Car ferry
Ainoura – Takashima – Kuroshima (Sasebo)
黒島～高島～相浦航路（フェリーくろしま） · Kuroshima Ryokakusen
- How often
- 3 a day each way
- Crossing
- About 50 min Ainoura – Kuroshima
- Adult
- ¥950
- Booking
- not confirmed
Passenger boat High-speed boat Sanyo Kisen 三洋汽船
Kasaoka – Shiraishijima – Kitagishima – Manabeshima (– Sanagijima) 笠岡～佐柳本浦航路
Boats to Takashima 高島, Shiraishijima 白石島, Kitagishima 北木島, Manabeshima 真鍋島, Sanagijima 佐柳島.
Checked a while agoWe last checked the official sources for this route on 2026-10-11. Prices and rules may have changed since: check the official page before you rely on it.
How often5 sailings a day each way between Kasaoka and ManabeshimaDetails below
CrossingAbout 65 min Kasaoka – Manabeshima
Adult fare¥670Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Shiraishijima (regular boat)
Bookingnot confirmed
Straight lines between the ports, not the real course. Port positions from OpenStreetMap and GSI maps (国土地理院).
Boats P
| Boat | How often | Crossing |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger boat | 5 sailings a day each way between Kasaoka and Manabeshima (the first boat out and last boat back run direct); Manabeshima – Sanagijima only on Saturdays, 1 a day each way | About 65 min Kasaoka – Manabeshima (35 min on the direct boats); 20 min Manabeshima – Sanagijima |
| High-speed boat | 3 sailings a day each way between Kasaoka and Manabeshima, calling at Shiraishijima and Kitagishima | About 45 min Kasaoka – Manabeshima |
Foot passengers only: no cars.
Fares P
| Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Shiraishijima (regular boat) | ¥670 |
|---|---|
| Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Kitagishima (regular boat) | ¥800 |
| Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Manabeshima (regular boat) | ¥1,040 |
| Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Sanagijima (regular boat) | ¥1,200 |
| Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Shiraishijima (high-speed boat) | ¥1,170 |
| Adult, one way, Kasaoka – Manabeshima (high-speed boat) | ¥1,790 |
| Bicycle, under 20 km | ¥280 |
One way, as published by the operator; fuel surcharges and seasonal fares may apply.
Tickets and booking P
Booking: not confirmed. No page mentions reservations. When a boat reaches its capacity no more passengers can board.
Where to buy
- Kasaoka: the ticket office and waiting room on the ground floor of the Kasaoka Islands Exchange Center "Minato Kobanashi" at the Sumiyoshi pier
- Refunds only at the Sumiyoshi office
Ports
- Kasaoka (Sumiyoshi pier) 笠岡（住吉乗り場）
About 5 min walk from JR Kasaoka Station (San'yō Line from Okayama)
Show this port to staff - Kōnoshima Sotoura 神島外浦
Show this port to staff - Takashima 高島 on Takashima
Show this port to staff - Shiraishijima 白石島 on Shiraishijima
Show this port to staff - Kitagishima Kusu 北木島 楠 on Kitagishima
Show this port to staff - Kitagishima Ōura 北木島 大浦 on Kitagishima
Show this port to staff - Manabeshima Iwatsubo 真鍋島 岩坪 on Manabeshima
Show this port to staff - Manabeshima Honura 真鍋島 本浦 on Manabeshima
Show this port to staff - Sanagijima Honura 佐柳島 本浦 on Sanagijima
Saturdays only
Show this port to staff
Good to know P
- Children (from age 1 to elementary school) pay half fare; one preschool child per adult travels free.
- Breaking your journey voids the rest of the ticket.
- Different boats call at different ports on each island: check which port a sailing uses.
- Bicycles and mopeds may be refused at busy times (summer, New Year, Golden Week).
- Sailings can be cancelled in bad weather: check the operating status on the day.
Other boats to Takashima, Shiraishijima, Kitagishima, Manabeshima, Sanagijima
Passenger boat
Karatsu (Chiyoda-machi) – Takashima
唐津～高島航路（ドリームラインたかしま） · Saga Genkai Fisheries Cooperative
- How often
- 6 a day each way
- Crossing
- About 10 min
- Adult
- ¥220
- Booking
- not confirmed
Car ferry
Kasaoka (Fushigoe) – Shiraishijima – Kitagishima (Daifuku Maru)
笠岡（伏越）～白石島～北木島（豊浦・金風呂）（大福丸） · Kasaoka Ferry
- How often
- 5 a day each way
- Crossing
- About 45 min to Toyoura, about 1 h via Shiraishijima
- Adult
- ¥520
- Booking
- not confirmed
Car ferry
Kasaoka (Fushigoe) – Shiraishijima – Kitagishima (Kanaburo Maru)
笠岡～白石島～北木島（豊浦・金風呂）（金風呂丸） · Setouchi Chuo Kanko Kisen
- How often
- 4 a day each way
- Crossing
- About 40 min to Shiraishijima, about 1 h to Kanaburo
- Adult
- ¥550
- Booking
- not confirmed
Passenger boat
Kurosaki – Takashima (Naruto city ferry)
黒崎渡船（黒崎 － 高島） · Naruto City (municipal ferry)
- How often
- 25 a day each way, every 10–60 min from 6:40 to 19:50
- Crossing
- About 2 min
- Booking
- not confirmed
High-speed boat
Nagasaki – Iōjima – Takashima
長崎～伊王島～高島航路 · Nomo Shosen
- How often
- 8 a day each way, Nagasaki 5:50–21:05, Takashima 6:27–21:42
- Crossing
- About 19 min to Iōjima, 35 min to Takashima
- Adult
- ¥710
- Booking
- No booking needed
Car ferry
Tadotsu – Takamijima – Sanagijima
多度津港～高見島・佐柳島 · Tadotsu Kisen
- How often
- 4 sailings a day each way
- Crossing
- About 28 min to Takamijima, 55 min to Sanagijima Honura
- Adult
- ¥500
- Booking
- not confirmed
English names are the operator's own where it publishes them, otherwise romanised for this guide. Boats are often cancelled or changed in bad weather: check the operator's page on the day.
Sources and quotes checked 2026-10-11
- route:
住吉乗り場は「笠岡～佐柳本浦航路（笠岡→神島→高島→白石島→北木島→真鍋島）」と
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e4%bd%8f%e5%90%89%e4%b9%97%e3%82%8a%e5%a0%b4 - route:
（※土曜のみ真鍋島より佐柳島への便があります。時刻表はこちら）
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e4%bd%8f%e5%90%89%e4%b9%97%e3%82%8a%e5%a0%b4 - frequency:
05:55 → → → → → → 06:30 ★07:25 → → ★07:47 → ★08:01 → ★08:09 08:10 08:30 08:36 08:44 → 08:59 09:09 09:14 ★9:10 → → ★09:32 → ★09:46 → ★09:54 11:20 11:40 11:46 11:54 → 12:09 12:19 12:24 14:30◆ 14:50◆ 13:45 14:05 14:11 14:19 14:34 14:39 14:49 14:54 ★16:30 → → ★16:52 → ★17:06 → ★17:14 17:47 18:10 18:16 18:24 → 18:39 18:49 18:55
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - frequency:
06:30 06:35 06:45 → 07:00 07:08 07:14 07:34 ★8:15 → ★08:23 → ★08:37 → → ★08:59 09:14 ←09:09● 09:24 09:29 09:44 09:52 09:58 10:18 12:35 12:40 12:50 → 13:05 13:13 13:19 13:39 14:50◆ 15:10◆ ★15:35 ★15:43 → ★15:57 → → ★16:19 16:30 16:35 16:45 → 17:00 17:08 17:14 17:34 ★17:28 → ★17:36 → ★17:50 → → ★18:12 18:55 → → → → → → 19:30
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - frequency:
※★は高速船（普通船と料金が異なります）
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - frequency:
※◆真鍋島（本浦）→佐柳島（本浦）は、土曜のみ運航です。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - duration:
※始発直行便（下り） 笠岡5：55発→真鍋島（本浦）6：30着の便は、普通船運賃1,040円となります。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - duration:
08:10 08:30 08:36 08:44 → 08:59 09:09 09:14
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - duration:
★07:25 → → ★07:47 → ★08:01 → ★08:09
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - prices:
笠岡 － 400円 530円 670円 800円 1,040円 1,200円
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1%ef%bd%9e%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83%e8%a1%a8 - prices:
笠岡 － 1,170円 1,430円 1,790円
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1%ef%bd%9e%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83%e8%a1%a8 - prices:
自転車等軽車両 280円 370円
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1%ef%bd%9e%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83%e8%a1%a8 - booking:
笠岡港出発の際に定員に達した場合、また神島でご乗船の際に定員に達しましたらご乗船することはできませんのでご注意ください。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/ - where_to_buy:
笠岡諸島交流センター「みなとこばなし」１階が券売所及び待合所となります。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e4%bd%8f%e5%90%89%e4%b9%97%e3%82%8a%e5%a0%b4 - where_to_buy:
切符購入後の払戻は住吉営業所でいたします。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/ - vehicles:
人だけの船となります。自動車・自動二輪車の方は伏越港をご利用ください。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e4%bd%8f%e5%90%89%e4%b9%97%e3%82%8a%e5%a0%b4 - notes:
1歳以上の未就学児～小学生は大人運賃の半額です。 ただし、大人1名同伴につき1歳以上の未就学児1名は無料となります。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1%ef%bd%9e%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83%e8%a1%a8 - notes:
途中下船は前途無効です。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1%ef%bd%9e%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83%e8%a1%a8 - notes:
※→の島は経由となり停まりません。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1-%ef%bd%9e-%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e6%99%82%e5%88%bb%e8%a1%a8 - notes:
自転車等軽車両及び原付自転車は、夏季・年末年始・ゴールデンウィーク等の混雑が予想される期間はお断りさせていただく場合がございます。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83/%e7%ac%a0%e5%b2%a1%ef%bd%9e%e4%bd%90%e6%9f%b3%e6%9c%ac%e6%b5%a6-%e9%81%8b%e8%b3%83%e8%a1%a8 - notes:
天候により欠航する場合がございます。 当日、運航情報の確認をおすすめいたします。
— sanyo-kisen.jp/
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