Changelog

The Uno–Honmura boat runs 5 times a day (we said about 7), and the last car ferry off Miyanoura to Uno is 20:25 (one note wrongly said 19:02). Fares, first and last sailings on all routes verified; night-boat times and fares added.

The ¥100 town bus is the island's only public transport, and its timetable lives in a Japanese PDF. The new tool works the published times against the clock — the next bus from Miyanoura Port, Honmura and Tsutsujiso, the ferry connections, and what to do when the 28-seat bus fills up.

Naoshima has no bridge, and fog, strong wind and typhoons do cancel the boats. The new tool brings Shikoku Kisen's own operation notices together with the live wind and fog on the Uno and Takamatsu crossings, and always links the official status page. It shows the weather and the operator's notices — it doesn't make the call.

Which Art Sites Are Open? lets you pick the day you're visiting and see which Benesse Art Site museums are open — handling the Monday closures (and the national-holiday rule that shifts them), winter maintenance closures, seasonal hours and Chichu's timed reservation. It always points to the official site to confirm before you set out.

Naoshima now has its first three tools. Naoshima Ferries lays out every boat on and off the island by route and dock and works out the last boat home from your clock — the trap that catches day-trippers — with Shikoku Kisen's live timetable linked and an honest note that fog, wind and typhoons cancel crossings. Naoshima Through the Year walks month by month through the Inland Sea weather, the typhoon risk, the winter museum-maintenance closures, and when the ferries and lodging fill up (2026 is a quiet year between Triennale festivals). Getting Around Naoshima answers the practical questions — reserving Chichu, the closed-Monday rule, the 100-yen bus and the bikes, and life on an island with no bridge.