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Aquaworld Oarai and the fish market

A wet day: an indoor aquarium and a roofed market, with taxis between them. Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr 15 min door to door6 stopsA wet day
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
4 hr 15 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Room to spare
15 min
What it costs
about ¥12,600 out and back
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
A wet day: an indoor aquarium and a roofed market, with taxis between them
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
Taxi to Aquaworld about ¥6,200, on to the market about ¥900, back to the ship about ¥5,500 (our estimates). Aquaworld adult ¥2,300.

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 3 parts

  1. 1Your ship → Aquaworld Oaraitrain or bus
  2. 2Aquaworld Oarai → Nakaminato Osakana Ichibaon foot
  3. 3Nakaminato Osakana Ichiba → Back to the shiptrain or bus

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 Central Wharf to Aquaworld Oarai (14 km, about 20 min, about ¥6,200, our estimate)

    Opens 09:00; last entry 16:00 (15:00 in winter)

  2. +0:25
    Aquaworld Oarai

    Adult ¥2,300. Maintenance closures in June and December

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (train or bus)
    Aquaworld Oarai
    Photo: Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +2:25
    Taxi to Nakaminato Osakana Ichiba (1.8 km, about 5 min, about ¥900)

    On a dry spell, the Kamiiso torii is about 2 km the other way

  4. +2:35
    Lunch at the fish market

    Each restaurant keeps its own hours

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
    Nakaminato Osakana Ichiba, Hitachinaka
    Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +3:40
    Taxi back to Central Wharf (12.4 km, about 20 min, about ¥5,500)
  6. +4:05
    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.
Other routes

The other routes in Hitachinaka

Hitachi Seaside Park, HitachinakaHitachi Seaside Park by taxiNeeds a 5-hour call · ~2.75hAny call of five hours or more when the park is open. Central Wharf is a closed quay: take the ship’s shuttle if it goes to the parkSakatsura Isosaki Shrine, HitachinakaShrine, the flower hill and a seafood lunchNeeds a 6.5-hour call · ~4.5hAn 08:00–17:00 call. Times assume off the ship at 08:30, so the shrine fills the hour before the park opensKodokan, MitoMito: Kodokan and Kairakuen, then NakaminatoNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.25hAn 08:00–17:00 call, best in the plum season (mid-February to late March). All-aboard 16:30, back at the gangway by 15:30
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