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Kinjo Pier on foot: the railway museum and Maker’s Pier, Nagoya

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Kinjo Pier on foot: the railway museum and Maker’s Pier

Short calls and cautious clocks; nothing beyond Kinjo Pier, no train. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 3-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

2 hr 30 min door to door6 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
Short calls and cautious clocks; nothing beyond Kinjo Pier, no train
Room to spare
30 min
On a 3-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.
What it costs
¥0, all on foot
Transport spend: ¥0, all on foot. SCMAGLEV and Railway Park ¥1,200; lunch at Maker’s Pier.
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.

  1. +0:00
    Walk from berths 80–81 to Kinjo-futo Station (1.2 km, 15–17 min, our estimate)

    MLIT says about 10 min; the exit from the restricted quay is not confirmed. If a quay–station shuttle runs, take it

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:20
    SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, 2 min from the station

    10:00–17:30, adult ¥1,200. Closed Tuesdays, so closed on Tue 10 Nov; open Sat 14 and 28 Nov

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kinjo Pier on foot →
  3. +1:20
    Walk to Maker’s Pier, 4 min from the station

    Free entry; restaurants and shops next to LEGOLAND; free Wi-Fi “MakersPier-Wifi”

    Full guide: Kinjo Pier on foot →
  4. +1:30
    Lunch at Maker’s Pier

    Nagoya-meshi Dokoro Wami, CoCo Ichibanya, Katsugyu and others; hours vary by shop and are not confirmed

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kinjo Pier on foot →
    Photo: Syced / CC0
  5. +2:10
    Walk back to the berth (15–20 min, our estimate)

    The quay is a restricted area: carry photo ID

    What you will see here →
  6. +2:30
    Back at the gangway
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.
What the day looks like

Nagoya, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Close-up of a golden shachihoko, a tiger-headed fish with gold scales, on the roof of Nagoya Castle's keep
Close-up of a golden shachihoko, a tiger-headed fish with gold scales, on the roof of Nagoya Castle's keepPhoto: 名古屋太郎 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The grounds of Atsuta Jingu in Nagoya: the shrine approach among the trees of the Atsuta forest
The grounds of Atsuta Jingu in Nagoya: the shrine approach among the trees of the Atsuta forestPhoto: Gnsin / CC BY-SA 3.0
A Nagoya-meshi dish, such as miso-nikomi udon in its clay pot or a plate of tebasaki chicken wings
A Nagoya-meshi dish, such as miso-nikomi udon in its clay pot or a plate of tebasaki chicken wingsPhoto: Lombroso / CC BY-SA 4.0
A Toyoda power loom on display in the Textile Machinery Pavilion of the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
A Toyoda power loom on display in the Textile Machinery Pavilion of the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and TechnologyPhoto: Joyofmuseums / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya, home of the Owari Tokugawa family collection
The Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya, home of the Owari Tokugawa family collectionPhoto: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Nagoya Castle and the Hommaru Palace
Nagoya Castle and the Hommaru PalacePhoto: そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Nagoya

Toyota museum, a station lunch and Noritake Garden4–6 hours · ~5.5hSat 14 Nov (06:30–16:00) and the Friday Navigator of the Seas call; everything within a stop of Nagoya StationCastle, hitsumabushi at the Horaiken Honten and Osu (Tue 10 Nov)8 hours or more · ~7.5hNorwegian 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-aboardToyota museum and the Atsuta Jingu sword hallsA wet day · ~7.25hRain on any of the three dates: two museums, a shrine with roofed halls and lunch under cover
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