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When it rains · HimejiThe castle keep and the history museum
A wet day on a call of 7 hours or more, not on a Monday unless it is a public holiday (the museum closes on Mondays, and on the next weekday after a holiday Monday). Timed from the gangway and back.
- Best for
- A wet day on a call of 7 hours or more, not on a Monday unless it is a public holiday (the museum closes on Mondays, and on the next weekday after a holiday Monday).
- Room to spare
- Fits a 6.5-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 ¥3,600–4,200 there and ¥4,100 back (our estimates). Castle ¥2,500, museum ¥200.
- Booking
- At least one step needs booking before you sail: the steps below say which
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
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 to Himejijo Otemon-mae (about 30 min, about ¥3,600–4,200, our estimate)
- +0:30Walk to the castle gate (about 10 min)
The baileys are open ground; take an umbrella
Photo: Mocchy at Japanese Wikipedia / Public domain - +0:40Himeji Castle: the keep’s floors are indoors
Last entry 16:00; timed ticket bought online before the call (same-day tickets may not be sold for some slots); shoes off, carried in the bag you are given
Full guide: Himeji Castle
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +2:40Walk to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History (about 20 min, our estimate)What you will see here
- +3:00Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History
10:00–17:00, last entry 16:30; closed Mondays (open on a holiday Monday, closed the next weekday)
- +4:00Taxi back to the quay (about 35 min, about ¥4,100, our estimate)
Ask the desk to call one
- +4:35Back at the gangway
Himeji, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
The other routes in Himeji
Himeji CastleNeeds a 5.5-hour call · ~3.5hAny call of 5.5 hours or more that leaves you at the castle between 09:00 and 16:00 (last entry). Buy a timed ticket online for the slot you will reach the gate.The castle, then Koko-en and lunchNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hA call of 7 hours or more; Kassui-ken serves meals 11:00–15:00, so reach it by 14:30.Castle, Koko-en and the history museumNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6hA long call, such as Le Soléal’s 07:00–21:30 on Wednesday 17 March 2027. Not on a Monday unless it is a public holiday: the museum closes on Mondays, and on the next weekday after a holiday Monday.