Bathhouse & downtown

Short calls — the 1879 grand dame and a toriten lunch. Timed from the gangway and back.

3 hr door to door5 stopsNeeds a 5-hour call

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Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5

Door to door

3 hr

From the gangway and back

Best for

A 5-hour call or longer

Short calls — the 1879 grand dame and a toriten lunch

Room to spare

None

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

~¥800–1,500 pp

Bus or taxi ~¥800–1,500 pp to the near sights.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated 6 November 2026 · 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.

+0:00
Taxi to Takegawara Onsen (~10 min)
Book the sand bath the moment you arrive. Closed 3rd Wednesday
What you will see here Full guide: Takegawara
+0:15
Sand bath: buried to the neck, 10 minutes
Attendants shovel; you surrender
What you will see here Full guide: Takegawara
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
+1:15
Downtown arcades stroll
Yukata shops and retro kissaten
+1:50
Toriten at Toyoken — the 1926 originator
Order the original cut with ponzu-mustard. Lunch from 11:00 (last order 15:00); closed 2nd Tuesday. Early ship? Stroll the arcades first and arrive at 11:00
What you will see here Full guide: Toriten at Toyoken
Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
+2:40
Taxi back to the port