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Getting to Shimada

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Kumamoto (KMJ), 11 km · Kyushu Saga (HSG), 63 km · Nagasaki (NGS), 84 km
  • Saga → Shimada
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · ¥910–1,250
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  • Nagasaki → Shimada
    85 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · ¥1,860–2,540
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  • Fukuoka → Shimada
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · ¥1,240–1,700
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

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No local-transport research exists yet for Shimada

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shimada. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIf you're coming from Nagasaki, the ferry may be preferable.
  • Get inOne ferry route involves travelling via Shimabara.
  • Get inTwo ferries depart towards Kumamoto from different ports along this line but the most convenient is likely the one from Shimabara Port direct to Kumamoto Port.
  • Get inIncidentally, the final Kumamoto-bound ferries depart daily at 20:00, but one of the trains to Shimabara arrives a few minutes after that so don't get caught out.
  • Go nextAmakusa, a chain of islands off the west coast of Kumamoto, and not far from the south coast of Nagasaki (to which ferries run regularly).

From Wikivoyage: Kumamoto, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    651 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    801 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,142 km
  4. 04
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,277 km
  5. 05
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,499 km

If you know how people move in Shimada – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Shimada

Shimada is 5 km from Kotō, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kashimatown in Kamimashiki district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan3.6 km
  • Higashi-kuone of the five wards of the City of Kumamoto, Japan3.4 km
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