Miyajima Tide Times

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Time your visit to Miyajima to maximum effect by checking out when you can see Itsukushima Shrine at high and low tide.

Go straight to the tide tables.

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 2017 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

May 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level
1	Half	00:58	347	12:47	292	07:01	112	19:12	33
2	Neap	01:53	324	13:39	266	07:59	135	20:08	64
3	Neap	003:00	304	14:53	244	09:18	148	21:25	91
4	Neap	04:22	292	16:37	238	10:55	144	22:57	105
5	Long	05:41	292	18:09	253	–	–	12:13	124
6	Transitional	06:43	300	19:13	277	00:17	104	13:08	99
7	Half	07:31	309	20:00	301	01:18	95	13:51	76
8	Half	08:10	316	20:41	321	02:05	87	14:28	56
9	Spring	08:45	320	21:17	335	02:45	82	15:01	42
10	Spring	09:16	323	21:51	343	03:21	81	15:32	32
11	Spring	09:46	322	22:24	347	03:54	83	16:02	26
12	Spring	10:15	320	22:56	346	04:25	88	16:32	25
13	Half	10:44	316	23:28	342	04:57	95	17:01	27
14	Half	11:15	308	–	–	05:29	103	17:32	34
15	Half	00:02	335	11:47	296	06:03	114	18:05	45
16	Half	00:39	326	12:22	282	06:41	125	18:41	60
17	Neap	01:20	314	13:03	266	07:25	138	19:23	78
18	Neap	02:09	302	13:56	250	08:22	147	20:18	97
19	Neap	03:11	292	15:12	241	09:38	149	21:33	112
20	Long	04:27	290	16:51	249	11:04	136	23:05	114
21	Transitional	05:41	298	18:14	275	–	–	12:12	110
22	Half	06:41	311	19:16	308	00:25	103	13:05	78
23	Half	07:31	325	20:07	340	01:25	89	13:52	46
24	Spring	08:16	336	20:55	366	02:17	77	14:35	17
25	Spring	08:59	343	21:41	382	03:04	70	15:18	-5
26	Spring	09:41	345	22:27	389	03:48	71	16:01	-17
27	Spring	10:23	342	23:13	386	04:33	78	16:44	-19
28	Half	11:06	333	–	–	05:17	89	17:28	-10
29	Half	00:00	376	11:51	319	06:04	103	18:13	9
30	Half	00:48	360	12:38	301	06:53	117	19:01	36
31	Half	01:39	341	13:32	281	07:48	129	19:54	67

June 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level
1	Neap	02:35	322	14:38	262	08:52	136	20:56	97
2	Neap	03:38	306	16:03	253	10:08	135	22:12	120
3	Neap	04:47	296	17:32	260	11:24	124	23:33	132
4	Long	05:52	294	18:43	278	–	–	12:26	105
5	Transitional	06:46	296	19:36	299	00:42	132	13:15	86
6	Half	07:31	301	20:19	318	01:36	127	13:56	68
7	Half	08:10	306	20:57	333	02:20	121	14:32	53
8	Spring	08:44	311	21:33	343	02:58	117	15:06	42
9	Spring	09:17	314	22:06	349	03:33	114	15:38	35
10	Spring	09:49	316	22:40	351	04:06	113	16:10	32
11	Spring	10:22	316	23:13	351	04:39	114	16:42	32
12	Half	10:56	313	23:47	348	05:13	116	17:16	36
13	Half	11:32	307	–	–	05:49	119	17:51	44
14	Half	00:24	343	12:10	298	06:28	123	18:29	56
15	Half	01:02	337	12:53	288	07:10	127	19:10	71
16	Neap	01:45	237	13:43	277	07:59	131	19:59	90
17	Neap	02:35	317	14:47	269	08:57	131	20:59	109
18	Neap	03:34	309	16:09	271	10:07	123	22:16	123
19	Long	04:42	305	17:36	288	11:20	104	23:42	127
20	Transitional	05:50	308	18:47	315	–	–	12:24	78
21	Half	06:50	316	19:46	343	00:55	121	13:20	49
22	Half	07:44	325	20:39	367	01:54	112	14:11	22
23	Spring	08:34	334	21:29	383	02:46	105	14:59	2
24	Spring	09:21	340	22:17	391	03:35	101	15:46	-10
25	Spring	10:08	342	23:03	391	04:22	100	16:32	-11
26	Half	10:55	339	23:48	384	05:07	102	17:17	-3
27	Half	11:41	332	–	–	05:52	105	18:02	14
28	Half	00:32	372	12:27	319	06:37	110	18:46	40
29	Half	01:15	356	13:16	302	07:24	116	19:31	70
30	Neap	02:00	337	14:10	284	08:15	122	20:20	104

July 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level
1	Neap	02:47	317	15:17	269	09:31	127	21:18	135
2	Neap	03:42	299	16:44	265	10:22	127	22:36	157
3	Long	04:48	286	18:06	276	11:34	118	–	–
4	Transitional	05:54	282	19:10	294	00:00	165	12:34	104
5	Half	06:50	285	19:59	314	01:08	161	13:23	87
6	Half	07:36	292	20:40	330	01:59	152	14:05	71
7	Spring	08:17	300	21:17	343	02:41	143	14:43	58
8	Spring	08:54	309	21:51	351	03:17	134	15:18	47
9	Spring	09:30	317	22:24	357	03:51	127	15:53	39
10	Spring	10:06	322	22:57	361	04:25	121	16:28	36
11	Half	10:43	325	23:31	362	04:59	117	17:03	36
12	Half	11:21	325	–	–	05:34	113	17:39	41
13	Half	00:06	361	12:00	321	06:11	111	18:16	51
14	Half	00:42	357	12:41	315	06:50	110	18:55	66
15	Neap	01:20	348	13:28	306	07:33	110	19:39	88
16	Neap	02:01	335	14:23	296	08:21	110	20:30	113
17	Neap	02:50	320	15:35	291	09:20	108	21:37	138
18	Long	03:50	307	17:04	297	10:32	100	23:06	153
19	Transitional	05:03	300	18:26	317	11:47	83	–	–
20	Half	06:17	302	19:33	342	00:32	153	12:54	60
21	Half	07:21	312	20:29	365	01:41	142	13:54	36
22	Spring	08:19	326	21:20	382	02:37	128	14:47	16
23	Spring	09:10	338	22:06	391	03:26	116	15:35	3
24	Spring	09:59	348	22:48	394	04:11	105	:16:21	0
25	Half	10:44	351	23:29	389	04:53	98	17:04	7
26	Half	11:27	348	–	–	05:34	95	17:44	24
27	Half	00:07	379	12:09	339	06:14	95	18:23	48
28	Half	00:43	364	12:51	323	06:53	100	19:01	79
29	Neap	01:19	345	13:36	304	07:33	107	19:40	112
30	Neap	01:55	323	14:29	285	08:17	117	20:25	146
31	Neap	02:35	300	15:44	272	09:11	127	21:28	176

August 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level
1	Long	03:29	279	17:23	273	10:26	131	23:12	191
2	Transitional	04:48	267	18:42	288	11:46	124	–	–
3	Half	06:08	267	19:39	308	00:44	185	12:50	109
4	Half	07:09	277	20:23	327	01:44	171	13:41	91
5	Spring	07:57	292	20:59	343	02:27	155	14:23	73
6	Spring	08:38	308	21:32	356	03:02	141	15:01	57
7	Spring	09:16	323	22:04	365	03:34	127	15:37	45
8	Spring	09:53	335	22:36	372	04:07	115	16:12	37
9	Spring	10:30	343	23:09	375	04:40	104	16:47	34
10	Spring	11:08	347	23:42	375	05:14	95	17:23	38
11	Spring	11:46	347	–	–	05:49	88	17:59	49
12	Spring	00:16	370	12:27	342	06:26	85	18:37	68
13	Neap	00:51	359	13:11	332	07:05	85	19:18	94
14	Neap	01:29	342	14:02	318	07:49	89	20:05	126
15	Neap	02:11	321	15:09	305	08:41	96	21:08	157
16	Long	03:07	299	16:41	302	09:52	100	22:44	177
17	Transitional	04:27	284	18:14	316	11:19	94	–	–
18	Half	05:58	286	19:26	340	00:26	173	12:39	75
19	Half	07:14	302	20:21	363	01:37	154	13:44	52
20	Spring	08:13	323	21:08	380	02:30	131	14:38	31
21	Spring	09:03	343	21:49	390	03:15	110	15:24	18
22	Spring	09:48	357	22:27	392	03:55	94	16:06	16
23	Spring	10:30	364	23:02	388	04:33	83	16:45	23
24	Half	11:09	363	23:36	378	05:09	77	17:22	39
25	Half	11:47	354	–	–	05:44	77	17:56	63
26	Half	00:07	364	12:24	340	06:18	81	18:30	91
27	Half	00:37	346	13:02	322	06:51	91	19:03	121
28	Neap	01:06	324	13:45	302	07:25	103	19:40	153
29	Neap	01:37	300	14:43	283	08:05	119	20:28	182
30	Neap	02:17	275	16:22	273	09:01	134	22:08	203
31	Long	03:27	254	18:06	283	10:38	140	–	–

September 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level
1	若	05:23	249	19:12	303	00:23	196	12:12	129
2	中	06:46	264	19:57	323	01:26	177	13:14	110
3	中	07:39	286	20:33	342	02:06	155	14:00	87
4	大	08:21	309	21:05	357	02:39	134	14:39	67
5	大	08:59	331	21:37	370	03:11	114	15:16	50
6	大	09:36	350	22:09	378	03:42	95	15:52	39
7	大	10:13	363	22:42	382	04:15	79	16:27	36
8	中	10:51	370	23:15	380	04:50	66	17:03	41
9	中	11:30	371	23:49	372	05:25	57	17:40	55
10	中	–	–	12:11	365	06:01	55	18:18	78
11	中	00:23	357	12:55	351	06:39	58	18:59	107
12	小	00:59	336	13:45	333	07:20	69	19:46	141
13	小	01:40	310	14:51	313	08:11	86	20:51	172
14	小	02:36	284	16:27	304	09:22	102	22:41	187
15	長	04:09	266	18:05	316	11:02	105	–	–
16	若	05:57	273	19:14	337	00:26	172	12:30	90
17	中	07:13	297	20:05	358	01:30	144	13:34	68
18	中	08:08	325	20:47	372	02:17	116	14:25	49
19	大	08:53	348	21:25	380	02:57	92	15:08	39
20	大	09:34	363	21:59	381	03:34	74	15:47	38
21	大	10:12	370	22:31	376	04:08	62	16:23	46
22	中	10:48	370	23:02	367	04:41	56	16:57	60
23	中	11:23	363	23:30	354	05:13	56	17:29	80
24	中	11:57	351	23:57	338	05:43	61	18:00	103
25	中	–	–	12:32	335	06:12	71	18:31	127
26	小	00:24	318	13:10	316	06:42	85	19:06	153
27	小	00:53	295	13:56	297	07:16	103	19:50	178
28	小	01:30	271	15:07	280	08:01	124	21:05	198
29	長	02:27	247	17:05	279	09:13	141	23:44	195
30	若	04:25	236	18:26	294	11:13	142	–	–

October 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level
1	Half	06:16	252	19:17	315	00:53	172	12:35	124
2	Half	07:15	279	19:56	335	01:34	145	13:28	100
3	Spring	07:58	309	20:33	352	02:07	118	14:11	77
4	Spring	08:38	337	21:04	366	02:40	92	14:50	58
5	Spring	09:16	361	21:38	375	03:14	67	15:28	47
6	Spring	09:55	378	22:12	378	03:48	47	16:05	44
7	Half	10:34	387	22:46	374	04:23	31	16:43	51
8	Half	11:14	387	23:21	363	04:59	23	17:21	67
9	Half	11:56	379	23:57	346	05:37	23	18:01	90
10	Half	–	–	12:41	362	06:16	33	18:44	119
11	Neap	00:35	323	13:33	340	06:59	51	19:35	149
12	Neap	01:19	295	14:40	318	07:50	76	20:47	173
13	Neap	02:21	268	16:12	307	09:03	100	22:39	177
14	Long	04:06	253	17:43	313	10:45	111	–	–
15	Transitional	05:54	266	18:50	328	00:13	155	12:13	102
16	Half	07:05	294	19:39	343	01:11	125	13:17	86
17	Half	07:56	322	20:20	354	01:55	96	14:06	72
18	Spring	08:39	345	20:56	359	02:34	71	14:48	65
19	Spring	09:17	360	21:28	359	03:09	54	15:25	65
20	Spring	09:53	367	21:59	356	03:42	42	16:00	71
21	Spring	10:28	368	22:28	348	04:13	37	16:32	82
22	Half	11:01	363	22:56	338	04:43	37	17:04	95
23	Half	11:34	354	23:23	325	05:12	42	17:35	111
24	Half	12:07	342	23:51	309	05:40	51	18:07	128
25	Half	–	–	12:43	327	06:10	65	18:42	146
26	Neap	00:23	289	13:25	310	06:43	83	19:25	164
27	Neap	01:00	267	14:19	293	07:24	104	20:28	179
28	Neap	01:53	245	15:41	283	08:21	125	22:22	181
29	Long	03:25	231	17:15	287	09:55	137	23:56	161
30	Transitional	05:26	242	18:21	303	11:39	130	–	–
31	Half	06:39	270	19:09	321	00:48	132	12:47	111

November 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	時刻	Level	Time	Level
1	Half	07:29	304	19:49	338	01:28	100	13:38	89
2	Spring	08:13	336	20:27	352	02:06	69	14:22	72
3	Spring	08:54	363	21:05	360	02:43	40	15:03	61
4	Spring	09:36	382	21:42	363	03:20	16	15:44	59
5	Spring	10:17	392	22:20	359	03:58	0	16:24	65
6	Half	11:00	392	22:58	349	04:37	-8	17:06	79
7	Half	11:45	382	23:38	332	05:17	-4	17:49	98
8	Half	–	–	12:32	366	05:59	10	18:35	120
9	Half	00:20	310	13:24	345	6:45	33	19:29	140
10	Neap	01:10	285	14:26	323	07:38	62	20:40	155
11	Neap	02:16	261	15:43	309	08:47	91	22:13	153
12	Neap	03:53	249	17:04	305	10:15	110	23:39	134
13	Long	05:34	259	18:12	311	11:42	113	–	–
14	Transitional	06:46	283	19:04	319	00:40	107	12:50	107
15	Half	07:39	309	19:47	326	01:27	81	13:42	99
16	Half	08:22	330	20:24	330	02:07	58	14:26	93
17	Spring	09:01	345	20:58	331	02:43	41	15:04	91
18	Spring	09:36	353	21:29	330	03:16	30	15:39	93
19	Spring	10:10	356	21:58	326	03:47	24	16:12	98
20	Neap	10:43	355	22:28	320	04:18	23	16:44	104
21	Neap	11:16	350	22:58	312	04:47	26	17:16	112
22	Neap	11:49	342	23:29	300	05:17	33	17:49	121
23	Neap	–	–	12:25	332	05:49	45	18:26	131
24	Neap	00:04	285	13:03	319	06:23	60	19:08	141
25	Neap	00:43	268	13:48	306	07:03	79	20:01	150
26	Neap	01:33	250	14:45	294	07:52	99	21:11	153
27	Long	02:43	237	15:56	288	09:00	117	22:38	142
28	Transitional	04:22	239	17:12	292	10:30	125	23:50	117
29	Half	05:52	261	18:14	303	11:56	118	–	–
30	Half	06:56	293	19:05	316	00:44	85	13:01	104

December 2017

Date	Tide type	High tide				Low tide
Date	Tide type	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Level	Time	Leve
1	Spring	07:47	326	19:51	329	01:30	52	13:53	90
2	Spring	08:34	354	20:34	338	02:13	20	14:41	80
3	Spring	09:20	374	21:16	342	02:56	-5	15:25	76
4	Spring	10:05	385	21:58	341	03:38	-22	16:10	78
5	Half	10:50	386	22:41	335	04:21	-29	16:54	85
6	Half	11:36	379	23:26	324	05:05	-25	17:40	95
7	Half	–	–	12:23	366	05:49	-10	18:27	106
8	Half	0:12	307	13:12	348	06:36	13	19:19	116
9	Neap	1:04	287	14:04	328	07:26	44	20:18	124
10	Neap	2:04	265	15:03	309	08:23	77	21:28	126
11	Neap	3:21	250	16:10	294	09:32	106	22:48	117
12	Lomg	4:56	249	17:20	287	10:56	125	23:59	99
13	Transitional	6:18	265	18:21	287	–	–	12:15	130
14	Half	7:19	286	19:11	291	00:54	78	13:16	125
15	Half	8:06	307	19:53	296	01:40	57	14:05	119
16	Spring	8:47	323	20:30	300	02:19	40	14:46	113
17	Spring	9:23	334	21:04	304	02:54	28	15:23	108
18	Spring	9:58	341	21:37	306	03:27	19	15:57	106
19	Spring	10:30	343	22:09	307	03:59	14	16:29	105
20	Half	11:03	343	22:42	304	04:31	14	17:02	105
21	Half	11:35	340	23:16	299	05:03	17	17:36	106
22	Half	12:09	335	23:52	290	05:36	25	18:11	108
23	Half	–	–	12:44	328	06:11	36	18:50	112
24	Neap	00:31	278	13:22	318	06:49	52	19:34	115
25	Neap	01:16	264	14:06	306	07:31	71	20:26	117
26	Neap	02:12	252	14:58	294	08:23	93	21:29	114
27	Long	03:27	246	16:02	285	09:31	113	22:45	100
28	Transitional	05:00	255	17:14	284	11:00	124	23:55	75
29	Half	06:21	279	18:20	290	–	–	12:23	121
30	Half	07:24	309	19:17	301	00:55	45	13:29	110
31	Spring	08:19	337	20:09	310	01:48	15	14:24	99