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The rainy-day Akita

Wet weather — the city half, done indoors. Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr door to door5 stopsA wet day
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Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
4 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — the city half, done indoors
Room to spare
None
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
~¥4,500 per car
Taxi ~¥4,500 per car each way, or ¥550 pp each way by bus if a departure fits. Museums ¥370 combined (Kanto center + Akarenga).
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · 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.

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 or bus into the city

    ~25–30 minutes by taxi; the bus leaves from Selion, 10 min on foot, and runs only a few times a day, so check the next one first

    What you will see here
  2. +0:30
    Neburi Nagashi-kan — the Kanto poles indoors

    Demonstrations are scheduled; check the times first

    What you will see hereFull guide: Neburi Nagashi-kan
    Kanto Festival Center, Akita
    Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:30
    Akarenga-kan red-brick museum

    A 1912 bank, and the Katsuhira woodblock prints inside

    Full guide: Senshu Park
    Senshu Park, Akita
    Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +2:30
    Kiritanpo nabe for lunch

    Rice on cedar skewers, simmered in hinai-jidori broth

    What you will see here
    Kiritanpo hotpot, Akita
    Photo: pelican from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. +3:30
    Back to the port
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

Akita, along this route

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

A Namahage figure of the Oga Peninsula, Akita
A Namahage figure of the Oga Peninsula, AkitaPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Lantern poles raised at the Kanto Festival in Akita
Lantern poles raised at the Kanto Festival in AkitaPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Hinomaru Brewery, a sake brewery in Akita prefecture
Hinomaru Brewery, a sake brewery in Akita prefecturePhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 3.0
An Akita inu
An Akita inuPhoto: Biser Yanev / CC BY-SA 4.0
Black wooden samurai residences in Kakunodate, Akita
Black wooden samurai residences in Kakunodate, AkitaPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Neburi Nagashi-kan, Akita
Neburi Nagashi-kanPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Akita

Tower & port townNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hEverything within sight of the berthThe city samplerNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hCastle park, festival poles and the twin noodle-pot lunchThe Kakunodate returnNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7hArrivals by 08:00, or a 9:00–18:00 call (about 2 h 25 in town) — not 9:00–17:00
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