Takaoka and Toyama city by train (Fushiki wharf)

The 10-hour Westerdam-type call at the big-ship berth. Timed from the gangway and back. On an 8-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

7 hr door to door10 stops8 hours or more ashore

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Photo: くろふね / CC BY 3.0

Door to door

7 hr

From the gangway and back

Best for

8 hours or more

The 10-hour Westerdam-type call at the big-ship berth

Room to spare

1 hr

On an 8-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

What it costs

shuttle or taxi at each end, plus ¥390 + ¥240 + ¥390 on the rails

Transport spend: shuttle or taxi at each end, plus ¥390 + ¥240 + ¥390 on the rails. Zuiryuji ¥500, Glass Museum ¥200, Matsukawa boat ¥3,000 in blossom season.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

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
Ship shuttle or taxi to Takaoka Station (~15–20 min)
About ¥4,500 by taxi, our estimate
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+0:25
Zuiryuji, 10 min on foot from the station
Opens 9:00; ¥500; about an hour
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Photo: 柑橘類 (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0
+1:35
Back past the station to the Daibutsu and Yamachosuji
Sakashita-machi and Katahara-machi tram stops are 2 min apart
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Photo: Isoyan / CC BY-SA 3.0
+2:45
Ainokaze Toyama Railway, Takaoka → Toyama (~20 min)
¥390; IC cards accepted; roughly 2–4 trains an hour
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Photo: 極地狐 / CC BY 2.0
+3:15
Lunch at Toyama Station: Shiroebi-tei or Nishicho Taiki
White shrimp tempura bowl 11:00–21:00; Toyama Black 10:00–21:00
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Photo: 7'o'7 / CC BY-SA 3.0
+4:10
Tram to Grand Plaza-mae (~12 min) and the Glass Art Museum
¥240 tram; ¥200 museum; closed 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
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+5:10
Walk 10 min to Toyama Castle Park
In cherry season, the Matsukawa boat: ¥3,000 while the blossom is out, about 30 min, buy at the Matsukawa Chaya
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Photo: TOMINARI / CC BY-SA 4.0
+6:00
Walk 10 min to Toyama Station; Ainokaze back to Takaoka
Arrive Takaoka about 6:35
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Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
+6:40
Shuttle or taxi to the wharf (~15–20 min)
Last useful Himi-line train from Takaoka is 16:22
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+7:00
Back at the gangway