The short call · Niigata

Sake at the station, arches at the river

Short calls · West Port ships have the easy version. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~2.5h door to door4 stops2–3 hours ashore

Door to door

~2.5h

From the gangway and back

Best for

2–3 hours

Short calls · West Port ships have the easy version

What it costs

¥1,000 pp for five tasting coins — the bridge is free

¥1,000 pp for five tasting coins — the bridge is free.

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
Get to Niigata Station
West Port: bus/taxi ~15 min · East Port: ship shuttle — add ~40 min each way and treat this as your whole shore time
+0:30
Ponshukan — five coins against the sake wall
¥1,000 · opens 9:30 · the whole prefecture’s breweries in one room
What you will see here →
+1:15
Walk Bandai-dori to the Bandai Bridge
~15 min · six stone arches from 1929, the city’s emblem
What you will see here →
Photo: DAI-nk / CC BY-SA 3.0
+1:50
Riverfront stroll, then back
CoCoLo mall at the station for sasa-dango on the way out

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

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

Different hours, different day