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Kakegawa Castle by hired taxi, Omaezaki

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Kakegawa Castle by hired taxi

A 6-hour call and one real sight beyond the cape. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 6-hour stop that leaves 1 hr 30 min spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

4 hr 30 min door to door7 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: Dandy1022 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
4 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
A 6-hour call and one real sight beyond the cape
Room to spare
1 hr 30 min
On a 6-hour stop that leaves 1 hr 30 min spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.
What it costs
a taxi hired by the hour, about ¥7,700 an hour on the official tariff (¥3,850 per 30 min)
Transport spend: a taxi hired by the hour, about ¥7,700 an hour on the official tariff (¥3,850 per 30 min). Or about ¥12,500 each way on the meter, our estimate. Castle ¥410, tea house ¥510.
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.

  1. +0:00
    Pre-booked taxi from the wharf to Kakegawa Castle (~50 min)

    32–35 km; the council says 50 min to Kakegawa Station, routing says 30 free-flow

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
  2. +0:50
    Kakegawa Castle: the wooden keep and the Goten palace

    9:00–17:00, ¥410; shoes off in the palace; steep stairs in the keep

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
    Photo: Toshihiro Gamo from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan / CC BY 2.0
  3. +2:05
    Ninomaru Tea House: matcha and sweets

    ¥510, from 9:30, with the keep over the garden

  4. +2:35
    Taxi back towards the port (~50 min)

    Ask for a drop at Nabura Market if the clock allows

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 静岡県／御前崎市 / CC BY 4.0
  5. +3:25
    Nabura Market bowl, or straight to the wharf

    Closed Tuesdays; cash

    What you will see here →
  6. +4:05
    Taxi or shuttle back to the wharf (~5 min)
  7. +4:15
    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

Omaezaki, along this route

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

The white brick Omaezaki Lighthouse on the cape above the Pacific
The white brick Omaezaki Lighthouse on the cape above the PacificPhoto: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
Rows of tea bushes across the Makinohara plateau
Rows of tea bushes across the Makinohara plateauPhoto: 久保嶋宏明 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Raw sakura shrimp from Suruga Bay piled on a dish
Raw sakura shrimp from Suruga Bay piled on a dishPhoto: AyaKatase / CC BY 4.0
Tea Museum Shizuoka
Tea Museum ShizuokaPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kunozan Toshogu and Nihondaira
Kunozan Toshogu and NihondairaPhoto: Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
Cape Park and the Marine Park shore
Cape Park and the Marine Park shorePhoto: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Omaezaki

The lighthouse, the cape and a market bowl2–3 hours · ~2hAny call; the whole of what the cape offers without a hired carCastle, tea museum and tea factory by hourly hire (07:00–16:00 call)8 hours or more · ~7hThe 9-hour Westerdam call, gangway by 15:00The wet-day Omaezaki: tea museum, palace and market hallA wet day · ~4.5hRain or strong wind, when the lighthouse is shut anyway
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