Photo: z tanuki / CC BY 3.0Door to door
4 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ¥4,500 each way
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
- Best for
- A wet day: the history museum, the Komura Memorial Hall and the old houses are under a roof, and the lanes are short
- Room to spare
- Fits a 6-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
- What it costs
- Two taxis, about ¥4,500 each way (our estimate). Combined ticket for the six houses ¥800.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.
Open in Google Maps, in 2 parts
Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.
The route
How the day runs
Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.
- +0:00Taxi from the quay to Obi (about 20 min, about ¥4,500, our estimate)
- +0:25Obi Castle History Museum: armour, swords and a projection of the town
Combined ticket ¥800
Directions from the ship (train or bus)Full guide: Obi castle townPhoto: z tanuki / CC BY 3.0 - +1:05Komura Jutaro Memorial Hall, on the diplomat who signed the 1905 Portsmouth treaty
Renewed in 2022
- +1:45Yoshokan and the merchant house museum
- +2:30Lunch at Obiten KuraWhat you will see here
- +3:30Taxi back to the quay
- +3:55Back at the gangway
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
Other routes
The other routes in Aburatsu
Aburatsu town: the canal, the Carp station and katsuoNeeds a 5-hour call · ~2.75hShort calls and late arrivals; lunch needs 11:00 or later. Bibinya is closed on Mondays, at the end of the month on Tuesdays too, and on 23 and 30 March 2027
Obi castle town by taxiNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4hCalls of 6 hours or more. With the train instead, leave JR Aburatsu at 08:53 or 10:59 and come back on the 13:14 or 15:00 from Obi. The houses are open 09:30–17:00, last entry 16:30
Udo Jingu, the moai and Obi in one taxi dayNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.25hAn 08:00–17:00 call on any day but Wednesday (Sun Messe closes). Times assume off the ship at 08:30 and back by 15:30, an hour before a 16:30 all-aboard