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Upopoy, the National Ainu Museum and Park, Muroran

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Upopoy, the National Ainu Museum

Rain on a 9-hour call or longer; clock times are for leaving the ship at 07:30; the museum is indoors. Not on a Monday, when Upopoy is closed. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr door to door7 stopsA wet day
Open the route in Google Maps, in 2 parts
Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
7 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ¥4,800 each way
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Best for
Rain on a 9-hour call or longer; clock times are for leaving the ship at 07:30; the museum is indoors. Not on a Monday, when Upopoy is closed
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
Taxi to Higashi-Muroran about ¥4,800 each way for the car (our estimate); JR ¥920 each way (+¥1,160 seat ticket on the limited express). Upopoy adult ¥1,200 (¥1,000 online).

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Open in Google Maps, in 2 parts

  1. 1Your ship → Upopoy, National Ainu Museum and Parktrain or bus
  2. 2Upopoy, National Ainu Museum and Park → Back to the shiptrain or bus

Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.

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
    07:30 taxi from Shukutsu Pier to JR Higashi-Muroran

    About 15 min, about ¥4,800 (our estimate)

  2. +0:55
    Buy return tickets, then the 08:25 limited express to Shiraoi, in at 08:49

    Limited express about 30 min, local about 50 min

  3. +1:20
    Walk from Shiraoi Station (north exit) to Upopoy

    500 m, about 10 min

  4. +1:30
    Upopoy opens at 09:00: the National Ainu Museum, then the performance hall and the village

    Museum last entry 30 min before closing; allow 2–3 h

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (train or bus)
    Upopoy, the National Ainu Museum and Park, Muroran
    Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +5:00
    Walk back to Shiraoi Station and take the 13:16 limited express (or the 12:50 local) to Higashi-Muroran

    About 40 min with the walk. From Shiraoi: 12:50 (local), 13:16, 13:50 (local), 14:29, 14:51 (JR Hokkaido timetable to January 2027)

  6. +6:15
    Taxi back to Shukutsu Pier

    About 15 min

  7. +6:45
    Back at the gangway about 14:15
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.
Other routes

The other routes in Muroran

Hakucho Bridge and the roadside station, MuroranShukutsu on foot: the bridge, the roadside station and the aquariumNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hBig ships at Shukutsu Pier and short or cautious clocks; nothing needs a taxiCape Chikyu, MuroranCape Chikyu, Tokkarisho and curry ramen by taxiNeeds a 5.5-hour call · ~3.5hAny call from Shukutsu Pier except a Tuesday. Aji no Daio opens at 11:00, so leave the ship at about 09:15Noboribetsu Hell Valley, MuroranNoboribetsu Hell Valley by taxi, train and busNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7hCalls of 9 hours or more; not on a Tuesday if you want curry ramen at the onsen. Clock times below are for leaving the ship at 07:30
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