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The Horikawa Canal and its bridges, Aburatsu

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For a 5-hour call · Aburatsu

Aburatsu town: the canal, the Carp station and katsuo

Short 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. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 45 min door to door7 stopsNeeds a 5-hour call
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Photo: mari / CC BY 2.0
Door to door
2 hr 45 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 5-hour call or longer
Room to spare
15 min
What it costs
about ¥1,200 each way
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
Short 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
Room to spare
Fits a 5-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 ¥1,200 each way (our estimate). The brick warehouse is free; katsuo aburi-ju is ¥1,700 a box.

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

  1. 1Your ship → Horikawa Bridge and the Horikawa Canal → JR Aburatsu Stationon foot
  2. 2JR Aburatsu Station → Bibinya, katsuo aburi-ju → Your shipon foot

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.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi from the quay to Horikawa Bridge (2.6 km by road, about ¥1,200, our estimate)

    A rank at the quay is not confirmed: ask the ship to book one

  2. +0:10
    Horikawa Bridge (1903) and a walk up the canal to the roofed Yumemi Bridge

    Free, open all the time

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (on foot)
    The Horikawa Canal and its bridges, Aburatsu
    Photo: mari / CC BY 2.0
  3. +0:50
    Aburatsu Akarenga-kan, the 1922 brick warehouse

    Weekdays 10:00–17:00, weekends and holidays 09:00–17:00; free

  4. +1:10
    Walk to JR Aburatsu Station, painted Carp red (about 10 min, our estimate)What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
    Aburatsu Station in Carp red, Aburatsu
    Photo: えすぱにぃ / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +1:25
    Walk to Bibinya in the fishing port for katsuo aburi-ju (about 15 min, our estimate)

    11:00–15:00; closed Mondays, and Monday and Tuesday at the end of the month. On those days eat in the shopping street. In winter the dish may not be served

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
  6. +2:30
    Taxi from Bibinya back to the quay (2.6 km, about ¥1,200, our estimate)

    Ask the restaurant to call one

  7. +2:45
    Back 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.
What the day looks like

Aburatsu, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Katsuo aburi-ju, Aburatsu
Katsuo aburi-juPhoto: ja:User:Sanjo / CC BY-SA 3.0
Other routes

The other routes in Aburatsu

Obi castle town, AburatsuObi 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 16:30Udo Jingu, the shrine in a sea cave, AburatsuUdo 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-aboardObi castle town, AburatsuA wet day in Obi: museums, houses and obi-tenA wet day · ~4hA wet day: the history museum, the Komura Memorial Hall and the old houses are under a roof, and the lanes are short
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