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The rainy-day Kochi

Wet weather — Kochi rains hard, and the market is roofed. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: ayustety from Tokyo, JAPAN / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — Kochi rains hard, and the market is roofed
What it costs
~¥1,500 per couple
Transport spend: ~¥1,500 per couple. Castle entry ¥420.
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
    Shuttle or taxi to the city centre

    ~25 minutes; photograph the return timetable first

  2. +0:30
    Hirome Market — seared katsuo, under a roof

    The whole market is covered and full of people waiting out the rain

    What you will see here →Full guide: Hirome Market →
  3. +1:40
    Kochi Castle: the keep interior

    One of twelve originals, and entirely indoors once you are up the stairs

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kochi Castle →
    Photo: bethom33 / CC BY-SA
  4. +2:50
    Obiyamachi arcade back toward the pickup

    600 covered metres of shops and imo-kenpi

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Wikimedia contributor / CC0
  5. +3:30
    Shuttle/taxi back to the port
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
Katsurahama
KatsurahamaPhoto: Iban Lopez Luna / Pexels
Katsurahama beach & Ryoma
Katsurahama beach & RyomaPhoto: Maarten Heerlien from Voorschoten, The Netherlands / CC BY 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kochi

The 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 deserveThe Katsurahama loop8 hours or more · ~7hLate-stay calls only — the yatai open at ~18:00
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