Photo: Shiro4873 / CC BY 3.0Door to door
7 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 9-hour call or longer
Room to spare
None
What it costs
¥400 each way
Booking
Book ahead
- Best for
- Calls of nine hours, such as 08:00–17:00: ashore at 08:30 and back at the gangway by 15:30. On a 07:00–16:00 call start at 07:30 and reach the ropeway for its 08:30 opening
- Room to spare
- Fits a 9-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
- Train ¥400 each way; three tram rides ¥750; ropeway ¥520. Keep ¥520; Honkan bath ¥700.
- 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
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.
- +0:00Shuttle or taxi to Iyotetsu Mitsu Station, then the train to Matsuyama-shi, 15 min
- +0:40Tram to Okaido and 5 min on foot to the castle ropewayFull guide: Matsuyama Castle from the cruise berth
Photo: Shiro4873 / CC BY 3.0 - +1:05Ropeway up, 8 min on foot to the keep; Matsuyama Castle, ¥520
Keep from 09:00, ropeway from 08:30
Photo: Zairon / CC BY 4.0 - +2:25Ropeway down and the tram on to Dogo Onsen
Gansui’s main shop, for tai-meshi from 11:00, is at 3-7-8 Okaido
Full guide: Dogo Onsen from the cruise berth - +3:05Lunch in the Dogo arcade, then the karakuri clock on the hour
Photo: CT-May / CC0 - +4:05Dogo Onsen Honkan: Kami-no-Yu, ¥700, 60 min
No reservations
What you will see here
Photo: Japanexperterna.se / CC BY-SA 3.0 - +5:20Tram to Matsuyama-shi Station, about 20 min
- +5:50Train to Mitsu, about 15 min
- +6:15Shuttle or taxi to the quay
- +6:35Back 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.
What the day looks like
Matsuyama, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
Other routes
The other routes in Matsuyama
The castle by ropewayNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4hCalls with five hours or more ashore, any day of the week. Start by 12:30 so that you reach the keep before its last entry at 16:30 (16:00 in December and January)
Dogo Onsen: the Honkan bath, the clock and lunchNeeds a 7.5-hour call · ~5.5hCalls with six hours or more ashore, any day of the week. The Honkan takes no reservations for the ¥700 bath and can have a queue
Under a roof: the Honkan bath, Bansuiso and the museum next doorA wet day · ~6hA wet day, except a Monday, when Bansuiso and the museum are closed. The castle chairlift stops in rain; the ropeway runs