Merchants, landowners, and the full pour

Long calls of 9 hours or more from East Port — the transfer adds ~40 min each way. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds a 9-hour call

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Photo: Culture Japon / CC BY-SA

Door to door

7 hr

From the gangway and back

Best for

A 9-hour call or longer

Long calls of 9 hours or more from East Port — the transfer adds ~40 min each way

Room to spare

None

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

~¥7,500 pp

With the estate taxi · less if you swap in the aquarium.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated 6 November 2026 · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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
To the station (East Port: your ship’s transport) and Ponshukan
Buy coins, drink them after the brewery — Imayo Tsukasa refuses entry after drinking
What you will see here
+1:00
Imayo Tsukasa brewery tour
Or the 14:00 English slot later — book and build around it
What you will see here
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
+2:15
Pier Bandai market lunch
Sushi counters and the river mouth
What you will see here Full guide: Pier Bandai Seafood Market
Photo: xiquinhosilva from Cacau / CC BY 2.0
+3:30
Taxi ~25 min to the Northern Culture Museum
The Ito landowners’ 1880s estate — ¥800, gardens included
What you will see here Full guide: Northern Culture Museum
Photo: Ann Lee / CC BY-SA 2.0
+5:00
Taxi back via the Saito Family Villa (¥300; closed most Mondays; last entry 16:30)
The refined city counterpart in the old Furumachi quarter
What you will see here
Photo: 新潟市地域・魅力創造部広報課 / CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
+6:00
Bandai Bridge at golden hour, then home
East Port: leave when your ship’s transport says, not when the light does
What you will see here
Photo: Fumihiko Ueno / CC BY 3.0