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Hitachi Seaside Park by taxi

Any 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 park. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 45 min door to door6 stopsNeeds a 5-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: くろふね / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
2 hr 45 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 5-hour call or longer
Room to spare
15 min
What it costs
about ¥2,300–2,400 each way
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
Any 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 park
Room to spare
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
Two taxis, about ¥2,300–2,400 each way (our estimate). Park adult ¥450, plus ¥350 in the flower peaks; Seaside Train ¥600.

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 → Hitachi Seaside Park, West Gate bus stoptrain or bus
  2. 2Hitachi Seaside Park, West Gate bus stop → Miharashi no Oka, the nemophila and kochia hillon foot
  3. 3Miharashi no Oka, the nemophila and kochia hill → 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 the park’s West Gate (5.1 km, about 10 min, about ¥2,300, our estimate)

    The park opens at 09:30. A rank on the quay is not confirmed: ask at the gangway, and agree the return pickup with the driver

  2. +0:15
    West Gate: pay at the machines (cards and IC cards accepted) and walk or ride the Seaside Train towards Miharashi no Oka

    Seaside Train day ticket ¥600, cash only; the loop takes about 40 min

    Directions from the ship (train or bus)
    Hitachi Seaside Park, Hitachinaka
    Photo: くろふね / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +0:35
    Miharashi no Oka: nemophila in late April, kochia in October

    The hill path climbs gently to the top for the view over the sea

    Directions from the previous stop (on foot)Full guide: Hitachi Seaside Park
    Miharashi no Oka: nemophila in spring, kochia in autumn, Hitachinaka
    Photo: くろふね / CC BY 4.0
  4. +2:10
    Back to the West Gate
  5. +2:25
    Taxi to Central Wharf (about 10 min)
  6. +2:40
    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

Sakatsura 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 15:30Aquaworld OaraiAquaworld Oarai and the fish marketA wet day · ~4.25hA wet day: an indoor aquarium and a roofed market, with taxis between them
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