The long call · Omaezaki

Castle, tea museum and tea factory by hourly hire (07:00–16:00 call)

The 9-hour Westerdam call, gangway by 15:00. Timed from the gangway and back. On an 8-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

7 hr door to door11 stops8 hours or more ashore

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Photo: Dandy1022 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Door to door

7 hr

From the gangway and back

Best for

8 hours or more

The 9-hour Westerdam call, gangway by 15:00

Room to spare

1 hr

On an 8-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

What it costs

hourly hire about 6 h × ¥7,700 = about ¥46,000 per sedan (up to 3)

Transport spend: hourly hire about 6 h × ¥7,700 = about ¥46,000 per sedan (up to 3). A van (up to 6) is ¥11,600 an hour. Castle ¥410, tea house ¥510, Tea Museum ¥500 (free at 70+), factory tour free.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

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
Pre-booked hourly-hire taxi from the stand inside the berth area (~45 min to Kakegawa)
Off the ship by 7:30; pick up the shuttle map on the way past the tent
What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
+0:45
Kakegawa castle town and a coffee near the station
The castle opens 9:00, so an early call waits here
What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
Photo: Toshihiro Gamo from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan / CC BY 2.0
+1:30
Kakegawa Castle keep and Goten
¥410; last entry 16:30 is irrelevant today
What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
+2:45
Ninomaru Tea House
¥510 matcha and sweets, from 9:30
+3:15
Taxi to the Tea Museum at Kanaya (~30 min)
About 20 km; our estimate
What you will see here →
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
+3:45
Tea Museum Shizuoka and its tea room
¥500, free at 70+; open Mondays, closed Tuesdays
What you will see here →
+4:55
Taxi to Grinpia Makinohara (~10–15 min)
Near Sagara-Makinohara IC; our estimate
What you will see here →Full guide: The Makinohara tea plateau and Grinpia →
Photo: 久保嶋宏明 / CC BY-SA 3.0
+5:10
Grinpia tea-factory tour and shop
Free, no booking; tea picking ¥1,000 if the season has started
What you will see here →Full guide: The Makinohara tea plateau and Grinpia →
+5:55
Taxi back to the wharf (~30 min)
Sagara-Makinohara IC to the port is 20 km, 25 min by the council’s figure
What you will see here →
+6:30
Optional drop at Nabura Market for a late bowl
Then shuttle or the same taxi back; closed Tuesdays
What you will see here →
Photo: 静岡県／御前崎市 / CC BY 4.0
+7:00
Back at the gangway
All-aboard is normally 30 min before departure