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The wet-day Omaezaki: tea museum, palace and market hall

Rain or strong wind, when the lighthouse is shut anyway. 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 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
4 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Rain or strong wind, when the lighthouse is shut anyway
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
taxis about ¥10,000 + ¥7,000 + ¥12,500 on the meter across the day, our estimates, or hourly hire
Transport spend: taxis about ¥10,000 + ¥7,000 + ¥12,500 on the meter across the day, our estimates, or hourly hire. Tea Museum ¥500 (free at 70+), castle ¥410.
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
    Taxi from the wharf to the Tea Museum at Kanaya (~30 min)

    28 km; closed Tuesdays

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:30
    Tea Museum galleries and the tea room

    ¥500, free at 70+; tea room 9:30–16:00

    What you will see here →
  3. +1:40
    Taxi to Kakegawa Castle (~30 min)

    About 20 km; our estimate

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
    Photo: Dandy1022 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +2:10
    Kakegawa Goten and the keep, shoes off

    ¥410; the palace is the roofed half

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kakegawa Castle →
  5. +3:20
    Taxi back to Nabura Market (~50 min)

    The halls are under cover; cash

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 静岡県／御前崎市 / CC BY 4.0
  6. +4:10
    Shuttle or taxi to the wharf (~5 min)
  7. +4:20
    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
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
Hamamatsu Castle and an unagi lunch
Hamamatsu Castle and an unagi lunchPhoto: Toshihiro Gamo from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan / CC BY 2.0
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 carKakegawa Castle by hired taxi4–6 hours · ~4.5hA 6-hour call and one real sight beyond the capeCastle, tea museum and tea factory by hourly hire (07:00–16:00 call)8 hours or more · ~7hThe 9-hour Westerdam call, gangway by 15:00
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