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The long call · Kochi

The Katsurahama loop

Late-stay calls only — the yatai open at ~18:00. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~7h door to door6 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: Maarten Heerlien from Voorschoten, The Netherlands / CC BY 2.0
Door to door
~7h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Late-stay calls only — the yatai open at ~18:00
What it costs
the tour price carries the wheels — Katsurahama has no honest transit alternative
Transport spend: the tour price carries the wheels — Katsurahama has no honest transit alternative.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
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 to Katsurahama (~35 min) or join the guided loop

    Fix a return pickup — no taxi rank there

    What you will see here →Full guide: Katsurahama →
  2. +0:40
    Ryoma statue + the crescent beach walk

    He faces the ocean he opened Japan to

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Iban Lopez Luna / Pexels
  3. +2:00
    Taxi back into the city center
  4. +2:40
    Kochi Castle keep

    One of twelve originals

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kochi Castle →
    Photo: bethom33 / CC BY-SA
  5. +4:00
    Late Hirome lunch — the full tataki set

    The market rewards the patient

    What you will see here →Full guide: Hirome Market →
    Photo: ayustety from Tokyo, JAPAN / CC BY-SA
  6. +5:30
    Shuttle/taxi to the port

    90 min margin on a 9h call

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.
What the day looks like

Kochi, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Seared bonito sliced for tataki
Seared bonito sliced for tatakiPhoto: Schena Maria Karlec / Pexels
Dancers performing in a Japanese street festival
Dancers performing in a Japanese street festivalPhoto: Gu Ko / Pexels
A blade heating in a forge fire
A blade heating in a forge firePhoto: İlker Söyük / Pexels
Stalls and shared tables at a Kochi market
Stalls and shared tables at a Kochi marketPhoto: 雷太 / CC BY
Yuzu everything
Yuzu everythingPhoto: 渡邉厚夫(たいちょ渡邉) / CC0
Imo-kenpi at Imoya Kinjiro
Imo-kenpi at Imoya KinjiroPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kochi

The rainy-day KochiA wet day · ~4hWet weather — Kochi rains hard, and the market is roofedThe castle glimpse2–3 hours · ~3hShort calls from a far berth — one target, done wellCastle & market, unhurried4–6 hours · ~5hThe city’s two anchors with the lunch they deserve
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