
- FINISH
  
  17:00