~2h — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.
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The Sea of Japan’s own aquarium on the city beach — dolphins, penguins and the loop-bus ride there passes the old quarter. The easy multigenerational pick.
An aquarium on the sea facing the Sea of Japan, with a large tank of the local cold-water fish and a river exhibit that follows the Shinano from mountain to mouth. It is indoors and it is the reliable answer when the wind comes off the water, which it does.
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare on a 6-hour stop ashore.
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
2 hr 30 min for bothSix stone arches over Japan’s longest river since 1929 — an Important Cultural Property that survived war and earthquakes, and the city’s handshake..
See the detail → 2 hr 45 min for bothFive coins, one wall of the sake capital’s breweries — the single most efficient sake education in Japan, inside the station mall.
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2 hr 45 min for bothThe old market lane reborn as pocket-sized craft shops and roasters.
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