Muroran AquariumPhoto: Punkssand / CC0
The aquarium opened in June 1953, which makes it the oldest in Hokkaido.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Hokkaido’s oldest aquarium, opened in 1953: about 120 species, seal, sea-lion and penguin shows, and a small funfair. Adult ¥400. 09:30–16:30. It opens only from late April to mid-October; the 2027 season dates are not yet published.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door.
- 1 hr 30 min door to door needs a 3.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Muroran Aquarium and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 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 1 hr in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
3 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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3 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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3 hr 10 min for bothCape Chikyu
Cliffs of about 100 m with the white Chikiu Misaki Lighthouse, first lit in 1920, 130 m above the Pacific.
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