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Pick a day the sea will step aside for you.

Every cell below shows when the seabed to the Great Torii is walkable (tide under 100 cm). Deep red days are the long spring-tide windows — the best days to visit.

Long window (3 h+) Window (1–3 h) No daytime window Spring tide (new/full moon)

September 2026

MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
14
03:15–06:45
15:50–18:40
15
03:40–07:15
16:50–18:40
16
04:15–07:40
17
04:55–08:00
18
05:55–08:05
19
gate afloat
20
gate afloat
21
gate afloat
22
gate afloat
23
gate afloat
24
13:15–15:25
25
13:25–16:20
26
02:25–04:10
13:50–17:05
27
02:15–05:10
14:20–17:35
28
02:25–05:55
14:55–18:05
29
02:45–06:35
15:40–18:20
30
03:10–07:10
16:40–18:30

October 2026

MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
1
03:40–07:45
2
04:25–08:20
3
05:20–08:55
4
06:55–09:20
5
gate afloat
6
gate afloat
7
12:10–13:55
8
12:35–15:20
9
01:50–03:05
13:10–16:10
10
01:35–04:25
13:45–16:45
11
01:45–05:15
14:30–17:15
12
02:05–05:55
15:15–17:30
13
02:30–06:30
16:10–17:30
14
03:00–07:00
15
03:30–07:25
16
04:10–07:40
17
05:05–07:50
18
gate afloat
19
gate afloat
20
gate afloat
21
gate afloat
22
gate afloat
23
gate afloat
24
01:55–02:30
13:30–15:10
25
01:20–04:05
13:50–16:00
26
01:25–04:55
14:25–16:40
27
01:40–05:40
15:10–17:05
28
02:05–06:25
16:05–17:20
29
02:35–07:00
30
03:10–07:40
31
04:00–08:20

November 2026

MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
1
05:05–08:50
2
06:40–09:20
3
gate afloat
4
gate afloat
5
gate afloat
6
gate afloat
7
00:45–02:55
8
00:50–04:05
9
01:10–04:55
10
01:35–05:35
11
02:00–06:10
12
02:30–06:40
13
03:05–07:10
14
03:45–07:30
15
04:40–07:45
16
05:55–07:50
17
gate afloat
18
gate afloat
19
gate afloat
20
gate afloat
21
gate afloat
22
00:35–02:15
23
00:30–03:40
24
00:45–04:40
25
01:05–05:30
26
01:40–06:15
27
02:15–07:00
28
03:00–07:40
29
03:50–08:15
30
04:55–08:50

December 2026

MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
1
06:20–09:15
2
gate afloat
3
gate afloat
4
gate afloat
5
gate afloat
6
00:10–02:20
7
00:20–03:35
8
00:45–04:30
9
01:15–05:15
10
01:45–05:55
11
02:20–06:30
12
02:55–06:55

How to read this calendar

Spring tides win. Around the new and full moon the tidal range is largest: the water drops further, the seabed stays open longer, and the evening high tide floats the gate at its most photogenic. One date, both extremes.

Times shown are the walkable windows — the hours when the tide is below 100 cm and you can walk out to the torii. Windows before ~7:00 or after dark are realistic only if you stay on the island.

Blank-looking days aren't bad days. On neap tides the gate simply stays afloat all day — arguably its most beautiful state. They're just not seabed-walking days.

If your dates land on one, the day is better spent off the island than waiting for water that won't drop. One More Day / Hiroshima — our sister site — lists what is within an hour of Hiroshima Station.

Turning a date into a plan

A long afternoon window is the one to build a day around: walk out at low tide, then watch the gate refloat from the island after the day-trippers have gone.

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