The long call · Nagoya

Castle, hitsumabushi at the Horaiken Honten and Osu (Tue 10 Nov)

Norwegian Jade on Tue 10 Nov (08:30–18:00): the one Horaiken open on a Tuesday, and back about an hour before the assumed 17:30 all-aboard. Timed from the gangway and back. On an 8-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

7 hr 30 min door to door12 stops8 hours or more ashore

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Photo: Daylight9899 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Door to door

7 hr 30 min

From the gangway and back

Best for

8 hours or more

Norwegian Jade on Tue 10 Nov (08:30–18:00): the one Horaiken open on a Tuesday, and back about an hour before the assumed 17:30 all-aboard

Room to spare

30 min

On an 8-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

What it costs

Aonami Line ¥360 each way; four subway rides at ¥210–340, or the ¥760 Subway 24-Hour Ticket

Transport spend: Aonami Line ¥360 each way; four subway rides at ¥210–340, or the ¥760 Subway 24-Hour Ticket. Castle ¥1,000.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

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.

+0:00
09:00 off the ship; walk to Kinjo-futo Station (1.2 km, 15–17 min, our estimate)
MLIT says about 10 min. A quay–station shuttle ran on past big-ship calls; whether it runs on 10 Nov is not confirmed
+0:29
Aonami Line 09:29 → Nagoya 09:53 (¥360)
Weekday trains leave Kinjo-futo at :01 :11 :29 :44 :59 in the 9 o’clock hour
What you will see here →
Photo: Syced / CC0
+0:55
Subway to Nagoyajo via Hisaya-odori (about 9 min, journey planner)
Sakura-dori Line, change to the Meijo Line. The station was called Shiyakusho; exit 7, then 5 min on foot
What you will see here →
Photo: そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0
+1:20
Nagoya Castle and the Hommaru Palace (10:20–11:50)
¥1,000 since 1 Oct 2026; the keep is closed; the palace is about 10 min on foot from the Main or East Gate
What you will see here →Full guide: Nagoya Castle and the Hommaru Palace →
+2:50
Meijo Line south to Atsuta Jingu Temmacho or Atsuta Jingu Nishi, no change
Ride and walk times are not in our sources; allow 30 min. The Honten is at 503 Godo-cho, Atsuta-ku: show the address if you take a taxi
What you will see here →Full guide: Atsuta Jingu and the Kusanagi-kan →
Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 4.0
+3:20
Hitsumabushi at Atsuta Horaiken Honten (about 12:20)
Open Tuesdays; lunch last order 14:00. Jingu-ten and Matsuzakaya-ten are closed today. No bookings except kaiseki, so queue
What you will see here →
Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 3.0
+4:40
Meijo Line to Kamimaezu; the Osu shopping streets are 2 min from exits 8 and 12
Shop hours vary
What you will see here →Full guide: Osu Kannon and the Osu streets →
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
+4:55
Osu shopping streets and Osu Kannon
The temple is free, 6:00–19:00
What you will see here →Full guide: Osu Kannon and the Osu streets →
+6:05
Osu Kannon station, exit 2: Tsurumai Line to Fushimi, Higashiyama Line to Nagoya
About 10–12 min (journey planner); allow 25 min to the Aonami platform
What you will see here →Full guide: Osu Kannon and the Osu streets →
+6:45
Aonami Line 15:45 → Kinjo-futo 16:09
Then 16:00 (in 16:24) and 16:15 (in 16:39), the last we would take
+7:10
Walk to the berth (15–17 min, our estimate)What you will see here →
+7:25
Back at the gangway (about 16:25)
All-aboard is assumed at 17:30, 30 min before the 18:00 sailing; check the ship’s daily programme