Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima at high tide

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Miyajima Tide Times 2024

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Time your visit to Miyajima to maximum effect by checking our Miyajima tide timetables for when you can see the great shrine gate at both high and low tide.

Go straight to the Miyajima tide timetables.

Itsukushima Shrine and it’s giant O-torii gate at high tide is one of Japan’s most iconic sights. The torii gate looks amazing in its apparent “floating” state, and it’s quite something to walk through the corridors of Itsukushima Shrine with the water lapping up through the floor boards.>

At low tide, we love to walk out to the torii gate. Looking up from below you can truly appreciate its bulk and get a closer look at its design. You can peeking under the shrine buildings themselves at low tide too.

The time between high and low tides varies, but is usually around 6 or 7 hours. If you time your visit right you may be able to catch both tides with a tour of the rest of Miyajima – visiting Daisho-in Temple, climbing Mt Misen etc – in between.

Miyajima 2024 Tide Tables

The great O-torii shrine gate appears to float when the tide level is over 250cm.
You can walk out to the O-torii shrine gate when the tide level is below 100cm
Tides shown are for Hiroshima Bay so actual conditions at Itsukushima Shrine may be slightly earlier than shown
Tide level show in cm

June 2024

Date	Day	Tide	High tide				Low tide
Date	Day	Tide	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm
1	Sat	Long	04:47	310	17:19	279	11:14	113	23:27	110
2	Sun	Trans	05:48	312	18:33	304	–	–	12:15	85
3	Mon	Mid	06:42	314	19:33	330	24:38	113	13:07	56
4	Tue	Mid	07:29	316	20:25	351	01:37	115	13:54	32
5	Wed	Spring	08:13	317	21:13	363	02:28	118	14:39	15
6	Thu	Spring	08:55	316	21:29	367	03:15	122	15:21	6
7	Fri	Spring	09:35	313	22:43	364	03:59	128	16:03	6
8	Sat	Mid	10:15	308	23:26	357	04:42	134	16:44	14
9	Sun	Mid	10:55	302	–	–	05:24	139	17:25	27
10	Mon	Mid	24:07	347	11:34	293	06:06	144	18:05	44
11	Tue	Mid	24:47	335	12:15	282	06:49	147	18:44	64
12	Wed	Neap	01:26	323	13:00	270	07:33	150	19:26	87
13	Thu	Neap	02:07	310	13:54	257	08:23	151	20:12	111
14	Fri	Neap	02:52	298	15:03	248	09:19	148	21:09	134
15	Sat	Long	03:44	288	16:33	250	10:24	140	21:21	152
16	Sun	Trans	04:43	281	17:55	265	11:27	125	23:41	160
17	Mon	Mid	05:41	279	18:55	287	–	–	12:19	105
18	Tue	Mid	06:31	281	19:44	309	24:48	159	13:04	84
19	Wed	Spring	07:16	286	20:26	329	01:40	127	13:45	64
20	Thu	Spring	07:58	291	21:08	344	02:25	120	14:25	46
21	Fri	Spring	08:39	298	21:49	355	03:07	114	15:06	32
22	Sat	Spring	09:21	304	22:31	361	03:49	111	15:48	21
23	Sun	Mid	10:04	309	23:13	365	04:31	111	16:32	15
24	Mon	Mid	10:48	312	23:56	365	05:14	114	17:16	15
25	Tue	Mid	11:34	312	–	–	05:58	129	18:01	21
26	Wed	Mid	24:39	361	12:23	309	06:43	126	18:48	35
27	Thu	Neap	01:23	354	13:15	303	07:31	122	19:36	57
28	Fri	Neap	02:08	343	14:14	295	08:22	117	20:28	86
29	Sat	Neap	02:56	329	15:25	288	09:20	110	21:29	118
30	Sun	Long	03:51	314	16:50	290	10:24	99	22:45	146

July 2024

Date	Day	Tide	High tide				Low tide
Date	Day	Tide	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm
1	Mon	Trans	04:52	301	18:13	304	11:32	84	–	–
2	Tue	Mid	05:55	294	19:21	323	24:09	161	12:35	67
3	Wed	Mid	06:55	292	20:19	340	01:21	163	13:32	50
4	Thu	Spring	07:49	294	21:10	352	02:21	159	14:24	37
5	Fri	Spring	0840	299	21:55	359	03:12	153	15:12	29
6	Sat	Spring	09:26	305	22:36	360	03:56	146	15:56	26
7	Sun	Spring	10:08	310	23:13	358	04:36	141	16:37	38
8	Mon	Mid	10:48	312	23:47	354	05:49	136	17:15	34
9	Tue	Mid	11:26	311	–	–	06:23	132	17:50	46
10	Wed	Mid	24:20	348	12:03	306	06:06	130	18:23	62
11	Thu	Mid	24:50	341	12:41	298	06:57	128	18:56	82
12	Fri	Neap	01:20	331	13:22	287	07:33	127	19:31	107
13	Sat	Neap	01:51	318	14:12	275	08:12	127	20:11	135
14	Sun	Neap	02:26	303	15:17	266	08:58	127	21:03	163
15	Mon	Long	03:10	286	16:47	267	09:56	124	22:19	186
16	Tue	Trans	04:08	272	18:12	282	11:05	116	23:57	193
17	Wed	Mid	05:21	265	19:17	303	–	–	12:12	101
18	Thu	Mid	06:28	268	20:10	324	01:15	186	13:10	81
19	Fri	Spring	07:27	278	20:57	344	02:12	173	14:04	60
20	Sat	Spring	08:20	293	21:40	360	02:59	159	14:54	39
21	Sun	Spring	09:11	310	22:21	373	03:41	144	15:41	21
22	Mon	Spring	09:58	310	22:21	373	03:41	130	15:41	9
23	Tue	Mid	10:45	338	23:39	384	05:02	117	17:09	5
24	Wed	Mid	11:30	344	–	–	05:43	105	17:51	13
25	Thu	Mid	24:17	381	12:15	343	06:23	95	18:32	33
26	Fri	Mid	01:55	372	13:03	335	07:04	89	19:14	65
27	Sat	Neap	01:32	355	13:55	320	07:48	87	19:59	105
28	Sun	Neap	02:11	333	14:58	303	08:37	90	20:51	148
29	Mon	Neap	02:55	308	16:25	293	09:37	94	22:07	185
30	Tue	Long	03:53	284	18:03	299	10:53	96	23:59	200
31	Wed	Trans	05:16	269	19:23	316	–	–	12:14	89

August 2024

Date	Day	Tide	High tide				Low tide
Date	Day	Tide	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm
1	Thu	Mid	06:39	269	20:23	334	01:30	191	13:24	75
2	Fri	Mid	07:47	280	21:08	348	02:29	174	14:21	60
3	Sat	Spring	08:40	296	21:46	357	03:11	156	15:08	47
4	Sun	Spring	09:24	311	22:19	361	03:48	142	15:28	39
5	Mon	Spring	10:02	324	22:50	362	04:21	130	16:24	37
6	Tue	Mid	10:36	331	23:19	361	04:52	120	16:56	41
7	Wed	Mid	11:09	333	23:45	359	05:21	113	17:27	50
8	Thu	Mid	11:42	331	–	–	05:50	107	17:55	66
9	Fri	Mid	24:10	353	12:16	324	06:19	103	18:24	86
10	Sat	Neap	24:35	344	12:52	313	06:49	101	18:55	111
11	Sun	Neap	01:01	330	13:32	299	07:21	103	19:28	140
12	Mon	Neap	01:28	312	14:23	285	07:56	108	20:09	172
13	Tue	Neap	01:59	290	15:38	274	08:42	116	21:11	201
14	Wed	Trans	02:44	268	17:28	279	09:48	122	23:14	215
15	Thu	Mid	04:09	251	18:58	299	11:21	117	–	–
16	Fri	Mid	05:53	254	19:58	324	01:10	202	12:47	97
117	Sat	Spring	07:13	273	20:44	349	02:06	179	13:52	69
18	Sun	Spring	08:14	300	21:23	370	02:48	154	14:45	40
19	Mon	Spring	09:04	329	22:01	385	03:26	130	15:30	17
20	Tue	Spring	09:50	353	22:37	394	04:04	107	16:12	4
21	Wed	Mid	10:34	369	23:12	396	04:41	86	16:52	5
22	Thu	Mid	11:16	375	23:47	390	05:18	70	17:31	21
23	Fri	Mid	–	–	12:00	371	05:56	59	18:10	50
24	Sat	Mid	24:20	375	12:44	356	06:34	56	18:49	89
25	Sun	Neap	24:53	353	13:33	334	07:13	62	19:30	134
26	Mon	Neap	01:26	325	14:34	309	07:57	77	20:18	178
27	Tue	Neap	02:02	294	16:09	291	08:52	97	21:44	214
28	Wed	Long	02:56	263	18:05	296	10:21	113	–	–
29	Thu	Trans	05:00	246	19:25	314	24:27	213	12:08	111
30	Fri	Mid	06:49	257	20:15	332	01:43	189	13:22	95
31	Sat	Mid	07:52	280	20:52	346	02:24	163	14:15	76

September 2024

Date	Day	Tide	High tide				Low tide
Date	Day	Tide	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm
1	Sun	Spring	08:37	305	21:23	355	02:57	141	14:56	61
2	Mon	Spring	09:14	325	21:52	360	03:27	123	15:31	52
3	Tue	Spring	09:47	340	22:18	363	03:55	109	16:02	49
4	Wed	Spring	10:18	348	22:43	363	04:22	97	16:31	53
5	Thu	Mid	10:48	352	23:07	360	04:49	87	16:58	63
6	Fri	Mid	11:19	350	23:30	355	05:15	79	17:26	78
7	Sat	Mid	11:51	333	23:54	344	05:42	75	17:54	98
8	Sun	Mid	–	–	24:24	333	06:09	75	18:24	122
9	Mon	Neap	24:17	329	13:01	318	06:38	80	18:56	149
10	Tue	Neap	24:41	309	13:46	301	07:10	90	19:34	179
11	Wed	Neap	01:07	285	14:51	284	07:49	105	20:32	208
12	Thu	Long	01:45	261	16:49	280	08:51	121	23:03	221
13	Fri	Trans	03:19	240	18:37	300	10:43	125	–	–
14	Sat	Mid	05:42	246	19:36	327	01:03	197	12:32	104
15	Sun	Mid	07:09	277	20:18	354	01:48	165	13:38	71
16	Mon	Spring	08:05	315	20:56	375	02:25	133	14:27	41
17	Tue	Spring	08:52	350	21:31	389	03:01	101	15:11	21
18	Wed	Spring	09:35	377	22:06	395	03:37	71	15:51	15
19	Thu	Spring	10:17	392	22:40	392	04:14	47	16:30	24
20	Fri	Mid	10:59	395	23:13	381	04:50	31	17:08	46
21	Sat	Mid	11:42	385	23:45	363	05:26	24	17:46	80
22	Sun	Mid	–	–	12:26	366	06:03	29	18:24	119
23	Mon	Mid	24:16	338	13:14	339	06:41	45	19:06	159
24	Tue	Neap	24:46	308	14:15	310	07:22	70	19:57	196
25	Wed	Neap	01:20	275	15:55	291	08:16	101	22:00	219
26	Thu	Neap	02:17	243	17:48	294	09:58	126	–	–
27	Fri	Long	05:11	232	19:01	309	24:28	201	11:54	125
28	Sat	Trans	06:48	254	19:46	324	01:24	172	13:05	109
29	Sun	Mid	07:42	284	20:20	337	01:59	144	13:53	91
30	Mon	Mid	08:21	311	20:50	346	02:29	120	14:32	77

October 2024

Date	Day	Tide	High tide				Low tide
Date	Day	Tide	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm	Time	cm
1	Tue	Spring	08:54	332	21:16	351	02:56	100	15:04	69
2	Wed	Spring	09:26	348	21:41	354	03:23	83	15:34	68
3	Thu	Spring	09:56	340	22:05	353	03:49	69	16:02	72
4	Fri	Spring	10:26	361	22:28	350	04:15	58	16:3o	82
5	Sat	Mid	10:56	359	22:52	343	04:41	51	16:59	95
6	Sun	Mid	11:28	353	23:17	331	05:08	48	17:28	113
7	Mon	Mid	12:02	343	23:42	316	05:36	51	18:00	133
8	Tue	Mid	–	–	24:39	328	06:05	59	18:34	156
9	Wed	Neap	24:07	296	13:24	310	06:37	73	19:16	181
10	Thu	Neap	24:36	274	14:28	293	07:19	92	20:22	203
11	Fri	Neap	01:24	250	16:16	286	08:24	113	22:53	205
12	Sat	Long	03:12	233	17:58	302	10:21	121	–	–
13	Sun	Trans	05:34	248	18:58	326	24:26	176	12:06	102
14	Mon	Mid	06:53	285	19:42	349	01:14	140	13:12	75
15	Tue	Mid	07:47	326	20:20	366	01:53	102	14:02	52
16	Wed	Spring	08:34	361	20:57	376	02:31	65	14:46	40
17	Thu	Spring	09:17	386	21:32	378	03:08	34	15:28	42
18	Fri	Spring	10:00	397	22:06	372	03:45	11	16:07	56
19	Sat	Spring	10:43	396	22:39	359	04:22	-2	16:47	80
20	Sun	Mid	11:26	384	23:12	340	04:59	-2	17:26	109
21	Mon	Mid	12:11	363	23:45	316	05:36	10	18:06	139
22	Tue	Mid	–	–	13:00	337	06:15	33	18:51	168
23	Wed	Mid	24:18	288	14:00	311	06:57	64	19:52	192
24	Thu	Neap	24:58	259	15:23	292	07:52	98	21:48	200
25	Fri	Neap	02:11	232	16:57	288	09:26	124	23:37	182
26	Sat	Neap	04:47	227	18:09	295	11:11	131	–	–
27	Sun	Long	06:20	249	18:59	306	24:38	155	12:26	123
28	Mon	Trans	07:15	277	19:36	316	01:18	128	13:18	110
29	Tue	Mid	07:56	204	20:07	324	02:51	102	13:59	100
30	Wed	Mid	08:30	326	20:34	329	02:20	80	14:33	94
31	Thu	Spring	09:02	343	21:00	332	02:48	60	15:05	92