Cape Chikyu lighthouse on its headland, MuroranPhoto: Highten31 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The cruise passes Daikokujima, the Kinbyobu and Ginbyobu cliffs (the gold and silver screens), Pirika Noka and Cape Chikyu before turning at Tokkarisho.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Reservation required. Star Marine’s 90-minute Cape Chikyu cruise sails at 10:00 and 14:00 from April to November, adult ¥5,000, past Daikokujima, the Kinbyobu and Ginbyobu cliffs and Cape Chikyu. Every trip needs at least five passengers. From June to August dolphin-watching trips (150 min, ¥7,500) take priority. Check in 20 minutes before. Cash, cards and PayPay.
- 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Cape Chikyu by boat and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 hr 30 min goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 2 hr in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
4 hr for bothHakucho Bridge and the roadside station
The Hakucho Bridge, 1,380 m long and finished in 1998, is the largest suspension bridge in eastern Japan, and Shukutsu Pier sits at its west end.
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4 hr for bothMuroran Aquarium
Hokkaido’s oldest aquarium, opened in 1953: about 120 species, seal, sea-lion and penguin shows, and a small funfair.
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4 hr for bothOld Muroran Station building
A wooden station building from 1912, the oldest surviving in Hokkaido and a registered Tangible Cultural Property.
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