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For a 7.5-hour call · MatsuyamaDogo Onsen: the Honkan bath, the clock and lunch
Calls 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. Timed from the gangway and back.
- Best for
- Calls 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
- Room to spare
- Fits a 7.5-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
- Train ¥400 and tram ¥250 each way. Honkan ground-floor bath ¥700; towel hire ¥110.
- 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
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 from the quay to Iyotetsu Mitsu Station
- +0:20Train to Matsuyama-shi Station, 15 min, ¥400
- +0:40Tram to Dogo Onsen, the end of the line, about 20 min, ¥250Full guide: Dogo Onsen from the cruise berth
- +1:05Botchan Karakuri Clock and the free footbath in Hojoen square
On the hour; every 30 min at weekends and holidays, and daily in March, April, August, November, 28 Dec–5 Jan and 1–5 May
Photo: CT-May / CC0 - +1:25Through the arcade to Dogo Onsen Honkan: Kami-no-Yu, ground floor, ¥700, 60 min
06:00–23:00. The official site shows the current waiting time
What you will see here
Photo: Japanexperterna.se / CC BY-SA 3.0 - +2:40Lunch in the arcade: Gansui Dogo for Uwajima tai-meshi
11:00–15:00, no reservations; closed Wednesdays. Kadoya Dogo Tsubakizaka opens every day
What you will see here
Photo: Fred Cherrygarden / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +3:40Tram back to Matsuyama-shi Station
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays the Botchan train leaves Dogo Onsen at 13:19 and 14:59, ¥1,300
Photo: Jyo81 (ja: User) / CC BY 3.0 - +4:10Train to Mitsu, about 15 min
- +4:35Shuttle or taxi to the quay
- +4:55Back at the gangway
Matsuyama, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
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)The castle in the morning, Dogo Onsen after lunchNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7hCalls 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
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