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Gotō Islands

Stay on Fukue Island (2–3 nights); use ferry or jetfoil for day trips to nearby islands.

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Key facts · Japan

Visa
Depends on your passport
Currency
Yen (JPY)
Language
Japanese
Plugs
A · B · 100 V
Time zone
UTC+9 all year
Rules in force · 5
  • East Asia ↗Every border in East Asia is a full international border, Hong Kong and Macau included: an entry permission for one never covers the next.
  • East Asia ↗Ferries between Korea, Japan and China cancel in rough seas and typhoons; keep a flight or a spare day behind every sea leg.
  • Japan ↗IC cards (ICOCA/Suica) are topped up with cash at station machines.
  • Japan ↗Smoking while walking is banned in most city centres; use designated areas.
  • Japan ↗Shinkansen bags 160–250 cm (L+W+H) need a seat reserved with the oversized-baggage area.

Gotō Islands are a remote archipelago known for historic Christian sites, coastal scenery and fresh seafood. Stay on Fukue (the largest) for 2–3 nights and use ferry or jetfoil for day trips to nearby islands.

Where to sleep

3 places in this region

Sleep base

Day trip

  • NakanoshimaGuide: planned

    Historic churches and coastal views, reachable by ferry.

    Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.

  • Shin‑KamigotoGuide: planned

    Scenic cliffs and lighthouse, jetfoil from Fukue.

    Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.

Plan the nights

How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags

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Night sequences

2 nights
Fukue 2 nights, day‑trip Nakanoshima
3 nights
Fukue 3 nights, day‑trips Nakanoshima and Shin‑Kamigoto
  • Ferry and jetfoil operate less frequently in winter; plan around the schedule.

Day-trips door to door

ToFromDoor-to-door p50Last returnNote
NakanoshimaFukue Island90 mincheckFerry ~1 h 30 min; check seasonal schedule.
Shin‑KamigotoFukue Island80 mincheckJetfoil ~1 h 20 min; limited evening service.

Bags between cities

Luggage forwarding between islands is limited; most operators only accept same‑day transfers, so pack light for day trips.

When to go

Months and weather

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Seasons at a glance

From each city's month table

Pick a month to see where to go.

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CountryJFMAMJJASOND
Fukue Island
Japan (country-wide)
Go: the good monthsFair: workable, mixedPoor: heat, rain or hazeAvoid: storms, floods, closuresno data yet

Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.

Getting in and passes

Arrival times and regional passes

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Get in

Door-to-door p50, 2026 estimate
FromToHowp50Note
Nagasaki PortFukue IslandKyushu Shosen ferry3 h 10 min door‑to‑doorMay 2024 fare ¥4,080; seasonal price varies.
Nagasaki PortFukue IslandKyushu Shosen jetfoil1 h 25 min door‑to‑doorMay 2024 fare ¥9,030; seasonal price varies.
Nagasaki AirportFukue AirportOriental Air Bridge flight30 min door‑to‑doorOne‑way ¥11,300; round‑trip ¥19,500; 1–3 flights daily.

Eat and move on

Regional food and where to go next

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Go next

Other regions of the country

Kanto

3–5 nights

Tokyo base, Kamakura/Nikko day-trips

Kansai

5–8 nights

Kyoto/Osaka base, Nara day-trip

Chūbu / Hokuriku

planned

2–4 nights

Kanazawa, Takayama, the Alps

Chūgoku

planned

1–2 nights

Hiroshima + Miyajima

Hokkaidō

planned

4–7 nights

Sapporo, winter and summer trips

Kyūshū

planned

3–5 nights

Fukuoka, onsen towns

Gotō Islands: what we know, and what is coming

1 of 3 places open

On this page

  1. 3 places with their role: where to sleep, what to do as a day trip
  2. How to split 2 or 3 nights
  3. 2 day trips with door-to-door time
  4. Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables
  5. What to do with the big bag between beds

Coming as the guide grows

  1. Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
  2. Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
  3. Regional food: what, where and when it works
  4. A page for Nakanoshima — Historic churches and coastal views, reachable by ferry.
  5. A page for Shin‑Kamigoto — Scenic cliffs and lighthouse, jetfoil from Fukue.

Meanwhile

Planning aids

Built from this guide's own data

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Region in numbers

Where to sleep
1 base
Day trips
2, 1 h 20 to 1 h 30
Nights suggested
2–3 nights
Ways in
3 listed
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Deep dive

Photos, reading and every source

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Sources

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